---
title: "CR-5 zone in White Rock: Neighborhood Commercial Zone"
place: White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/white-rock
zone: CR-5
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-5/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/white-rock/zoning/cr-5.json"
---

# CR-5 zone in White Rock: Neighborhood Commercial Zone

Neighbourhood-oriented convenience and limited commercial service type uses

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Neighbourhood-oriented convenience and limited commercial service type uses
- **Main uses:** Retail service use limited to: art gallery, artisan shop, bakery shop, barber, book shop, business school, café or coffee house, dance studio, delicatessen, drug store, dry cleaner, grocery store, hairdresser, health club, launderette, medical or dental clinic, neighborhood convenience store, professional and semi-professional office, stationary store, tailor (Permitted in not more than one principal building.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** One-unit or two-unit residential use accessory to a retail service use, on the storeys above the retail
- **Minimum lot area:** 464.0 m² minimum; 1,120.0 m² maximum
- **Minimum lot width:** 15.0 m minimum (lot depth 30.5 m minimum)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 45% per fee-simple lot
- **Maximum density:** Gross floor area of all uses up to 0.75 times the lot area; accessory buildings up to 6.0 m² of floor area
- **Maximum height:** 7.7 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.0 m (written as 4.0m² in the bylaw)
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 3.8 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** rear 1.5 m, interior side 1.5 m, exterior side 7.5 m; not permitted in the front yard
- **Other rules:** Ancillary buildings and structures at least 3.0 m from a principal building

## Source

- [White Rock Zoning Bylaw, 2024, No. 2506 (consolidated as of June 2026), s. 6.16](https://www.whiterockcity.ca/DocumentCenter/View/8003/Zoning-Bylaw-2024-No-2506-Adopted-June-27-2024#page=87) (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-5/_