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C-15 zone in Surrey: Town Centre Commercial Zone

Surrey, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

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

PurposeRetail 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 area2,000 m²
Minimum lot width30 m
Maximum lot coverage80%
Maximum densityFloor area ratio 1.50, with the multiple unit residential building no more than 67% of the developed floor area
Maximum height14 m
Maximum height, accessory buildings4.5 m (accessory buildings and structures)
Front setback2.0 m
Rear setback7.5 m
Interior side setback3.0 m (0.0 m if the side yard adjoins a lot not designated Residential in the OCP)
Street side setback2.0 m
Accessory building setbacksfront 2.0 m, rear 7.5 m, side 3.0 m, street side 2.0 m (same as principal buildings)
Other rulesOutdoor 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 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. Each Comprehensive Development (CD) zone is a separate site-specific by-law attached to Part 52 (listed on the Surrey map by lot as "CD" with its by-law number); those by-laws are not written out in this PDF. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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