---
title: "C-1 zone in Vanderhoof: Retail Commercial"
place: Vanderhoof, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/vanderhoof
zone: C-1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1230, 2020 (consolidated version including amendments as of July 13, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/vanderhoof/zoning/c-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/vanderhoof/zoning/c-1.json"
---

# C-1 zone in Vanderhoof: Retail Commercial

Main uses: Bakery or confectionery, Bicycle shop, Business, government, and professional offices, Cannabis retail store (only on the specified parcel), Commercial recreation and health spa, and 23 more.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Bakery or confectionery; Bicycle shop; Business, government, and professional offices; Cannabis retail store (only on the specified parcel); Commercial recreation and health spa; Distribution plant for soft drinks; Fast food pick-up and drive-in; Funeral parlor; Hotel or motel; Liquor primary major; Liquor primary minor; Liquor store; Outdoor garden shop; Pawn shop; Personal service; Post office; Printing shop; Public assembly; Radio and television stations; Recycling depot; Restaurants; Retail stores; Specialty brew store; Taxi office; Transportation depot; Tree seedling cold storage facilities; Upholstery shop; Veterinary hospital and animal beauty parlor when totally contained in a building, excluding on-site treatment of livestock
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings and uses; Residential use (subject to the residential use rules)
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Cannabis retail store permitted only on Lot 3 Block 3 Plan PRP1375 Section 9 Township 11 Range 5 Land District 14 - 2444 Burrard Avenue
- **Minimum lot area:** 278 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** No minimum parcel frontage required
- **Maximum height:** 12.0 m (any building or structure)
- **Front setback:** 1.5 m
- **Rear setback:** None required
- **Interior side setback:** None required
- **Other rules:** Gas bar buildings: 7.0 m from any parcel line abutting a highway, 3.0 m from any other parcel line; gasoline pump islands 4.5 m from any parcel line; Residential use only above or behind the commercial use, with separate access to grade, up to 40 units per ha, minimum floor area 65 m²; Existing single-family or two-family residential use allowed only in a building in use for that purpose when the bylaw was adopted; Off-street parking and loading required under Part 5; landscaping and screening under Part 6

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1230, 2020 (consolidated version including amendments as of July 13, 2026)](https://vanderhoof.civicweb.net/document/72408#page=86) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Vanderhoof: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/vanderhoof/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/vanderhoof/zoning/c-1/_