---
title: "C-15 zone in Surrey: Town Centre Commercial Zone"
place: Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/surrey
zone: C-15
bylaw: Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000 (consolidation includes amendments up to By-law 22120, adopted 09/21/2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/c-15/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/c-15.json"
---

# C-15 zone in Surrey: Town Centre Commercial Zone

Retail and service commercial facilities, offices, recreation and associated uses, as well as residential uses, developed in a comprehensive manner and serving a town of several communities.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Retail and service commercial facilities, offices, recreation and associated uses, as well as residential uses, developed in a comprehensive manner and serving a town of several communities.
- **Main uses:** Retail stores (excluding adult entertainment stores, and secondhand stores and pawnshops); Personal service uses (excluding body rub parlours); General service uses (excluding drive-through banks); Eating establishments (excluding drive-through restaurants); Neighbourhood pubs; Liquor store; Office uses (excluding social escort services and methadone clinics); Tourist accommodation; Indoor recreational facilities; Parking facilities; Entertainment uses (excluding arcades); Assembly halls; Community services; Child care centres; Multiple unit residential building (only if forming an integral part of the commercial uses on the lot); Cultural Uses
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Short-Term Rental
- **Minimum lot area:** 2,000 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 80%
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 1.50, with the multiple unit residential building no more than 67% of the developed floor area
- **Maximum height:** 14 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 m (accessory buildings and structures)
- **Front setback:** 2.0 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 3.0 m (0.0 m if the side yard adjoins a lot not designated Residential in the OCP)
- **Street side setback:** 2.0 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 2.0 m, rear 7.5 m, side 3.0 m, street side 2.0 m (same as principal buildings)
- **Other rules:** Outdoor storage or display of goods, materials or supplies is prohibited.

## Source

- [Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000 (consolidation includes amendments up to By-law 22120, adopted 09/21/2026), s. Part 37](https://www.surrey.ca/sites/default/files/bylaws/BYL_Zoning_12000.pdf#page=283) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Surrey: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/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/surrey/zoning/c-15/_