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title: "C.4 zone in Spallumcheen: Service Commercial Zone"
place: Spallumcheen, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/spallumcheen
zone: C.4
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1700, 2008 (consolidated with amendments for convenience only, through Bylaw No. 2192, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/spallumcheen/zoning/c-4/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/spallumcheen/zoning/c-4.json"
---

# C.4 zone in Spallumcheen: Service Commercial Zone

Main uses: Accessory buildings and structures, Educational facilities and professional studios including art studios, business colleges, dance studios, music studios, photography studios, radio studios, television studios, and trade schools, Entertainment and recreation facilities including arcades, billiard halls, bowling alleys, drive-in theatres, fraternal lodges, health spas, social clubs, sports clubs, and sports facilities, Food service establishments including bakeries, butcher shops, caterers, coffee shops, convenience stores, dairy bars, fish shops, and restaurants, Office and commerce facilities including engineers, funeral homes, management companies, mortuaries, newspapers, publishing, surveyors, and veterinarians, and 3 more.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Accessory buildings and structures; Educational facilities and professional studios including art studios, business colleges, dance studios, music studios, photography studios, radio studios, television studios, and trade schools; Entertainment and recreation facilities including arcades, billiard halls, bowling alleys, drive-in theatres, fraternal lodges, health spas, social clubs, sports clubs, and sports facilities; Food service establishments including bakeries, butcher shops, caterers, coffee shops, convenience stores, dairy bars, fish shops, and restaurants; Office and commerce facilities including engineers, funeral homes, management companies, mortuaries, newspapers, publishing, surveyors, and veterinarians; Retail sales (including parts and accessories) of appliances, automobiles, building supplies, farm equipment, furniture, hardware, lumber, manufactured homes, recreation vehicles and similar goods, and liquor; Service and repair including automobile service and repair, car wash, mini-storage facilities, machine shops contained wholly within a building, printing shops, service stations, trade contractors' offices, truck service and repair, warehousing (wholesale and distribution) and similar uses; Transportation facilities including passenger transportation depots and taxi dispatch offices (Only these uses are permitted; the bylaw lists many more specific retail and service uses than shown here.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Residential use, limited to one (1) dwelling unit for the owner, operator, or employee of the principal and permitted use
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Storage yards allowed in the front yard on Lot 2, Section 35, Township 8, O.D.Y.D., Plan KAP10785 (9 Ridgeview Road), adjacent to Greenhow Road; Storage yards allowed in the front yard on that portion of Lot A, Section 35, Township 8, O.D.Y.D., Plan KAP78698 (8 Greenhow Road) within the Corporate Boundaries of the Township
- **Minimum lot area:** 560 m² (community water and sewer); 1.0 ha (community water and septic); 1.0 ha (no community water or sewer)
- **Minimum lot width:** 15 m (community water and sewer); 20 m (community water and septic); 40 m (no community water or sewer)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50% of the lot area for all buildings and structures
- **Maximum density:** Not more than one principal building per lot
- **Maximum height:** 10 m or 2 storeys, whichever is less
- **Front setback:** 8 m
- **Rear setback:** 8 m
- **Interior side setback:** None required, except 2 m where the lot abuts a Residential zone or is separated by a lane from one; and 4 m on at least one side where the parcel is not served by a lane
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m where applicable
- **Other rules:** Dwelling unit for the owner, operator or employee must be at least 60 m²; Storage yards or areas not permitted in a front yard, except on the two lots listed; Retail liquor sales only within a convenience store, display and sale space limited to 10% of the retail area

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1700, 2008 (consolidated with amendments for convenience only, through Bylaw No. 2192, 2026), s. 502](https://spallumcheen.civicweb.net/document/34972#page=42) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Spallumcheen: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/spallumcheen/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/spallumcheen/zoning/c-4/_