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title: "C5 zone in Valemount: Neighbourhood Mixed-Use"
place: Valemount, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/valemount
zone: C5
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 847, 2021 (consolidated through Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 927, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/valemount/zoning/c5/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/valemount/zoning/c5.json"
---

# C5 zone in Valemount: Neighbourhood Mixed-Use

To provide an innovative zone that allows for a flexible mix of employment and residential opportunities at a neighbourhood scale.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** To provide an innovative zone that allows for a flexible mix of employment and residential opportunities at a neighbourhood scale.
- **Main uses:** Dwelling, Single-Detached; Dwelling, Two-unit; Dwelling, Apartment; Dwelling, Townhouse (Small commercial uses (up to 250 m² floor area) are conditional uses.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Dwelling, Attached Accessory Unit - Commercial; Home Based Business 1 – Minor; Home Based Business 2 – Major; Accessory uses, buildings and structures to a permitted use
- **Minimum lot area:** Single-Detached: 375 m² (4,036 ft²); Two-unit (one parcel): 500 m² (5,382 ft²); Two-unit (2 parcels with common wall): 250 m² (2,691 ft²); Apartment: 1,000 m² (10,764 sq. ft.); Townhouse (single parcel): 750 m² (8,073 sq. ft.); Townhouse (per unit): 225 m² (2,422 sq. ft.); all other uses: 464.5 m² (5,000 ft²)
- **Minimum lot width:** Single-detached: 10.0 m; Two-Unit lot, Apartment, Townhouse (single parcel): 15.0 m; Townhouse (per unit): 6.0 m; minimum lot length 25 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 60% (all buildings and structures combined)
- **Maximum height:** 10.5 m (34.45 ft.)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 6.0 m (19.68 ft.)
- **Front setback:** 4.0 m minimum
- **Rear setback:** 4.0 m minimum
- **Interior side setback:** 2.0 m minimum (does not apply to a common wall where a Duplex or Townhouse is divided into separate parcels)
- **Street side setback:** 4.0 m minimum
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front equal to or greater than principal building, rear 3.0 m, interior side 1.0 m, exterior side 3.0 m
- **Other rules:** Commercial uses allowed conditionally (art gallery, bicycle retail, office, daycare, food primary, market garden, personal service, retail store) are limited to 250 m² floor area; mixed use commercial component cannot exceed 250 m²

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 847, 2021 (consolidated through Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 927, 2026), s. 5.12](https://valemount.civicweb.net/document/98099#page=79) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Valemount: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/valemount/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/valemount/zoning/c5/_