---
title: "CR-4 zone in White Rock: East Beach Business Area Commercial / Residential Zone"
place: White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/white-rock
zone: CR-4
bylaw: White Rock Zoning Bylaw, 2024, No. 2506 (consolidated as of June 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/white-rock/zoning/cr-4/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/white-rock/zoning/cr-4.json"
---

# CR-4 zone in White Rock: East Beach Business Area Commercial / Residential Zone

Commercial and multi-unit residential uses in the East Beach Business area

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Commercial and multi-unit residential uses in the East Beach Business area
- **Main uses:** Retail service group 1 uses; Licensed establishments (liquor primary, food primary, agent store, u-brew, u-vin); Hotel; Medical or dental clinic; Three-unit residential use or multi-unit residential use (Uses are permitted in one or more principal buildings.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home occupation (with residential use); Boarding use (with residential use); One-, two- or three-unit residential use above retail service group 1 uses
- **Minimum lot area:** 167.2 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 9.1 m (lot depth 18.2 m)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 85% per fee-simple lot
- **Maximum density:** Gross floor area of all uses up to 1.75 times the lot area
- **Maximum height:** 9.2 m, measured from the highest point to the average natural grade; front wall no higher than 4.6 m above average front lot line elevation; southerly elevation limited by a 45 degree angle of containment from 4.6 m above natural grade
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** Structures 4.0 m
- **Front setback:** 1.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 1.83 m
- **Street side setback:** 1.5 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Structures: exterior side 1.5 m, rear 1.83 m; not permitted in the front yard (patios and awnings are allowed)
- **Other rules:** Ancillary buildings are not permitted; Structures at least 3.0 m from a principal building

## Source

- [White Rock Zoning Bylaw, 2024, No. 2506 (consolidated as of June 2026), s. 6.15](https://www.whiterockcity.ca/DocumentCenter/View/8003/Zoning-Bylaw-2024-No-2506-Adopted-June-27-2024#page=85) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in White Rock: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/white-rock/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/white-rock/zoning/cr-4/_