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title: "C-4A zone in Tofino: Highway Commercial Retail District"
place: Tofino, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/tofino
zone: C-4A
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 770, 1997 (consolidated for convenience only, updated April 4, 2024)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tofino/zoning/c-4a/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tofino/zoning/c-4a.json"
---

# C-4A zone in Tofino: Highway Commercial Retail District

Vehicular-oriented commercial uses of low intensity and services essential to, or dependent upon, highway traffic.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Vehicular-oriented commercial uses of low intensity and services essential to, or dependent upon, highway traffic.
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings and uses
- **Minimum lot area:** 929 m² (10,000 square feet)
- **Minimum lot width:** 30.5 m (100 feet)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40% of the lot area
- **Maximum height:** 10.4 m (34 feet) or two storeys
- **Front setback:** 6 m (20 feet)
- **Rear setback:** 6 m (20 feet)
- **Interior side setback:** 4.5 m (15 feet) on each side
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 770, 1997 (consolidated for convenience only, updated April 4, 2024), s. Part 27](https://tofino.civicweb.net/document/157800#page=85) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Tofino: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tofino/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/tofino/zoning/c-4a/_