---
title: "CMUC zone in Vernon: Commercial Mixed Use: Centre"
place: Vernon, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/vernon
zone: CMUC
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 6000 (2024), consolidated for convenience (amendments through Bylaw 6083)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/vernon/zoning/cmuc/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/vernon/zoning/cmuc.json"
---

# CMUC zone in Vernon: Commercial Mixed Use: Centre

Large scale commercial, residential and mixed-use housing up to 16 storeys, providing employment, services, retail, entertainment and housing in the City Centre areas.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Large scale commercial, residential and mixed-use housing up to 16 storeys, providing employment, services, retail, entertainment and housing in the City Centre areas.
- **Main uses:** Large Scale Multi-Unit Housing; Medium Scale Multi-Unit Housing; Mixed Use Housing; Bar; Cannabis Retail Store; Food and Beverage Service; Grocery Store; Health Service; Hotel; Indoor Sales and Service; Light Manufacturing; Liquor Store; Major Indoor Entertainment; Minor Indoor Entertainment; Office; Child Care Service; Community Service; Housing Care Centre; Supportive Housing; Emergency Services; Health Care Facility
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Parking; Cannabis Lounge; Home Based Business; Housing Sales Centre; Outdoor Vending; Short-term Rental Accommodation; Temporary Storage; Special Event; Essential Utility
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Small, Medium and Large Scale Multi-Unit Housing on 30th Ave between 35 St. and 27 St. can only be on the same lot as Mixed-Use Housing with at least one principal commercial use
- **Minimum lot area:** 2,025 m² (0.5 ac)
- **Minimum lot width:** 20 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 100%
- **Maximum density:** 5.0 FAR
- **Maximum height:** 60 m (16 Storeys)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 m
- **Front setback:** 1.0 m (abutting a street)
- **Rear setback:** 1.5 m (abutting a laneway or alley)
- **Interior side setback:** 0.0 m (abutting a lot or at a party wall)
- **Street side setback:** 1.0 m (abutting a street)
- **Other rules:** Amenity area: 5 m² per studio, 10 m² per 1 bedroom, 15 m² per unit with more than 1 bedroom; Maximum building frontage length is 100 m; Surface parking lots and loading, storage and waste collection areas must not be between a principal building and a street; For height, parking below grade and up to 2 levels of parking above grade do not count as a storey

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 6000 (2024), consolidated for convenience (amendments through Bylaw 6083), s. 11.3](https://www.vernon.ca/sites/default/files/docs/planning-building/zoning/bylaw6000/6000%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20-%20COMBINED.pdf#page=117) (read 2026-11-07)

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