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title: "C3 zone in Tofino: Service Commercial District"
place: Tofino, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/tofino
zone: C3
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/c3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tofino/zoning/c3.json"
---

# C3 zone in Tofino: Service Commercial District

Commercial uses requiring large area for storing and handling materials, goods and equipment, and low intensity commercial use.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Commercial uses requiring large area for storing and handling materials, goods and equipment, and low intensity commercial use.
- **Main uses:** 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
- **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:** 60% of the lot area
- **Maximum height:** 10.4 m (34 feet), and not more than two storeys
- **Rear setback:** 3.0 m (10 feet)
- **Interior side setback:** 3 m (10 feet) where the lot abuts a Residential or A zone lot without an intervening street or lane
- **Other rules:** 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)

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 770, 1997 (consolidated for convenience only, updated April 4, 2024), s. Part 25](https://tofino.civicweb.net/document/157800#page=82) (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/c3/_