{"title":"C-4A zone in Tofino: Highway Commercial Retail District","code":"C-4A","slug":"c-4a","name":"Highway Commercial Retail District","group":"Commercial","section":"Part 27","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Vehicular-oriented commercial uses of low intensity and services essential to, or dependent upon, highway traffic.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Vehicular-oriented commercial uses of low intensity and services essential to, or dependent upon, highway traffic.","quotes":["This District provides for the accommodation of vehicular-oriented commercial uses of low","and for services essential to, or dependent upon highway traffic."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Food stores, general merchandise stores, other enterprises oriented to highway traffic such as garden supplies or gift shops, marine supply and motor maintenance shop excluding hull and superstructure repair, and car vehicle rental equipment rental facilities (retail floor area not to exceed 186 m² (2000 square feet))","Personal services including barber and beauty shops, self-service laundries and dry cleaners, tourist guide service","Restaurants","One dwelling on the same lot as a permitted business for the caretaker, manager or proprietor and their immediate family","Commercial Child Care"],"quotes":["The following retail outlets, provided that the retail floor area shall not exceed 186","square metres (2000 square feet): food stores, general merchandise stores, other","The following personal services including barber and beauty shops, self-service","Restaurants;","One dwelling on the same lot as a permitted business or undertaking, for","Commercial Child Care"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory buildings and uses"],"quotes":["5. Accessory buildings and uses; and"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"929 m² (10,000 square feet)","quotes":["Each lot shall have a minimum area of 929 square metres (10,000 square feet)."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"30.5 m (100 feet)","quotes":["Each lot shall have a minimum width of 30.5 metres (100 feet)."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40% of the lot area","quotes":["The maximum lot coverage shall be 40% of the lot area."]},"max_height":{"value":"10.4 m (34 feet) or two storeys","quotes":["The maximum height of a principal building shall not exceed 10.4 metres (34 feet) or two"]},"setback_front":{"value":"6 m (20 feet)","quotes":["A front yard of not less than 6 metres (20 feet) in depth shall be provided."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6 m (20 feet)","quotes":["A rear yard of not less than 6 metres (20 feet) in depth shall be provided."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"4.5 m (15 feet) on each side","quotes":["Side yards of not less than 4.5 metres (15 feet) in width shall be provided on each"]},"other":{"value":["Every business must be conducted within a completely enclosed building, except for drive-in businesses, fruit and vegetable markets, ice dispensaries, vending machines, outdoor garden shops, parking and loading facilities","Automobiles being repaired or stored for service must be screened by landscaping or a fence at least 1.5 m (5 feet) high","A dwelling needs at least 46.5 m² (500 square feet) of usable open space"],"quotes":["Every business or undertaking shall be conducted within a completely enclosed","building except for drive-in businesses, fruit and vegetable markets, ice","dispensaries, vending machines, outdoor garden shops, parking and loading","Automobiles being repaired or stored for service shall be screened from adjacent","properties or highway by landscaping or fence not less than 1.5 metres (5 feet) high.","Not less than 46.5 square metres (500 square feet) of usable open space"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 770, 1997 (consolidated for convenience only, updated April 4, 2024)","url":"https://tofino.civicweb.net/document/157800","accessed":"2026-11-08","note":"The District's consolidated version is for convenience only and should be read with the complete document. The District also links the same file at https://tofino.civicweb.net/document/1425. Zones are numbered as Parts (for example Part 41E); Parts 40 to 43 are site-specific comprehensive development zones."},"source_url":"https://tofino.civicweb.net/document/157800#page=85","place":{"path":"ca/bc/tofino","name":"Tofino","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tofino/zoning/c-4a/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tofino/zoning/c-4a.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tofino/zoning/c-4a.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tofino/zoning/index.json"}}