---
title: "C1 zone in Tofino: Local Commercial District"
place: Tofino, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/tofino
zone: C1
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/c1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tofino/zoning/c1.json"
---

# C1 zone in Tofino: Local Commercial District

Convenience shopping and local services customarily provided in a neighbourhood.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Convenience shopping and local services customarily provided in a neighbourhood.
- **Main uses:** Retail commercial (excluding lumber and building supply yards, and sale and servicing of automobiles, trucks, trailers, mobile homes, recreational vehicles, boats, farm and industrial equipment and machinery); Personal service establishments; Business, commercial and professional offices; Medical and dental offices; Financial institutions; Lodge; An accessory residential use located within a commercial building; Commercial Child Care
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings and uses
- **Minimum lot area:** 668 m² (7200 square feet)
- **Minimum lot width:** 18.3 m (60 feet); lot depth not less than 30 m (99 feet)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50% of the lot area
- **Maximum height:** 10.4 m (34 ft), and not more than two storeys
- **Front setback:** 6 m (20 feet)
- **Rear setback:** 6 m (20 feet)
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m (5 feet) on each side, and the total of both side yards at least 6 m (20 feet)
- **Other rules:** Retail stores are limited to a total retail floor space of 162 m² (1750 square feet) for all uses

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 770, 1997 (consolidated for convenience only, updated April 4, 2024), s. Part 22](https://tofino.civicweb.net/document/157800#page=76) (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/c1/_