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title: "C/M zone in Wells: Commercial Service / Light Industrial"
place: Wells, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/wells
zone: C/M
bylaw: District of Wells Zoning and Tree Protection Bylaw No. 26, 2000 (with Amending Bylaws No. 123 and 125, 2013 not consolidated)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/c-m/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/c-m.json"
---

# C/M zone in Wells: Commercial Service / Light Industrial

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.

## Zone rules

- **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; 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** accessory dwelling unit; ancillary buildings
- **Minimum lot area:** 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
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50%
- **Maximum height:** 12.5 m
- **Front setback:** 4.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 3 m
- **Interior side setback:** 3 m (0 m when abutting another permitted non-residential use in a multi-tenant complex or adjacent to another commercial or industrial zone)
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m
- **Other rules:** Open storage must be fully enclosed behind a screened and fenced area at least 2 m high and meet the yard setbacks

## Source

- [District of Wells Zoning and Tree Protection Bylaw No. 26, 2000 (with Amending Bylaws No. 123 and 125, 2013 not consolidated), s. 4.2](https://www.wells.ca/download_file/view/176/379#page=41) (read 2026-11-08)

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