{"title":"C/M zone in Wells: Commercial Service / Light Industrial","code":"C/M","slug":"c-m","name":"Commercial Service / Light Industrial","group":"Commercial","section":"4.2","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Motor vehicle fuel station, motor vehicle service station, Convenience store ancillary to a motor vehicle fuel station, Sales and service of vehicles including automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, recreational vehicles and boats, Car wash, cleaning and drying establishment, Parking lots for the commercial storage of vehicles, and 18 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Motor vehicle fuel station, motor vehicle service station","Convenience store ancillary to a motor vehicle fuel station","Sales and service of vehicles including automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, recreational vehicles and boats","Car wash, cleaning and drying establishment","Parking lots for the commercial storage of vehicles","Sales of automotive parts and accessories","Publishing and printing","Building supply store","Plumbing, heating, electrical sales and service","Paint, floor or wall covering store","Small equipment, machinery and tool rental","Upholstery shops and furniture repair","Antique and secondhand sales","Animal hospital, veterinary clinic, and ancillary kennels (animals confined in a fully-enclosed building between 8:00 pm and 7:00 am)","Construction, storage and repair of boats, bicycles, trailers, recreational vehicles, prefabricated buildings, signs, finished concrete products, ceramics, wood and fibreglass products","Manufacturing, processing and packaging of dairy, food and meat products (excluding fish), peat and other soil-related products, and products using recycled materials","Warehousing, including frozen food lockers, cold storage plants, feed and seed storage and distribution","Packing and crating, bottling and distribution plant","Contractor's office, shop or yard","Mini-storage and self-storage facility","Commercial nursery and greenhouse","Vocational training facility, including administrative offices","Office, wholesale and retail sales and a coffee shop ancillary to the permitted non-residential uses"],"quotes":["motor vehicle fuel station, motor vehicle service station","convenience store ancillary to a motor vehicle fuel station","sales and service of vehicles including automobiles, trucks, motorcycles,","car wash, cleaning and drying establishment","parking lots for the commercial storage of vehicles","sales of automotive parts and accessories","publishing and printing","building supply store","plumbing, heating, electrical sales and service","paint, floor or wall covering store","small equipment, machinery and tool rental","upholstery shops and furniture repair","antique and secondhand sales","animal hospital, veterinary clinic, and ancillary kennels provided animals","construction, storage and repair of boats, bicycles, trailers, recreational","manufacturing, processing and packaging of dairy, food and meat products,","warehousing, including frozen food lockers, cold storage plants, feed and","packing and crating, bottling and distribution plant","contractor's office, shop or yard","mini-storage and self-storage facility","commercial nursery and greenhouse","vocational training facility, including administrative offices","office, wholesale and retail sales and a coffee shop ancillary to the","are confined within a fully-enclosed building between the hours of 8:00 pm","and 7:00 am;"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["accessory dwelling unit","ancillary buildings"],"quotes":["accessory dwelling unit","ancillary buildings"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"Non-residential use: 300 m² (community water and sewer), 600 m² (community water or sewer), 4,000 m² (no community services). Combined residential and non-residential use: 600 m², 900 m², 4,000 m²","quotes":["Non-Residential 300 square metres 600 square metres 4,000 square metres","Combined Residential 600 square metres 900 square metres 4,000 square metres"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50%","quotes":["LOT COVERAGE (maximum): = 50%"]},"max_height":{"value":"12.5 m","quotes":["HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS (maximum): = 12.5 metres (41 feet)"]},"setback_front":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Front Yard - Setback = 4.5 metres (14.76 feet)"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3 m","quotes":["Rear Yard - Setback = 3 metres (9.84 feet)"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3 m (0 m when abutting another permitted non-residential use in a multi-tenant complex or adjacent to another commercial or industrial zone)","quotes":["Interior Side Yard - Setback = 3 metres (9.84 feet)","yard setback of zero metres may be permitted.","Notwithstanding the above, where abutting another permitted"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Exterior Side Yard - Setback = 4.5 metres (14.76 feet)"]},"other":{"value":["Open storage must be fully enclosed behind a screened and fenced area at least 2 m high and meet the yard setbacks"],"quotes":["screened and fenced area with a minimum height of 2 metres (6.56 feet)."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"District of Wells Zoning and Tree Protection Bylaw No. 26, 2000 (with Amending Bylaws No. 123 and 125, 2013 not consolidated)","url":"https://www.wells.ca/download_file/view/176/379","accessed":"2026-11-08","note":"This is the original 2000 bylaw text. The District posts amending bylaws separately and not folded in: No. 6 1998 (an older CRD bylaw), No. 123, 2013 (adds single family dwelling as permitted use in CW, s. 4.1.A.1(a)iii) and No. 125, 2013 (adds RV seasonal temporary dwelling rules, s. 3.13(g),(h)). Neither adds a zone."},"source_url":"https://www.wells.ca/download_file/view/176/379#page=41","place":{"path":"ca/bc/wells","name":"Wells","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/c-m/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/c-m.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/c-m.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/index.json"}}