{"title":"C-5 zone in Surrey: Neighbourhood Commercial Zone","code":"C-5","slug":"c-5","name":"Neighbourhood Commercial Zone","group":"Commercial","section":"Part 35","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Neighbourhood scale shopping nodes.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Neighbourhood scale shopping nodes.","quotes":["This Zone is intended to accommodate and regulate the development of neighbourhood scale"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Retail stores (excluding adult entertainment stores, auction houses, and secondhand stores and pawnshops)","Personal service uses limited to barbershops, beauty parlours, cleaning and repair of clothing, and shoe repair shops","Eating establishments (excluding drive-through restaurants)","Neighbourhood pub","Office uses (excluding social escort services and methadone clinics)","General service uses (excluding funeral parlours, drive-through banks and vehicle rentals)","Indoor recreational facilities","Community services","Child care centres"],"quotes":["1. Retail stores excluding the following:","i. Adult entertainment stores;","ii. Auction houses; and","iii. Secondhand stores and pawnshops.","2. Personal service uses limited to the following:","i. Barbershops;","ii. Beauty parlours;","iii. Cleaning and repair of clothing; and","iv. Shoe repair shops.","3. Eating establishments excluding drive-through restaurants.","4. Neighbourhood pub, regulated by the Liquor Control and Licensing Act, as amended.","5. Office uses excluding the following:","i. Social escort services; and","ii. Methadone clinics.","6. General service uses excluding funeral parlours, drive-through banks and vehicle rentals.","7. Indoor recreational facilities.","8. Community services.","9. Child care centres, regulated by the Community Care and Assisted Living Act, as amended,"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["One caretaker unit per lot"],"quotes":["10. One caretaker unit per lot."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"2,000 m²","quotes":["1. Lot Area: Minimum 2,000 sq. m."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"30 m","quotes":["2. Lot Width: Minimum 30 m."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50%","quotes":["The maximum lot coverage for all buildings and structures shall be 50%."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 0.50; principal uses limited to 370 m² gross floor area per business","quotes":["(a) Maximum floor area ratio is 0.50; and","(b) Maximum gross floor area of all principal uses are limited to 370 sq. m per"]},"max_height":{"value":"9 m","quotes":["Principal building height shall not exceed 9 m."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4 m (accessory buildings and structures)","quotes":["Accessory building height shall not exceed 4 m.","Structure height shall not exceed 4 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m from all lot lines","quotes":["Buildings and structures shall be sited not less than 7.5 m from all lot lines."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m from all lot lines","quotes":["Buildings and structures shall be sited not less than 7.5 m from all lot lines."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"7.5 m from all lot lines","quotes":["Buildings and structures shall be sited not less than 7.5 m from all lot lines."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"7.5 m from all lot lines","quotes":["Buildings and structures shall be sited not less than 7.5 m from all lot lines."]},"other":{"value":["Outdoor storage or display of goods, materials or supplies is prohibited."],"quotes":["The outdoor storage or display of any goods, materials or supplies is specifically"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000 (consolidation includes amendments up to By-law 22120, adopted 09/21/2026)","url":"https://www.surrey.ca/sites/default/files/bylaws/BYL_Zoning_12000.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"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."},"source_url":"https://www.surrey.ca/sites/default/files/bylaws/BYL_Zoning_12000.pdf#page=272","place":{"path":"ca/bc/surrey","name":"Surrey","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/c-5/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/c-5.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/c-5.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/index.json"}}