---
title: "C-1 zone in Williams Lake: Commercial"
place: Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/williams-lake
zone: C-1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 2430, 2025 (December 2025)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/williams-lake/zoning/c-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/williams-lake/zoning/c-1.json"
---

# C-1 zone in Williams Lake: Commercial

A range of commercial uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** A range of commercial uses.
- **Main uses:** Retail Sales; Retail Sales, Beer and Wine; Personal Services; Entertainment; Food Establishment; Drive-Through; Food Establishment, Licensed; Recreation Facility; Office Use; Retail Sales, Cannabis; Childcare, Commercial; Health Services, Minor; Service Commercial; Agriculture; Civic; Animal Clinic; Metal Shipping Containers
- **Minimum lot area:** 270 m²
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 55%
- **Maximum density:** FAR 2
- **Maximum height:** 15 m (4 storeys)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 6 m (1.5 storeys)
- **Front setback:** 3 m
- **Rear setback:** 3 m
- **Interior side setback:** 3 m
- **Street side setback:** 3 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 3 m, side 1.5 m, rear 1.5 m
- **Other rules:** Minimum building width 9 m; Minimum building separation 3 m (accessory buildings 1.2 m); Cannabis retail is subject to Section 3.5; metal shipping containers to Section 3.10

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 2430, 2025 (December 2025), s. 4J](https://williamslake.civicweb.net/document/178601#page=42) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Williams Lake: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/williams-lake/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/williams-lake/zoning/c-1/_