{"title":"C-8 zone in Surrey: Community Commercial Zone","code":"C-8","slug":"c-8","name":"Community Commercial Zone","group":"Commercial","section":"Part 36","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Community shopping centres serving a community of several neighbourhoods.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Community shopping centres serving a community of several neighbourhoods.","quotes":["This Zone is intended to accommodate and regulate the development of community shopping"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Retail stores (excluding adult entertainment stores, and secondhand stores and pawnshops)","Personal service uses (excluding body rub parlours)","General service uses (excluding funeral parlours and drive-through banks)","Beverage container return centres (enclosed building only)","Eating establishments (excluding drive-through restaurants)","Neighbourhood pubs","Liquor store","Office uses (excluding social escort services, methadone clinics and marijuana dispensaries)","Parking facilities","Automotive service uses of vehicles less than 5,000 kg G.V.W. (only if associated with a retail store)","Indoor recreational facilities","Entertainment uses (excluding arcades and adult entertainment stores)","Assembly halls","Community services","Child care centres","Cultural Uses"],"quotes":["1. Retail stores excluding the following:","(a) Adult entertainment stores; and","(b) Secondhand stores and pawnshops.","2. Personal service uses excluding body rub parlours.","3. General service uses excluding funeral parlours and drive-through banks.","4. Beverage container return centres provided that the use is confined to an enclosed","5. Eating establishments excluding drive-through restaurants.","6. Neighbourhood pubs, regulated under the Liquor Control and Licensing Act, as amended.","7. Liquor store.","8. Office uses excluding the following:","(a) Social escort services;","(b) Methadone clinics; and","(c) Marijuana dispensaries.","9. Parking facilities.","10. Automotive service uses of vehicles less than 5,000 kg G.V.W., provided that such use is","11. Indoor recreational facilities.","12. Entertainment uses excluding arcades and adult entertainment stores.","13. Assembly halls.","14. Community services.","15. Child care centres; regulated under the Community Care and Assisted Living Act, as","16. Cultural Uses."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["One caretaker unit per lot"],"quotes":["17. 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 0.80; beverage container return centres limited to 418 m²","quotes":["(a) Maximum floor area ratio is 0.80; and","(b) Maximum gross floor area of beverage container return centres is limited to 418"]},"max_height":{"value":"12 m","quotes":["Principal building height shall not exceed 12 m."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m (accessory buildings and structures)","quotes":["Accessory building height shall not exceed 4.5 m.","Structure height shall not exceed 4.5 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.","Noise at the lot boundary may not exceed 70 decibels next to an Industrial lot or 60 decibels next to any other lot."],"quotes":["The outdoor storage or display of any goods, materials or supplies is specifically","i. In excess of 70 decibels where a lot abuts a lot designated Industrial in the","ii. In excess of 60 decibels where a lot abuts a lot designated anything other"]}},"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=275","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-8/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/c-8.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/c-8.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/index.json"}}