---
title: "C7 zone in Terrace: Downtown Cultural"
place: Terrace, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/terrace
zone: C7
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 2069-2014 (consolidated to Bylaw 2345-2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/terrace/zoning/c7/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/terrace/zoning/c7.json"
---

# C7 zone in Terrace: Downtown Cultural

Cultural, smaller-scale commercial and multi-family residential uses in buildings up to six storeys in the downtown.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Cultural, smaller-scale commercial and multi-family residential uses in buildings up to six storeys in the downtown.
- **Main uses:** Art and Cultural Facility; Artisan Shop; Entertainment Facility; Hotel; Laundromat; Microbrewery/Craft Distillery; Mixed Use Building; Museum; Neighbourhood Pub; Office; Personal Service Establishment; Recreation Facility – Indoor; Restaurant; Retail Store; Storefront Cannabis Retail; Transportation Use (A multi-family dwelling is only allowed with other primary uses in a mixed use building, and not below the second storey.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home Occupation – Level 1; Hostel (A Level 1 home occupation must be inside a dwelling unit in a mixed-use building.)
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Recycling Depot (restrained to beverage containers only), on Lot B, District Lot 369, Range 5, Coast District, Plan PRP41812
- **Minimum lot area:** 500 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 15.0 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 100%
- **Maximum density:** 100 units per hectare (mixed use building) (Mixed use buildings may increase to 120 dwelling units per hectare under the Section 3.10 density bonus provisions.)
- **Maximum height:** 18.0 m (A mixed-use building may reach 22.0 m if any Section 3.10 density bonus amenity is provided.)
- **Front setback:** 0.0 m
- **Rear setback:** 0.0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 0.0 m
- **Street side setback:** 0.0 m
- **Other rules:** Maximum floor area ratio 3.0 (may increase to 3.5 under the density bonus provisions).; Commercial uses are not permitted above a multi-family dwelling in a mixed use building.; On the southwest corner of the Greig Avenue/Kalum Street intersection, a 10 m x 10 m corner building setback is required.; Parking and loading as required by Section 8.0.

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 2069-2014 (consolidated to Bylaw 2345-2026), s. 12.8](https://www.terrace.ca/media/4249#page=92) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Terrace: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/terrace/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/terrace/zoning/c7/_