{"title":"C-8B zone in Surrey: Community Commercial B Zone","code":"C-8B","slug":"c-8b","name":"Community Commercial B Zone","group":"Commercial","section":"Part 36B","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 (including adult entertainment stores, and secondhand stores and pawnshops)","Adult theatre","Cannabis dispensary","Cannabis production facility","Firearms certification","Personal service uses (including body rub parlours)","General service uses (excluding funeral parlours and drive-through banks)","Eating establishments (excluding drive-through restaurants)","Neighbourhood pubs","Office uses (including social escort services, excluding methadone clinics)","Parking facilities","Indoor recreational facilities","Entertainment uses (excluding arcades)","Assembly halls","Community services","Child care centres"],"quotes":["1. Retail stores including the following:","(a) Adult entertainment stores, pursuant to Section D.2 of this Zone; and","(b) Secondhand stores and pawnshops, subject to the Surrey Secondhand Dealers and","2. Adult theatre, pursuant to Section D.2 of this Zone","3. Cannabis dispensary.","4. Cannabis production facility.","5. Firearms certification.","6. Personal service uses including body rub parlours.","7. General service uses excluding funeral parlours and drive-through banks.","8. Eating establishments excluding drive-through restaurants.","9. Neighbourhood pubs, regulated by the Liquor Control and Licensing Act, as amended.","10. Office uses:","(a) Including social escort services; and","(b) Excluding methadone clinics.","11. Parking facilities.","12. Indoor recreational facilities.","13. Entertainment uses excluding arcades.","14. Assembly halls.","15. Community services.","16. Child care centres, regulated by the Community Care and Assisted Living Act, as amended,"]},"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, 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.","Adult entertainment stores and adult theatres together may not exceed 186 m² of gross floor area on the lot."],"quotes":["The outdoor storage or display of any goods, materials or supplies is specifically","186 sq. m on the lot."]}},"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=280","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-8b/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/c-8b.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/c-8b.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/index.json"}}