{"title":"C-8A zone in Surrey: Community Commercial A Zone","code":"C-8A","slug":"c-8a","name":"Community Commercial A Zone","group":"Commercial","section":"Part 36A","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Community shopping areas.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Community shopping areas.","quotes":["This Zone is intended to accommodate and regulate the development of community shopping"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Retail stores (excluding adult entertainment stores, secondhand stores and pawnshops)","Personal service uses (excluding body rub parlours)","General service uses (excluding funeral parlours and drive-through banks)","Eating establishments (excluding drive-through restaurants)","Neighbourhood pubs","Office uses (excluding social escort services and methadone clinics)","Parking facilities","Indoor recreational facilities","Entertainment uses (excluding arcades)","Assembly halls","Community services"],"quotes":["1. Retail stores, excluding the following:","(a) Adult entertainment stores;","(b) Secondhand stores; and","(c) Pawnshops.","2. Personal service uses, excluding body rub parlours.","3. General service uses, excluding funeral parlours and drive-through banks.","4. Eating establishments, excluding drive-through restaurants.","5. Neighbourhood pubs, regulated by the Liquor Control and Licensing Act, as amended.","6. Office uses, excluding the following:","(a) Social escort services; and","(b) Methadone clinics.","7. Parking facilities.","8. Indoor recreational facilities.","9. Entertainment uses, excluding arcades.","10. Assembly halls.","11. Community services."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["One caretaker unit per lot"],"quotes":["12. 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, includes caretaker unit","quotes":["Maximum floor area ratio is 0.80, includes caretaker unit."]},"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."],"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=278","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-8a/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/c-8a.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/c-8a.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/index.json"}}