{"title":"C3 zone in Tofino: Service Commercial District","code":"C3","slug":"c3","name":"Service Commercial District","group":"Commercial","section":"Part 25","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Commercial uses requiring large area for storing and handling materials, goods and equipment, and low intensity commercial use.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Commercial uses requiring large area for storing and handling materials, goods and equipment, and low intensity commercial use.","quotes":["This District provides for commercial uses requiring large area for storing and handling materials,","goods and equipment and for low intensity commercial use."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Retail sales limited to hardware stores, household furniture and appliance stores, second hand stores, pre-fabricated house and building dealers, service or rental of garden and building equipment, hardware, motor vehicles, trucks, boats, recreation vehicles, small equipment, and automotive parts","Construction and contractors offices and operations","Accessory offices","Bowling alleys and billiard parlours","General merchandise stores excluding department store type merchandise and grocery stores","Bakeries, custom woodworking, household furniture manufacturing and sign and display uses","Veterinary clinics","Printing shops","Motion picture and distribution uses","Accessory dwelling units located within a commercial or other principal use building","Auction rooms","Commercial nurseries and greenhouses","Transportation uses","Commercial Child Care"],"quotes":["Retail sales limited to hardware stores, household furniture and appliance stores,","Construction and contractors offices and operations;","Accessory offices;","Bowling alleys and billiard parlours;","General merchandise stores excluding department store type merchandise and","Bakeries, custom woodworking, household furniture manufacturing and sign and","Veterinary clinics;","Printing shops;","Motion picture and distribution uses;","Accessory dwelling units located within a commercial or other principal use building;","Auction rooms;","Commercial nurseries and greenhouses;","Transportation uses;","Commercial Child Care"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory buildings and uses"],"quotes":["Accessory buildings and uses in accordance with Part 4; 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":"60% of the lot area","quotes":["The maximum lot coverage shall be 60% of the lot area."]},"max_height":{"value":"10.4 m (34 feet), and not more than two storeys","quotes":["The maximum height of a principal building shall not exceed 10.4 metres (34 feet) nor two"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3.0 m (10 feet)","quotes":["A rear yard shall be provided of not less than 3.0 metres (10 feet) in depth."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3 m (10 feet) where the lot abuts a Residential or A zone lot without an intervening street or lane","quotes":["Where a lot zoned C3 abuts a lot in any Residential or A zone without an intervening","street or lane, a side yard shall be provided of not less than 3 metres (10"]},"other":{"value":["No storage yard or area is allowed in a required front yard","Outside storage areas must be fully enclosed by a view-obscuring fence at least 2 m (6.5 feet) high, and material may not be piled higher than 3 m (10 feet)"],"quotes":["No storage yard or area shall be permitted in a required front yard.","fully enclosed by view obscuring fence with a minimum height of 2 metres (6.5 feet)","piled higher than 3 metres (10 feet)."]}},"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=82","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/c3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tofino/zoning/c3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tofino/zoning/c3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tofino/zoning/index.json"}}