{"title":"C/R zone in Wells: Commercial Recreational","code":"C/R","slug":"c-r","name":"Commercial Recreational","group":"Commercial","section":"4.3","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Accommodation including campgrounds, recreational vehicle park, rental cabins bed and breakfast, Outdoor recreational facilities, tourist amusement facilities, theme parks, resorts, marinas, Facilities for the serving of meals, and furnishing of outdoor rental equipment, supplies or services in connection with the main activity or use, including a gift shop, One dwelling unit for residential use by the owner, manager or proprietor of the premises, single family dwellings for use by staff.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Accommodation including campgrounds, recreational vehicle park, rental cabins bed and breakfast","Outdoor recreational facilities, tourist amusement facilities, theme parks, resorts, marinas","Facilities for the serving of meals, and furnishing of outdoor rental equipment, supplies or services in connection with the main activity or use, including a gift shop","One dwelling unit for residential use by the owner, manager or proprietor of the premises","single family dwellings for use by staff"],"quotes":["Accommodation including campgrounds, recreational vehicle park, rental","Outdoor recreational facilities, tourist amusement facilities, theme parks,","Facilities for the serving of meals, and furnishing of outdoor rental","one dwelling unit for residential use by the owner, manager or proprietor of","single family dwellings for use by staff"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Ancillary uses, buildings, and structures"],"quotes":["Ancillary uses, buildings, and structures"]},"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_density":{"value":"Campground or RV park: maximum 15 sites per 0.4 hectare","quotes":["Recreational Vehicle Sites = 15 per 0.4 hectare (max.)"]},"max_height":{"value":"10.67 m","quotes":["HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS (maximum): = 10.67 metres (35 feet)"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.6 m","quotes":["Front Yard - Setback = 7.6 metres (24.9 feet)"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.6 m","quotes":["Rear Yard - Setback = 7.6 metres (24.9 feet)"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"7.6 m","quotes":["Interior Side Yard - Setback = 7.6 metres (24.9 feet)"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"7.6 m","quotes":["Exterior Side Yard - Setback = 7.6 metres (24.9 feet)"]},"other":{"value":["Campground or RV park: minimum lot area 0.8 hectare; vehicle space and amenity area per site at least 4.5 by 12 m each","Open storage that is visible from any highway or highway frontage road is not permitted"],"quotes":["Lot Area (Minimum) = 0.8 hectare (1.98 acres)","Recreational Vehicle Site = 4.5 by 12 metres (min.)","Recreational Vehicle site = 4.5 by 12 metres (min.)","No open storage of goods or materials shall be permitted that is visible from any"]}},"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=44","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-r/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/c-r.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/c-r.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/index.json"}}