---
title: "PC zone in Surrey: Cemetery Zone"
place: Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/surrey
zone: PC
bylaw: Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000 (consolidation includes amendments up to By-law 22120, adopted 09/21/2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/pc/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/pc.json"
---

# PC zone in Surrey: Cemetery Zone

Cemeteries and related uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Cemeteries and related uses.
- **Main uses:** Cemetery including crematories, columbarium, mausoleums and mortuaries; General service uses limited to funeral parlour and memorial service facility (not the only use on the lot); Pet cemetery including pet crematories
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Caretaker unit (accommodation for an official, manager or caretaker of the principal uses)
- **Minimum lot area:** 2,000 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 20% (burial plots excluded)
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 0.20
- **Maximum height:** 14.0 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4 m (5 m if roof slope and materials match the principal building); structures 5.0 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m from all lot lines except internal lot lines
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m from all lot lines except internal lot lines
- **Interior side setback:** 7.5 m from all lot lines except internal lot lines
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m from all lot lines except internal lot lines
- **Other rules:** Minimum lot depth is 2 times the lot width.; A pet cemetery and a human cemetery on the same operation must be separated by a landscape buffer at least 10 m wide.

## Source

- [Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000 (consolidation includes amendments up to By-law 22120, adopted 09/21/2026), s. Part 30](https://www.surrey.ca/sites/default/files/bylaws/BYL_Zoning_12000.pdf#page=261) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Surrey: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/pc/_