---
title: "C3 zone in Telkwa: Neighbourhood Commercial"
place: Telkwa, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/telkwa
zone: C3
bylaw: Village of Telkwa Zoning Bylaw No. 747, 2022 (adopted March 22, 2022)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/telkwa/zoning/c3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/telkwa/zoning/c3.json"
---

# C3 zone in Telkwa: Neighbourhood Commercial

Small scale commercial and residential uses within residential neighbourhoods, with limited-service functions and integrated dwelling types.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Small scale commercial and residential uses within residential neighbourhoods, with limited-service functions and integrated dwelling types.
- **Main uses:** Apartment; Art Gallery; Community Care Facility; Convenience Retail Store; Day Care; Dwelling, Duplex; Dwelling, Fourplex; Dwelling, Rowhouse; Dwelling, Single Detached; Dwelling, Triplex; Farmers' Market; Financial Services; Licensed Establishment; Office; Personal Service; Restaurant; Retail Store; Artist Live-Work Studio
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Buildings and Structures; Accessory Dwelling Unit; Bed and Breakfast; Beekeeping; Day Care; Hen Keeping; Home Business; Short-Term Rental Accommodation; Suite, Attached; Suite, Detached
- **Minimum lot area:** 280 m² (non-residential); 400 m² (single detached, duplex); 150 m² per unit (row house); 1000 m² (tri-plex/four-plex, apartment); 2 ha when not connected to community water and wastewater
- **Minimum lot width:** 20.0 m (non-residential, single detached, duplex); 30.0 m (row house, tri-plex/four-plex, apartment)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50% (non-residential, single detached, duplex); 60% (row house, tri-plex/four-plex, apartment)
- **Maximum density:** Single detached: 1 unit per parcel; duplex: 2 units per parcel; row house and tri-plex/four-plex: 40 units per hectare; apartment: 60 units per hectare; other: 1 principal building
- **Maximum height:** 10.0 m
- **Front setback:** 3.0 m (non-residential); 5.0 m (residential uses); 7.5 m (apartment)
- **Rear setback:** 3.0 m (non-residential); 5.0 m (residential uses); 7.5 m (apartment)
- **Interior side setback:** 0.0 m (non-residential); 1.5 m (single detached); 2.0 m (duplex, row house, tri-plex/four-plex, apartment)
- **Street side setback:** 0.0 m (non-residential); 5.0 m (single detached); 3.0 m (duplex, row house, tri-plex/four-plex, apartment)
- **Other rules:** Where a side-by-side duplex, triplex or rowhouse is split into separate parcels, the interior side setback does not apply at shared walls; parcel width 10 m per unit (duplex) or 7.5 m (triplex, rowhouse)

## Source

- [Village of Telkwa Zoning Bylaw No. 747, 2022 (adopted March 22, 2022), s. 10](https://www.telkwa.ca/_files/ugd/a93d86_9bedd68db9be4179adca3b8b55fb8789.pdf#page=51) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Telkwa: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/telkwa/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/telkwa/zoning/c3/_