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ZONING BYLAW
No. 1980
Zoning Bylaw No.
1980 Schedule A
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................ 6
1.
Basic Provisions ..................................................................................................................... 11
1.1
Purpose ....................................................................................................................................... 11
1.2
Application ................................................................................................................................... 11
1.3
Conformity ................................................................................................................................... 11
1.4
Severability .................................................................................................................................. 11
1.5
Metric Units .................................................................................................................................. 11
1.6
Applicable Regulations ................................................................................................................ 11
1.7
Exceptions ................................................................................................................................... 11
2.
Administration ........................................................................................................................ 13
2.1
Inspection .................................................................................................................................... 13
2.2
Violation ....................................................................................................................................... 13
2.3
Offence ........................................................................................................................................ 13
2.4
Municipal Ticket Information ........................................................................................................ 13
2.5
Penalty ......................................................................................................................................... 13
2.6
Uses Related to Lot Size ............................................................................................................. 13
3.
Definitions .............................................................................................................................. 14
3.1
Definitions .................................................................................................................................... 14
4.
General Regulations .............................................................................................................. 30
4.1
Applicability of General Regulations ............................................................................................ 30
4.2
Number of Principal Buildings per Lot ......................................................................................... 30
4.3
Location and Siting of Buildings................................................................................................... 30
4.4
Setback Exceptions ..................................................................................................................... 30
4.5
Height and Grade ........................................................................................................................ 31
4.6
Subdivision Requirements ........................................................................................................... 31
4.7
Minimum Lot Size - Septic Disposal System .............................................................................. 32
4.8
Accessory Building or Structure - Residential Zones .................................................................. 32
4.9
Accessory Building or Structure - Non-Residential Zones ........................................................... 33
4.10 Visibility at Intersections - Obstructions on Corners .................................................................... 33
4.11 Fencing ........................................................................................................................................ 34
4.12 Retaining Walls ............................................................................................................................ 35
4.13 Landscaping and Screening ........................................................................................................ 35
4.14 Rooftop Screen ............................................................................................................................ 36
4.15 Floodplain Restrictions and Setbacks from Steams .................................................................... 36
4.16 Stream Protection Leave Strips ................................................................................................... 37
4.17 Home Based Business ................................................................................................................ 38
4.18 Short-Term Rentals ..................................................................................................................... 41
4.19 Boarding Uses ............................................................................................................................. 42
4.20 Accessory Dwelling Units ............................................................................................................ 42
4.21 Uses Permitted in All Zones ........................................................................................................ 44
4.22 General Prohibition ...................................................................................................................... 44
4.23 Cannabis...................................................................................................................................... 45
4.24 Parking or Storage of Commercial Vehicles, Contractor Equipment and Recreational Vehicles in
Residential Zones ........................................................................................................................ 46
4.25 Shipping Containers .................................................................................................................... 46
4.26 Wrecked Vehicles ........................................................................................................................ 47
4.27 Signs ............................................................................................................................................ 47
4.28 Urban Agriculture ......................................................................................................................... 47
4.29 Craft Production ........................................................................................................................... 48
5.
Off Street Parking and Loading Spaces ................................................................................ 49
5.1
Required Off Street Parking......................................................................................................... 49
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5.2
Access and Egress to Off-Street Parking .................................................................................... 49
5.3
Location for Residential Zones .................................................................................................... 49
5.4
Location for Non-Residential Zones ............................................................................................ 50
5.5
Off-Street Loading ....................................................................................................................... 50
5.6
Calculating the Number of Required Off-Street Parking and Loading Spaces ............................ 50
5.7
Parking Site Specification ............................................................................................................ 53
5.8
Small Car Parking ........................................................................................................................ 56
5.9
Electric Vehicle Parking and Charging Stations .......................................................................... 56
5.10 Accessible Parking ...................................................................................................................... 56
5.11 Bicycle Parking ............................................................................................................................ 57
5.12 General Provisions ...................................................................................................................... 57
6.
Establishment of Zones ......................................................................................................... 58
6.1
Establishment of Zones ............................................................................................................... 58
6.2
Zone Title ..................................................................................................................................... 59
6.3
Location of Zones ........................................................................................................................ 59
6.4
Zone Boundaries ......................................................................................................................... 59
6.5
Zone Regulations......................................................................................................................... 59
7.
A-1 - Agriculture .................................................................................................................... 60
7.1
Principal Uses .............................................................................................................................. 60
7.2
Accessory Uses ........................................................................................................................... 60
7.3
Regulations .................................................................................................................................. 61
7.4
Other Regulations ........................................................................................................................ 61
8.
RR-1 - Residential Reserve .................................................................................................. 62
8.1
Principal Uses .............................................................................................................................. 62
8.2
Accessory Uses ........................................................................................................................... 62
8.3
Regulations .................................................................................................................................. 62
8.4
Other Regulations ........................................................................................................................ 63
9.
CR-1 - Country Residential ................................................................................................... 64
9.1
Principal Uses .............................................................................................................................. 64
9.2
Accessory Uses ........................................................................................................................... 64
9.3
Regulations .................................................................................................................................. 65
9.4
Other Regulations ........................................................................................................................ 66
10. RS-1 - Urban Residential ...................................................................................................... 67
10.1 Principal Uses .............................................................................................................................. 67
10.2 Accessory Uses ........................................................................................................................... 67
10.3 Regulations .................................................................................................................................. 67
10.4 Other Regulations ........................................................................................................................ 68
11. RS-2 - Suburban Residential ................................................................................................ 69
11.1 Principal Uses .............................................................................................................................. 69
11.2 Accessory Uses ........................................................................................................................... 69
11.3 Regulations .................................................................................................................................. 69
11.4 Other Regulations ........................................................................................................................ 70
12. RS-3 - Three and Fourplex Residential ................................................................................ 71
12.1 Principal Uses .............................................................................................................................. 71
12.2 Accessory Uses ........................................................................................................................... 71
12.3 Regulations .................................................................................................................................. 71
12.4 Other Regulations ........................................................................................................................ 72
13. MHP-1 - Mobile Home Park .................................................................................................. 73
13.1 Principal Uses .............................................................................................................................. 73
13.2 Accessory Uses ........................................................................................................................... 73
13.3 Regulations .................................................................................................................................. 73
13.4 Other Regulations ........................................................................................................................ 75
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14. SR-1 - Bareland Strata Residential ....................................................................................... 76
14.1 Principal Uses .............................................................................................................................. 76
14.2 Accessory Uses ........................................................................................................................... 76
14.3 Regulations .................................................................................................................................. 76
14.4 Other Regulations ........................................................................................................................ 77
15. RM-1 - Multi-Unit Residential (Low Density) ......................................................................... 78
15.1 Principal Uses .............................................................................................................................. 78
15.2 Accessory Uses ........................................................................................................................... 78
15.3 Regulations .................................................................................................................................. 78
15.4 Other Regulations ........................................................................................................................ 79
16. RM-2 - Multi-Unit Residential (Medium Density) ................................................................... 80
16.1 Principal Uses .............................................................................................................................. 80
16.2 Accessory Uses ........................................................................................................................... 80
16.3 Regulations .................................................................................................................................. 80
16.4 Other Regulations ........................................................................................................................ 81
17. RM-3 - Multi-Unit Residential (High Density) ........................................................................ 83
17.1 Principal Uses .............................................................................................................................. 83
17.2 Accessory Uses ........................................................................................................................... 83
17.3 Regulations .................................................................................................................................. 83
17.4 Other Regulations ........................................................................................................................ 85
18. RM-4 - Multi-Unit Residential (High Density - Four Storeys) ............................................... 86
18.1 Principal Uses .............................................................................................................................. 86
18.2 Accessory Uses ........................................................................................................................... 86
18.3 Regulations .................................................................................................................................. 86
18.4 Other Regulations ........................................................................................................................ 88
19. C-1 - Local Commercial ........................................................................................................ 89
19.1 Principal Uses .............................................................................................................................. 89
19.2 Accessory Uses ........................................................................................................................... 89
19.3 Regulations .................................................................................................................................. 89
19.4 Other Regulations ........................................................................................................................ 90
20. C-2 - West Quesnel Business District Commercial .............................................................. 92
20.1 Principal Uses .............................................................................................................................. 92
20.2 Accessory Uses ........................................................................................................................... 93
20.3 Regulations .................................................................................................................................. 93
20.4 Other Regulations ........................................................................................................................ 94
21. C-2A - North Fraser Drive Local Commercial ....................................................................... 95
21.1 Principal Uses .............................................................................................................................. 95
21.2 Accessory Uses ........................................................................................................................... 96
21.3 Regulations .................................................................................................................................. 96
21.4 Other Regulations ........................................................................................................................ 97
22. C-3 - Downtown Commercial ................................................................................................ 99
22.1 Principal Uses .............................................................................................................................. 99
22.2 Accessory Uses ......................................................................................................................... 100
22.3 Regulations ................................................................................................................................ 100
22.4 Other Regulations ...................................................................................................................... 101
23. C-3R - Downtown Residential ............................................................................................. 102
23.1 Principal Uses ............................................................................................................................ 102
23.2 Accessory Uses ......................................................................................................................... 102
23.3 Regulations ................................................................................................................................ 102
23.4 Other Regulations ...................................................................................................................... 103
24. C-4 - Highway Commercial ................................................................................................. 104
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24.1 Principal Uses ............................................................................................................................ 104
24.2 Accessory Uses ......................................................................................................................... 105
24.3 Regulations ................................................................................................................................ 105
24.4 Other Regulations ...................................................................................................................... 106
25. C-4A - Highway Mixed-Use ................................................................................................. 107
25.1 Principal Uses ............................................................................................................................ 107
25.2 Accessory Uses ......................................................................................................................... 108
25.3 Regulations ................................................................................................................................ 108
25.4 Other Regulations ...................................................................................................................... 109
26. C-5 - Automobile Speedway Commercial ........................................................................... 111
26.1 Principal Uses ............................................................................................................................ 111
26.2 Accessory Uses ......................................................................................................................... 111
26.3 Regulations ................................................................................................................................ 111
26.4 Other Regulations ...................................................................................................................... 112
27. C-6: Tourist Service Commercial ......................................................................................... 113
27.1 Principal Uses ........................................................................................................................... 113
27.2 Accessory Uses ......................................................................................................................... 113
27.3 Regulations ................................................................................................................................ 113
27.4 Other Regulations ...................................................................................................................... 114
28. C-7 - Auto Mall Commercial ................................................................................................ 115
28.1 Principal Uses ............................................................................................................................ 115
28.2 Accessory Uses ......................................................................................................................... 115
28.3 Regulations ................................................................................................................................ 116
28.4 Other Regulations ...................................................................................................................... 116
29. C-8 - Regional Shopping Centre ......................................................................................... 118
29.1 Principal Uses ............................................................................................................................ 118
29.2 Accessory Uses ......................................................................................................................... 118
29.3 Regulations ................................................................................................................................ 119
29.4 Other Regulations ...................................................................................................................... 119
30. M-1 - Light Industrial ........................................................................................................... 121
30.1 Principal Uses ............................................................................................................................ 121
30.2 Accessory Uses ......................................................................................................................... 121
30.3 Regulations ................................................................................................................................ 121
30.4 Other Regulations ...................................................................................................................... 122
31. M-2 - Heavy Industrial ......................................................................................................... 123
31.1 Principal Uses ............................................................................................................................ 123
31.2 Accessory Uses ......................................................................................................................... 123
31.3 Regulations ................................................................................................................................ 123
31.4 Other Regulations ...................................................................................................................... 124
32. M-3 - Airport ........................................................................................................................ 125
32.1 Principal Uses ............................................................................................................................ 125
32.2 Accessory Uses ......................................................................................................................... 125
32.3 Regulations ................................................................................................................................ 125
32.4 Other Regulations ...................................................................................................................... 126
33. GIR - General Industrial Reserve ........................................................................................ 127
33.1 Principal Uses ............................................................................................................................ 127
33.2 Accessory Uses ......................................................................................................................... 127
33.3 Regulations ................................................................................................................................ 127
34. P-1 - Civic Assembly and Institutional ................................................................................. 128
34.1 Principal Uses ............................................................................................................................ 128
34.2 Accessory Uses ......................................................................................................................... 128
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34.3 Regulations ................................................................................................................................ 128
34.4 Other Regulations ...................................................................................................................... 129
35. P-2 -Parks and Open Space ............................................................................................... 130
35.1 Principal Uses ............................................................................................................................ 130
35.2 Accessory Uses ......................................................................................................................... 130
35.3 Regulations ................................................................................................................................ 130
35.4 Other Regulations ...................................................................................................................... 131
36. CD - Comprehensive Development Opportunity ................................................................ 132
36.1 Permitted Uses .......................................................................................................................... 132
36.2 Lot Area - Subdivision ............................................................................................................... 132
36.3 Density ....................................................................................................................................... 132
36.4 Lot Coverage ............................................................................................................................. 132
36.5 Yards and Setbacks................................................................................................................... 132
36.6 Height of Buildings ..................................................................................................................... 132
36.7 Landscaping .............................................................................................................................. 132
36.8 Special Regulations ................................................................................................................... 132
37. CD-1 - Quesnel Tillicum Society Comprehensive Development Zone ............................... 134
37.1 Principal Uses ............................................................................................................................ 134
37.2 Accessory Uses ......................................................................................................................... 134
37.3 Regulations ................................................................................................................................ 134
37.4 Other Regulations ...................................................................................................................... 135
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1. Basic Provisions
1.1 Purpose
The purpose of this Bylaw is to provide a clear and efficient system of land use regulation for
orderly development, and re-development of the City having regard for the provisions of the
City's Official Community Plan.
1.2 Application
This Bylaw applies to all land, buildings and structures including the surface of water
within the boundaries of the City.
1.3 Conformity
Land, including the surface of water, shall not be used and buildings and structures shall
not be constructed, altered, located or used except as specifically permitted in this Bylaw.
1.4 Severability
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Bylaw is for any reason held to
be invalid by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, the invalid portion shall be
severed and the decision that it is invalid shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this Bylaw.
1.5 Metric Units
Metric units are used for all measurements in this Bylaw. Approximate imperial equivalents
are shown in parentheses following each metric measurements for convenience only and do
not form part of this Bylaw.
1.6 Applicable Regulations
1.6.1
Where this Bylaw sets out two or more regulations that could apply to a
situation, the most stringent regulation shall apply.
1.6.2
Where this Bylaw sets out both general and specific regulations that could
apply to a situation, the specific regulation shall apply.
1.7 Exceptions
This Bylaw does not apply to the following:
1.7.1
Alterations, maintenance and repair to any building or structure, provided that
such work does not require a building permit;
1.7.2
The use of a building or part thereof as a temporary polling station, election
official's headquarters, candidate's campaign office, and any other official
temporary use in connection with a federal, provincial, or municipal election,
referendum or census;
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1.7.3
A temporary structure which is incidental to the erection, maintenance,
alteration, or sale of a building, structure or utility for which a building or
development permit has been issued provided that it is removed within 30
days of project completion or one year following the issuance of a building
permit;
1.7.4
Railways except private sidings, pipelines, and irrigation ditches, conduits,
flumes, and pump houses;
1.7.5
Utility services underground or within statutory rights-of-way and utility poles
and anchors; and
1.7.6
Construction, maintenance and repair of private walkways, pathways and
driveways.
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2. Administration
2.1 Inspection
All employees and officers of the City are authorized, in accordance with section 16 of the
Community Charter, to enter on any property that is subject to regulation under this Bylaw to
ascertain whether the provisions of this Bylaw are being complied with.
2.2 Violation
Every person who:
2.2.1
Violates any of the provisions of this Bylaw;
2.2.2
Causes or permits any act or thing to be done in contravention or violation of
any of the provisions of this Bylaw;
2.2.3
Neglects or omits to do anything required under this Bylaw;
2.2.4
Carries out, causes or permits to be carried out any development in a manner
prohibited by or contrary to any of the provisions of this Bylaw;
2.2.5
Fails to comply with an order, direction or notice given under this Bylaw; or
2.2.6
Prevents or obstructs or attempts to prevent or obstruct the authorized entry
of an employee or officer onto property under section 2.1;
2.2.7
Commits an offence under this Bylaw.
2.3 Offence
Each day's continuance of an offence under Section 2.2 constitutes a new and distinct
offence.
2.4 Municipal Ticket Information
This Bylaw is enforceable by a Municipal Ticket Information in accordance with section 264
of the Community Charter. All Bylaw Enforcement Officers may enforce this Bylaw by
issuing Municipal Ticket Information.
2.5 Penalty
Any person who violates any provision of this Bylaw is, on summary conviction, liable to a
fine of up to $10,000, plus the cost of prosecution, for each offence. The penalties imposed
under this section are a supplement and not a substitute for any other remedy to an
infraction of this Bylaw.
2.6 Uses Related to Lot Size
All of the uses permitted in a zone are permitted on any lot within the zone, regardless of
the lot area or lot frontage, unless the regulations specifically state a minimum lot size or
frontage for the use.
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3. Definitions
3.1 Definitions
In this Bylaw, all words or phrases shall have their normal or common meaning except
where this is changed, modified or expanded by the definitions set forth below:
ABATTOIR means the use of land, buildings or structures for the penning and slaughtering
of animals, and the processing of animal carcasses including cutting, preserving, packing,
storing and may include accessory wholesale of the product.
ACCESSORY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE means a detached building or structure
located on the same lot or site as the principal building, the use of which is subordinate,
customarily incidental, and exclusively devoted to that of the principal building.
ACCESSORY USE means a subordinate, customarily incidental use that is permitted in
conjunction with a principal use. An accessory use is only permitted after, or concurrently
with, the establishment of a principal use.
AGRICULTURAL USE means the primary production of farm products such as dairy
products; poultry products; cattle, hogs, sheep, and other animals; wheat or other grains;
forage crops such as hay and alfalfa; vegetables or other field crops, including hops farms.
This use includes but is not limited to one dwelling unit and the processing and marketing
of products of the farm and those off farm products permitted by the Agricultural Land
Reserve Commission.
AGRI-TOURISM means temporary and seasonal tourist activities, services, or facilities
accessory to a farm use that promotes or markets farm products grown, raised, or
processed on the farm.
AIRCRAFT SUPPORT INDUSTRIES means those activities and businesses related to the
use and operation of aircraft including airline carriers and aircraft charter businesses, flight
training schools, flying clubs, and the sale of aircraft fuels.
AIRPORT OPERATIONS means those uses that are required for the operation of the airport
including runways, taxiways, aprons, lighting, navigational aids, terminal building,
emergency services and other similar uses.
ANIMAL CLINIC means the use of land, buildings or structures for the care, examination,
diagnosis and treatment of sick, ailing, infirm, or injured pets, including medical intervention,
surgery, and may include accessory short-term accommodation of pets, pet grooming, and
the sale of medicine and pet supplies.
ART GALLERY OR ART STUDIO means a fully enclosed building where the premise is
used for the production of dance, live music, creative writing, paintings, sculptures, pottery,
crafts, moving or still photography, wood carvings, textiles, tech-maker space, museum and
other works of art are produced, exhibited or sold.
ASSEMBLY means:
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(a) a use providing for the assembly of persons for religious, charitable, philanthropic,
cultural, or private educational purposes; and
(b) includes churches, auditoriums, youth centres, halls, private schools, play schools,
family day care and group day care.
ASSISTED RESIDENTIAL LIVING means a premises, or part of a premises, other than a
community care facility, according to the definition of 'assisted living residence' in the
Community Care and Assisted Living Act.
AUTO RACE TRACK FACILITY means the use of land, buildings, or structures for the
purpose of racing motor vehicles, including advanced driver training and testing, on a drag
strip, racing circuit, sports car track, off road course and other facilities customarily incidental
to motor vehicle racing.
AUTOMOTIVE/EQUIPMENT REPAIR SHOP means the use of premises for the repairing of
motor vehicles or equipment, or parts including tires, or for the painting or repairing of motor
vehicle or equipment bodies.
BED AND BREAKFAST means an accessory short-term rental use in a principal
ground-oriented dwelling that is occupied by the property owner.
BOARDING USE means an accessory residential use for the long-term accommodation
of boarders with shared kitchen and sanitary facilities. This includes rentals for individuals as
well as seniors living independently but does not include congregate housing. Boarding
uses are restricted to up to 4 boarders.
BROADCASTING STUDIO means the use of buildings or structures for radio or televisions
studios, and may include ancillary uses such as administrative offices.
BUILDING means a structure wholly or partly enclosed with walls and a roof, and used for
the shelter or accommodation of persons, animals, chattels, or any combination thereof.
BUILDING INSPECTOR means the Building Inspector for the City as appointed by Council
from time to time.
CANNABIS COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION means the use of premises for the commercial
cultivation, processing, testing, packaging, or shipping of cannabis as authorized under
Cannabis Act or any regulations made pursuant to that Act.
CANNABIS RETAIL SALES means a business where the principal business is the retail
sale of cannabis for consumption off site. Retail cannabis sales includes provincially
operated cannabis stores as well as Licensee Retail Stores licensed under the Cannabis
Control and Licensing Act.
CEMETERY means the use of land, buildings, or structures for the internment of human
remains and includes burial grounds, columbarium, mausoleum, crematorium, ash garden,
and memorial park.
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CITY means the City of Quesnel or the area within the boundaries thereof as the context
may require.
CIVIC USE means a use providing for public functions and includes federal, provincial and
municipal offices and yards, public schools and colleges, hospitals, community centres,
libraries, museums, parks, playgrounds, cemeteries, highways and waterways, correctional
facilities, courts of law, emergency and protective services and similar facilities.
COLD STORAGE FACILITIES means a light industrial facility, ranging from small-scale
premises to large warehouses, used for the refrigeration of frozen products, usually food or
pharmaceuticals.
COMMERCIAL ARCADE means the use of a building or portion of a building for providing
entertainment in the form of video amusement machines, or other mechanical or electronic
games, totaling three or more.
COMMUNITY CARE FACILITY means a facility for the care of more than 3 persons who are
not related by blood or marriage under the Community Care and Assisted Living Act.
COMMUNITY GARDEN means the use of land for the growing and harvesting of plants,
grains, vegetables, or fruits and provided the crops are for the sole use, donation or
consumption by the individual or individuals growing or working the community garden. It
shall not be considered as landscaped area, landscape open space, landscaped strip or
landscaping.
COMMUNITY SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM means a system for the collection and disposal
of sanitary sewage which is owned, operated and maintained by the City.
COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM means a system of water works which is owned, operated
and maintained by the City.
COMPLETELY SEPARATE ENTRANCE means, in reference to an entrance to a residential
dwelling unit combined with non-residential use in the same building, an entrance that does
not require the resident to pass through any part of the non-residential use in order to get to
the dwelling unit.
CRAFT PRODUCTION means small-scale manufacturing, processing, assembly, finishing,
and packaging of goods primarily by hand or with small-scale equipment, conducted wholly
within an enclosed building. This includes food and beverage production, artisanal goods
manufacturing, custom manufacturing of furniture or other wood products, and other arts and
crafts production.
DAY CARE, GROUP means a building, part of a building or premises licensed for a
group child care program, preschool, child minding, out of school care, or special needs day
care use pursuant to the Community Care and Assisted Living Act.
DEVELOPMENT means the use of or change of use of any land, surface of water, building
or structure for any purpose, and shall include the carrying out of any building, engineering,
construction or other operation in, on, over or under land, or the construction, addition, or
alteration of any building or structure.
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DRIVE THROUGH means a facility for the provision of food, drink, and other commercial
services to persons within a motor vehicle, without the need for such persons to exit the
motor vehicle.
DWELLING or DWELLING UNIT means one or more habitable rooms constituting a self-
contained unit with its own entrance, used or intended to be used as a residence for not
more than one household and contains one major cooking facility as well as eating, living,
sleeping, and sanitary facilities.
DWELLING, ACCESSORY or DWELLING UNIT, ACCESSORY means a dwelling unit that
is considered a secondary use on a site, within either a principal or accessory structure.
This may include secondary dwellings, secondary suite dwellings, carriage house
dwellings, and caretaker dwellings.
DWELLING, APARTMENT means a building containing three or more dwelling units, each
having a separate entrance, which may include an entrance from a common interior corridor
or an exterior entrance, but does not include townhouse dwellings.
DWELLING, CARRIAGE HOUSE means a dwelling unit within a detached accessory
building that includes other uses, such as a garage or storage.
DWELLING, CONGREGATE HOUSING means housing with long-term accommodation in
sleeping units, where residents are provided with amenities such as common living
facilities, meal preparation, laundry services, and room cleaning.
DWELLING, DUPLEX means a residential building, divided horizontally (front and back or
side to side) or vertically into two separate dwelling units (excluding secondary suites),
each of which has an independent entrance either directly from the outside or through a
common vestibule.
DWELLING, FOURPLEX means a building of four attached dwelling units intended to be
occupied by separate households.
DWELLING, GROUND-ORIENTED means a principal dwelling unit with a direct
connection to the ground level via a separate entrance accessible from a publicly accessible
street, walkway, or open space without passing through a shared indoor space.
DWELLING, GROUP HOME means the use of one dwelling unit as a community care
facility licensed under the Community Care and Assisted Living Act to provide specialized
residential care for no more than six residents with an addiction, a physical, mental health or
developmental disability, or a chronic or progressive condition, requiring professional care,
guidance and supervision. A group home may include, to a maximum of four, any
combination of staff and residents not requiring care. The character of the use is that the
occupants live together as a single housekeeping group and use a common kitchen. This
use does not include boarding or lodging houses, temporary shelter services, mental health
facilities, foster homes, or supportive housing. A housing agreement pursuant to Section
483 of the Local Government Act filed in the Land Title Office on the subject property is
required as a condition of group home use.
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DWELLING, MOBILE HOME means a dwelling unit that meets CSA Z240 standards built
with a steel frame and intended for residential use, designated for transportation on wheels
to the site where it is to be occupied as a dwelling unit. This does not include a modular
home built to CSA A277 standards.
DWELLING, PRINCIPAL means a dwelling unit containing cooking, eating, living, sleeping
and sanitary facilities considered as a principal use on a parcel.
DWELLING, SECONDARY means an accessory dwelling unit located in an accessory
building on the same property as a principal dwelling.
DWELLING, SECONDARY SUITE means a self-contained accessory dwelling unit within
the same structure as a principal dwelling unit.
DWELLING, SINGLE DETACHED means a detached building containing one dwelling
unit other than a secondary suite where permitted, designed exclusively for occupancy by
one household.
DWELLING, THREEPLEX means any physical arrangement of three attached dwelling
units intended to be occupied by separate households.
DWELLING, TOWNHOUSE means a building containing three or more dwelling units,
where each dwelling unit shares at least one party wall and has a separate exterior
entrance.
DWELLING UNIT, CARETAKER means a self-contained accessory dwelling unit
accessory to a principal non-residential use on the same parcel, occupied by a person
whose presence is required for security, supervision, or maintenance.
EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT means a building or part of a building where
food and beverages (including alcoholic beverages for consumption without food) are sold
and served to the public for immediate consumption and includes such uses as a
neighbourhood pub, cabaret, bar, restaurant, cafe, cafeteria, delicatessen, take-out counter,
ice-cream parlour, tea or lunch room, coffee shop, or snack bar.
EATING ESTABLISHMENT means a building or part of a building where primarily food is
sold and served to the public for immediate consumption and includes such uses as a
restaurant, cafe, cafeteria, delicatessen, take-out counter, ice-cream parlour, tea or lunch
room, coffee shop, snack bar; but does not include a neighbourhood pub.
EMERGENCY SHELTER means the use of a building for the purpose of a temporary
residence providing emergency and support services.
FENCE means a structure used for enclosing or screening all or part of a lot or site.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS means the provision of financial and investment services by a
bank, trust company, investment dealer, credit union, mortgage broker, insurance company,
financial planners and advisors or related business.
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FLEET SERVICES means the use of land, building or structure for a fleet of vehicles for the
delivery of people, goods or services, where such vehicles are not available for sale or long-
term lease. This may include taxi services, bus lines, mobile catering, towing and messenger
and courier services. This use includes a place where vehicles are impounded for breach of
the law, and may be taken, towed and stored temporarily until reclaimed. This does not
include moving services or cartage firms involving vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of
more than 10,885 kg or a wrecking yard.
FLOOR AREA, GROSS means the total area of all the floors, measured to the extreme
outer limits of the buildings and accessory buildings, excluding:
(a) any portion of a building or structure used for parking purposes or for a swimming
pool unless such parking or swimming pool is a principal use;
(b) architectural features which are permitted as height exceptions or permitted as
projections into required yards as otherwise provided for in this Bylaw; and
(c) any portion of a building or structure which is below the average finished grade of
a building.
FLOOR AREA RATIO means the numerical value of the floor area on all levels of all
buildings and structures on a lot, divided by the area of the lot.
FUNERAL PARLOUR means premises used for preparing human remains for burial and
conducting funeral services, but excludes facilities for cremation or aquamation.
GAS BAR means one or more pump islands, each consisting of one or more pumps
dispensing motor vehicle fuels such as gasoline, diesel, propane, or ethanol and may
include an electric vehicle charging station.
GO KART TRACK means an enclosed, partially enclosed, or outdoor facility used for the
purpose for the recreational racing of go-kart motor vehicles.
GRADE, NATURAL means the surface elevation of a lot in its existing state, prior to any
disturbance, alteration, excavation or filling, as determined by a registered land surveyor or
the elevations shown on the approved grading plan.
GRADE, FINISHED means the lowest of the average levels of finished ground adjoining
each exterior wall of a building, except that localized depressions such as for vehicular or
pedestrian entrances need not be considered in the determination of average levels of
finished ground.
GREENHOUSE AND PLANT NURSERY means an enclosed, partially enclosed building or
structure or unenclosed area for the cultivation, harvesting, storing and selling of vegetables,
fruits, grains, flowers, trees, bushes, bedding plants, sod and similar products, and may
include the accessory retail or wholesale of landscaping and gardening products and
materials, such as soil, bedding, plant food, plant pest and disease control products,
gardening tools.
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GUEST ROOM means a sleeping unit that does not include a kitchen and is used for
short- or long-term accommodation.
HABITABLE ROOM means any room utilized or designed for sleeping, living, cooking or
dining purposes, excluding enclosed spaces, such as closets, pantries, bath or toilet rooms,
hallways, laundries, unfinished attics, utility rooms, storage and similar spaces.
HEALTH SERVICES means the use of premises by professions in which persons exercise
skill or judgement or provide service related to the preservation or improvement of the
physical, mental, or emotional health of individuals, or the treatment or care of individuals
who are injured, sick, disabled or infirm.
HEN means a domesticated female chicken that is at least four months old.
HEIGHT means:
(a) With respect to buildings, the maximum vertical distance between the finished grade
and the highest point of a non-sloping roof, deck line of a mansard roof or the mid-
point between the eave-line and the ridge of a sloping roof provided in such cases
the ridge shall be not more than 2.4 m (7.9 ft.) above this mid-point. Figure 3.1
illustrates height measurement.
(b) With respect to structures other than buildings, the greatest vertical distance
between the highest point on the structure and the point at which the structure
intersects the ground.
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Figure 3.1: Illustration of Height
HOBBY BEEKEEPING means the keeping, owning, or maintaining of beehives as per the
regulations found in this bylaw, on a residential property occupied by the beekeeper or as an
educational use in an institutional setting.
HOBBY FARM means a combination of a residential building and an ancillary agricultural
use, where the ancillary agricultural use is for the purposes of a hobby and recreation that
is secondary to and compatible with the residential use and which is carried on by
members of the household residing in the premises, provided that the ancillary agricultural
activities do not create a nuisance for adjacent lands and premises by reason of sound,
sight, or smell.
HOME BASED BUSINESS means a commercial professional practice, service, occupation,
craft or hobby carried on in a dwelling unit or accessory building, in compliance with
section 4.17.
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HOME BASED BUSINESS, MINOR means a home based business where activities are
limited to phone and office use only within the dwelling unit, does not generate customers
coming to the dwelling unit, and is in compliance with section 4.17.
HOME BASED BUSINESS, MAJOR means a home based business where a few
customers may come to the dwelling unit each day, and is in compliance with section 4.17.
HOME BASED BUSINESS, RURAL means a home based business that is only permitted
on rural or agricultural land, and is in compliance with section 4.17.
HORTICULTURE means the use of land to accommodate the practice of growing fruits,
vegetables, flowers or non-invasive plants, excluding the farming of commercial mushrooms.
HOSPITAL means a non-profit institution, operated for the reception and treatment of
persons suffering from physical illness or disability, which has been designated as a hospital
pursuant to the regulations of the Hospital Act of the Province of British Columbia, but does
not include private hospitals, nursing or convalescent homes.
HOTEL ACCOMODATION means a building or part of a building that provides
accommodation for the public in self-contained sleeping units which may include ancillary
use facilities such as administrative offices, meeting rooms, lobby areas, recreational
facilities, spas, convention facilities, barbers, hairdressers, restaurants, cafes and liquor
retail stores.
HOUSEHOLD means one or more persons related by blood, marriage, common law
marriage, or adoption; or a group of not more than 5 unrelated persons; all of whom are
living together in one dwelling unit using common cooking facilities.
INDUSTRIAL, GENERAL means a use providing for the processing, fabricating,
assembling, storing, transporting, distributing, wholesaling, testing, servicing, repairing,
wrecking or salvaging of goods, materials or things, and the selling of industrial equipment,
and includes the operation of truck terminals, docks, railways, bulk loading and storage
facilities, and incidental office facilities.
INDUSTRIAL, LIGHT means an industrial use that is entirely enclosed within a building or
structure and/or screened from public view using a solid screen and specifically excludes:
junk yards, wrecking yards, bulk loading and storage facilities, heavy equipment storage and
repair, sawmills, pulp mills, log storage, abattoirs, stock yards, and asphalt, cement or
concrete plants.
INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE means the confinement of poultry, livestock or fur bearing
animals, where more than 10 agricultural units are located within a confined livestock area,
building or structure. An agricultural unit is defined as:
(a) A live weight of 454 kg (1,000 lbs.) of livestock, or
(b) Farmed game or any combination of them equalling 454 kg (1,000 lbs.); or
(c) 10 poultry.
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LAND DISTURBANCE includes soil relocation due to buildings, parking lots, tree
removal, soil removal or filling, retaining walls, patios, lawns and agricultural activity.
LANDSCAPING means any combination of trees, bushes, shrubs, plants, flowers, lawns,
bark mulch, decorative boulders and gravel, decorative paving, planters, foundations,
sculptures, decorative fences, and the like, and shall not include paved parking area,
sidewalks, uncleared undergrowth or weed growth.
LANE means a street which affords a secondary means of access to a lot, at the side or
rear.
LEAVE STRIP means a specified area of land and vegetation free of development
immediately adjacent to a stream, measured from the normal high water mark, which is
generally to remain in an undisturbed state through and after development. Leave strips on
private property may be included in any required yard.
LONG-TERM RENTAL or LONG-TERM ACCOMMODATION means the use of a dwelling
unit or guest room to provide residential accommodation pursuant to a tenancy agreement.
This includes month-to-month and fixed-term residential tenancies governed by the
Residential Tenancy Act, but excludes hotels, motels, and other forms of temporary or
transient accommodation.
LOT means the smallest area of land designated as a separate and distinct parcel on a
subdivision plan, bare land strata plan, or certificate of title filed in the Land Title Office.
LOT AREA means the total horizontal plan area within the lot lines of a lot, except in the
case of a panhandle lot, the access strip shall not be included in the calculation of lot area.
LOT COVERAGE means the combined area covered by all buildings and structures on a
lot, and any projecting portions thereof measured at the height of the lowest storey above
finished grade and at the perimeter of the building, excluding: balconies, bay windows,
canopies and sun shades, cornices, eaves and gutters, fire escapes, sills, steps, and open
terraces at grade and similar projections, expressed as a percentage of the lot area.
LOT FRONTAGE means the length of the front lot line, except as otherwise provided for in
this Bylaw.
LOT LINE, EXTERIOR SIDE means a lot line, not being the front or rear lot line, common
to the lot and a street or lane.
LOT LINE, FRONT means a lot boundary between the lot and the street from which the
civic address is taken.
LOT LINE, INTERIOR SIDE means the lot line or lines, not being the front lot line or the
rear lot line, common to more than one lot.
LOT LINE, REAR means the lot line furthest from, and opposite to, the front lot line or, in
the case of a lot having two intersecting side lot lines, the rear lot line shall be deemed to
be a line within the lot and 3 m (10 ft) in length which is parallel to and most distant from the
front lot line.
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LOT LINE, SIDE means an exterior side lot line or an interior side lot line.
LOT, PANHANDLE means any lot, the main building area of which is serviced and gains
access through a narrow strip of land. Panhandle lots shall have an entry frontage not less
than 6 m.
MOBILE HOME PARK means a lot used or occupied by any person for the purposes of
providing spaces for the accommodation of two or more mobile home dwellings and for
imposing a charge or rental for the use of such space.
MOBILE HOME PARK SPACE means a definable area of land for the installation of one
mobile home dwelling with permissible additions and situated within a mobile home park.
MANUFACTURING, WOOD PRODUCT means the use of land, buildings or structures for
the purpose of assembling, making, preparing, inspecting, finishing, treating or altering wood
and wood products for the purpose of wholesale.
MICROBREWERY means a small-scale brewery that produces less than 15,000 hectolitres
of beer annually and may include accessory uses of wholesaling, tours, tastings, sampling
rooms, special events, a lounge, retail sales and related activities as regulated by the Liquor
Control and Licensing Branch.
MICROBREWERY or MICRODISTILLERY means a craft production use such as a small
scale brewery, cidery, or distillery that produces less than 15,000 hectolitres of beer, cider,
or spirits annually and is licensed under a Manufacturing License by the Province of British
Columbia and may include accessory uses of wholesaling, tours, tastings, sampling rooms,
special events, a lounge, retail sales and related activities as regulated by the Liquor Control
and Licensing Branch.
MINI-STORAGE FACILITY means a building or part of a building, divided into individual
components, each providing storage space for the storage of non-hazardous items.
MOTEL ACCOMMODATION means a building or part of a building that provides
accommodation for the public in self-contained sleeping units with or without cooking
facilities and with its own bathroom, and may have a restaurant or café.
NATURAL BOUNDARY means the visible high-water mark of any lake, river, stream, or
other body of water where the presence and action of the water are so common and usual,
and so long continued in all ordinary years, as to mark the soil of the bed of the body of
water a character distinct from that of its bank, in vegetation, as well as in the nature of the
soil itself.
NEIGHBOURHOOD PUBLIC HOUSE means a neighbourhood orientated facility serving
primarily alcoholic beverages and food, and may include a beer parlour, cocktail lounge,
retail store for beer and wine and an accessory dwelling unit.
OUTDOOR STORAGE means the use of land outside of an enclosed building where
construction materials and equipment, new building materials, stone products, utility
equipment or other materials, goods, products, vehicles, equipment or machinery are stored,
baled, piled, handled, sold or distributed.
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PARK means an area of land specifically defined or set aside for use by and for the general
public in both active or passive recreational uses; and includes all landscaping, facilities
and apparatus, playing fields, utilities, buildings and other structures that are consistent
with the general purposes of public parkland, and whether or not such recreational facilities
are publicly operated or operated by other organizations pursuant to arrangements with the
public authority owning the park and may include public and private cemeteries and
associated uses.
PARKING AREA means an open area of land, other than a street or lane, used for the
parking of motor vehicles of clients, customers, employees, members of the public, residents
or tenants.
PARKING LOT means a use providing parking spaces for the temporary storage of
vehicles, where such use is the principal use of the lot.
PERSONAL CARE means a use providing for the care of the sick, disabled, injured or aged,
other than a hospital, convalescent homes, nursing homes, group homes and rest homes
pursuant to the Community Care and Assisted Living Act as applicable.
PERSONAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT means premises for the provision of
individualized services including dry cleaners, electrical appliance repairs, florists, optical or
watch repairs, shoe repairs, tailoring, hairdressing.
PRINCIPAL BUILDING means the building or structure which contains the principal use.
PRINCIPAL USE means the main purpose for which land including the surface of water,
buildings or structures, is ordinarily used.
PRODUCT ASSEMBLY means a business which assembles component parts into a
finished product, meeting the following minimum conditions:
(a) no component parts shall be manufactured on the lot occupied by the business;
(b) the assembly of parts shall be undertaken entirely within an enclosed building; and
(c) all materials used in such business shall be stored entirely within an enclosed
building.
PUBLIC UTILITY USE means the use of land, buildings or structures for the provision of
community water services; community sewer services; community surface water drainage
services; natural gas pipeline servicing the community; gas; electric and telecommunication
service; district energy or heat systems; traffic controls and public access; or other similar
uses or services.
RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY means a use which provides an
entertainment or recreational activity or function for the general public and which includes:
athletic clubs, health and fitness clubs, dance studios, swimming pools, bowling alleys,
racquet clubs, arenas, skating rinks, curling rinks, swimming pools, golf courses, race tracks,
and exhibition grounds or other similar facilities for recreational and entertainment purposes.
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RECREATIONAL VEHICLE (RV) PARK means land occupied and maintained for
temporary accommodation of the traveling public in recreation vehicles, which are licensed
for the current year and have been brought to the site by the traveler. It does not include
cabins, hotels, mobile homes, mobile home parks, motels or park model trailers.
RECYCLING MATERIALS DROP-OFF CENTRE means the use of land, buildings or
structures for collecting, sorting, refunding, and redistributing recyclable materials and
specifically excludes the processing of recyclable material, except for packaging for
shipping.
RESIDENTIAL USE means providing for the accommodation and home life of a person or
persons.
RESOURCE USE means a use providing for the conservation, management, or extraction of
primary forest, mineral and other natural resource materials and includes the preliminary
grading, cutting or crushing of such materials for shipment, but excludes all manufacturing of
products and any processing not specifically included.
SALES/RENTALS, AUTOMOTIVE means the retail sale or rental of new or used
automobiles, together with incidental maintenance services and sales of parts.
SALES/RENTALS, AUTOMOTIVE AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLE means the retail sale
or rental of new or used automobiles, motorcycles, snowmobiles, tent trailers, boats, travel
trailers or similar recreational vehicles, together with incidental maintenance services and
sales of parts.
SALES/RENTAL, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT means the use of an enclosed building
for the sale, rental or lease of machinery and equipment.
SCREENING means a continuous fence, wall, compact evergreen hedge or combination
thereof, supplemented with landscape planting, that would effectively provide a visual
separation or enclosure for the site and is broken only by access drives and walks.
SETBACK means the required minimum horizontal distance measured between a building
or structure and each of the respective lot lines.
SHIPPING CONTAINER means an enclosed steel box container designed for intermodal
shipments of freight and is for the purpose of this bylaw considered a structure.
SHORT-TERM RENTAL or SHORT-TERM ACCOMMODATION means the use of a
dwelling unit or guest room to provide temporary accommodation for the public in
exchange for remuneration. This does not include hotel accommodations, motel
accommodations, or other forms of commercial accommodation that are separately defined
and regulated.
SITE means an area of land considered as a unit devoted to a certain use or occupied by a
building or structure or group of buildings or structures united by a common interest or
use.
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SLEEPING UNIT means one or more habitable rooms which contain living and sleeping
facilities within a structure and are intended to be used for short-term or long-term living
accommodation. They may or may not include sanitary facilities.
SOLAR ENERGY DEVICE means a device or system designed to collect, store, and
distribute solar energy.
SOLID SCREEN means a solid fence or wall, compact evergreen hedge, or combination
thereof used as an enclosure and a visual barrier from all or part of a site and includes gates
on all access points made of materials comparable to the fence or wall. A solid screen may
consist of wood or vinyl or similar materials but does not include plywood or corrugated
metal. Solid Screens must be considered and designed under Crime Prevention Through
Environmental Design principles.
STORE, CONVENIENCE RETAIL means an establishment used for the retail sale of goods
with less the 235 m2 in gross floor area. Typical uses include small food stores, drug stores
and variety stores selling confectionery, tobacco, groceries, beverages, pharmaceutical and
personal care items, hardware, printed material, and small personal electronics.
STORE, LARGE FORMAT RETAIL means a use providing for the retail sale or servicing of
goods or things that likely necessitates access by motor vehicle: building supply stores;
automobile sales, service and rentals; boat, motorcycle and bicycle sales, service and
rentals; commercial cardlock facility; fruit and vegetable stand; department store;
convenience store; recreation vehicle sales, service and rentals; car wash; restaurants
including drive throughs; gas bar and service stations; tire stores; construction contractors
office and shops; feed and agricultural supplies; farm vehicle and equipment sales and
service; veterinary clinic; light machinery sales; small equipment, machinery and tool rental;
nurseries, and mobile home sales.
STORE, LIQUOR RETAIL means the sale of liquor, beer or wine for consumption off
premises. This includes a government liquor store, government beer store or government
wine store, or an agency established under the Liquor Distribution Act, including an agency
store, an authorized vendor, a distributor, and a licensee. This includes Wine Stores and
Specialty Wine Stores which may not be located within 1 kilometer of a Liquor Retail Store
on an agency store.
STORE, RETAIL means a building wherein goods, wares, merchandise, substances,
articles or things are offered or kept for sale at retail, and includes storage on or about the
store premises of limited quantities of such new and used goods, merchandise, substances,
articles or things, sufficient only to service such stores, but does not include any retail outlet
otherwise classified or defined in this Bylaw.
STOREY means that portion of a building, which is situated between the top of any floor
and the top of the floor next above it, and if there is no floor above, that portion between the
top of such floor and the ceiling above it.
STRATA LOT means a strata lot as defined by the Strata Property Act and amendments
thereto, of the Province of British Columbia.
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STREAM means a natural watercourse or source of water supply, whether usually
containing water or not, and a lake, river, creek, spring, ravine, swamp and gulch, as defined
in the Water Sustainability Act.
STREET means a public road, or road right-of-way meant for vehicular use.
STRUCTURE means anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires location on
the ground or attachment to something having location on the ground excluding asphalt
paving, concrete and similar surfacing of the ground.
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING means a facility that provides independent housing operated by a
government agency or non-profit society that provides a range of on-site supports to
residents such as life-skills training, connections to primary health care, mental health or
substance abuse services.
SUPPORT SERVICE, INDUSTRIAL means the use of land, buildings or structures for the
sale, rental, service or repair of machinery or mechanical equipment used in general
manufacturing, light industrial and heavy industrial industries.
TOURIST ACCOMMODATION means a use providing for the accommodation of the
transient public in individual housekeeping or sleeping units, or providing space for tents,
camper vehicles, or trailers for such lodging based on rental periods of less than one month
and may include accessory dining facilities and an office for guest registration.
URBAN AGRICULTURE means:
(a) cultivating and harvesting plants or fungi;
(b) hobby beekeeping and harvesting honey;
(c) keeping of hens to collect eggs; or
(d) sorting, cleaning, packaging, selling, or storing the items listed above that been
harvested on the premises.
Plants regulated under the Controlled Drug and Substances Act (Canada) may not be
produced as part of urban agriculture.
VAPOUR RETAIL STORE means an age-restricted business that sells e-cigarette, e-
substance, or cartridge for a component of an e-cigarette as defined by the Tobacco and
Vapour Product Control Act.
WAREHOUSE means use of a building or part thereof, primarily for the keeping and storing
of goods, adapting for sale, package or wholesale distribution of goods, and to which the
general public does not have access.
WIND ENERGY DEVICE means a device or system designed to collect, store, and distribute
wind energy.
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YARD means an open space on a lot, free from buildings and structures, except as
otherwise provided for in this Bylaw.
YARD, FRONT means that portion of the lot as shown on Fig. 3.2, extending from one side
lot line to the other, between the front lot line and a line drawn parallel thereto at a
distance prescribed by the regulations as otherwise provided for in this Bylaw. The depth of
such yard shall be the perpendicular distance between the front lot line and the parallel line.
In the case of a double-fronting site served by a street at both the front and rear of the site
there shall be two front yards.
Figure 3.2: Yard and Lot Line Illustration
YARD, REAR means that portion of the lot as shown on Fig. 3.2, extending from one side
lot line to the other, between the rear lot line and a line drawn parallel thereto at a distance
prescribed by the regulations as otherwise provided for in this Bylaw. The depth of such
yard shall be the perpendicular distance between the rear lot line and the parallel line.
YARD, SIDE means that portion of the lot as shown of Fig. 3.2, which extends from a front
yard to the rear yard between the side lot line and a line drawn parallel thereto at a
distance prescribed by the regulations as otherwise provided for in this Bylaw.
ZONE means the areas into which the City is divided in accordance with the map or maps
shown and attached to this Bylaw and for which specific regulations are hereinafter outlined
for each area.
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4. General Regulations
4.1 Applicability of General Regulations
Except as otherwise specified in this Bylaw, Section 4 applies to all zones established under
this Bylaw.
4.2 Number of Principal Buildings per Lot
Only one principal building shall be permitted on any lot except as otherwise provided in
this Bylaw.
4.3 Location and Siting of Buildings
4.3.1
No principal building shall be located in any required front, side or rear yard.
4.3.2
No accessory building shall be located in any required front, side or rear yard,
except as provided in Section 4.4 of this Bylaw.
4.4 Setback Exceptions
4.4.1
No features shall project into the setback required by this Bylaw, except the
following:
(a) Steps and landings located in a required front or rear yard only, provided
that such projections do not exceed 3 m (10 ft) or fifty percent (50%) of the
depth of a required front or rear yard, whichever is less, beyond the siting
requirements provided by this Bylaw, which otherwise apply to the building
of which they are a part.
(b) Eaves and gutters, cornices, sills, fire escapes, chimneys, canopies, bay
windows or other similar features, provided that such projections do not
exceed 0.6 m (2 ft) beyond the siting requirements provided by the Bylaw
which otherwise apply to the building of which they are a part.
(c) Balconies, outside basement or cellar entrances, sun-shades and canopies,
provided that such projections do not exceed 1.2 m (4 ft) or fifty percent
(50%) of the width of a required side yard or the depth of a required front or
rear yard, whichever is less, beyond the siting requirements provided by
this Bylaw, which otherwise apply to the building of which they are a part.
(d) Fencing, given the structure conforms to other regulations including height
and material, and it is not built directly on a property line.
(e) An open patio, arbours and trellises, fish ponds, ornaments, flag poles or
similar landscape features.
(f) An at grade outdoor swimming pool, provided that such pool shall not be
constructed within any required front yard nor nearer than 3 m (10 ft) to any
lot line. Such pools shall be located within a fenced yard or be surrounded
by a fence.
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(g) Above ground swimming pools shall meet the siting requirements of
accessory buildings.
4.5 Height and Grade
4.5.1
Structures such as chimney stacks, aerials, antennae, water towers, wind
energy devices, solar energy devices, monuments, observation and
transmission towers, farm silos, steeples, elevator housings, roof stairway
entrances, ventilating equipment, skylights, or flagpoles for federal, provincial,
or municipal flags shall not be considered for the purpose of determining the
height.
4.5.2
No building or structure shall be erected in any zone without first obtaining
the approval of the Building Inspector as to the proposed finished grade. The
proposed finished grade shall to the extent possible, retain the natural
contour of the land, minimize the necessity to use retaining walls and ensure
positive drainage away from abutting properties.
4.6 Subdivision Requirements
4.6.1
On a panhandle lot, the "panhandle" part of the lot (the access route to the
main portion of the lot) shall not be included in the lot area for the purpose of
determining if the lot meets the minimum lot size. The end of the panhandle is
deemed to be a line drawn perpendicular to the side of the panhandle at the
point where the two sides of the panhandle are no longer parallel (or within
15° of being parallel) as shown in Figure 4.1.
The minimum width of a panhandle for a lot that:
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cannot be further subdivided is 9 m (29 ft.).
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can be further subdivided into two lots is 18 m (59 ft.).
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can be further subdivided into three or more lots is 20 m (65 ft.).
Figure 4.1: Panhandle Lot
4.6.2
No lot shall be reduced in area, either by the conveyance or alienation of any
portion thereof or otherwise, so that any of the provisions and regulations of
this Bylaw are not complied with.
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4.6.3
As illustrated in Diagram 4.2, for lots fronting onto a cul-de-sac bulb, or
located on a corner, the lot frontage is measured at the minimum setback
distance from the front lot line rather than at the front lot line. The minimum
width of the lot at the minimum setback shall be equivalent to or exceed the
minimum lot frontage specified for that zone within this Bylaw.
Figure 4.2: Cul-De-Sac Lot Frontage
4.7 Minimum Lot Size - Septic Disposal System
4.7.1 For any residential use, commercial use, or civic use, no lot shall be created that is
less than 1.0 ha in lot area unless it is serviced by a community sanitary sewer system.
4.8 Accessory Building or Structure - Residential Zones
4.8.1
Unless otherwise indicated in this bylaw, the following requirements apply to
accessory buildings or structures in residential zones:
4.8.2
Not more than 2 accessory buildings or structures shall be permitted on each
lot unless otherwise provided for in this bylaw.
4.8.3
An accessory building or structure is not permitted in front of the principal
building, shall conform to the front setback of the principal building stipulated
in the respective Zone, and shall be a minimum of 1 m (3ft) from the principal
building.
4.8.4
An accessory building or structure shall not be used as a dwelling unit unless
it is a permitted carriage house or secondary dwelling in which case the
regulations of Section 4.20 of this bylaw apply.
4.8.5
An accessory building or structure shall not exceed 4.5 m (15 ft) and one
storey in height except as otherwise provided for in this bylaw.
4.8.6
An accessory building or structure shall be placed at least 1.5 m (5 ft) from
any rear lot line, where no lane is provided.
4.8.7
An accessory building or structure shall be placed at least 1 m (3 ft) from any
rear or exterior side lot line, where a lane is provided, so long as the visibility
requirements of Section 4.10 are met.
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4.8.8
An accessory building or structure shall be placed at least 1 m (3 ft) from any
interior side lot line.
4.8.9
Where no lane is provided, an accessory building or structure shall be placed
so as to have the same side yard from any flanking street as the principal
building, provided that the principal building conforms to the yard
requirements as set out in this Bylaw.
4.8.10
An accessory building or structure shall be permitted to be sited in front of
the permitted principle building if the property fronts Fraser River, Quesnel
River, and Dragon Lake, all buildings must meet the required principal building
front yard setbacks for the respective zone.
4.9 Accessory Building or Structure - Non-Residential Zones
4.9.1
An accessory building or structure in any non-residential zone is subject to
the development regulations for that zone.
4.9.2
An accessory building or structure shall not be used as a dwelling unit except
for caretaker's dwellings or as otherwise provided for in this Bylaw.
4.9.3
Not more than 2 accessory buildings or structures shall be permitted on each
lot unless otherwise provided for in this bylaw.
4.9.4
Accessory buildings or structures shall only be permitted on a lot when the
principal building or structure is established on the lot.
4.10
Visibility at Intersections - Obstructions on Corners
4.10.1
In all zones, except as otherwise provided for in this Bylaw, there shall be no
obstruction to the line of vision between 1 m and 3 m (3-10 ft) above the
established grade of streets or lanes within the triangular shaded areas as
shown on Figure 4.3.
Figure 4.3 Visibility at Intersections
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4.10.2
Despite Section 4.10.1, no building or structure within a C zone or an M zone
shall be constructed within the shaded area as shown in Figure 4.4 from
finished grade to a height of 3 m (10 ft), except that one post or column with
a finished diameter not exceeding 18 cm (7 in) may be placed within such
triangular area described above.
Figure 4.4 Visibility at Intersections
4.11
Fencing
4.11.1
Subject to the visual clearance provisions of Section 4.10 of this Bylaw, the
following height limitations shall apply to fences, walls, or solid screens:
(a) except in the M and C zones, and except for required screening; fences
and walls shall not exceed a height greater than 1.2 m (4 ft) in any
required front yard or a height greater than 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) on any part of
a lot to the rear of a required front yard;
(b) in the M and C zones, fences, walls, solid screens or hedges shall not
exceed a height greater than 2.4 m (8 ft) on any part of the lot.
4.11.2
Section 4.11.1 shall not apply to open mesh or chain link fences erected on a
cemetery, public playground, public recreation area, school areas, public utility
or public works area. In these cases, fences shall not exceed a height greater
than 3.0 m (10 ft).
4.11.3
Fencing must be kept in good repair.
4.11.4
Fencing around swimming pools shall be in accordance with the City's
Building Regulations Bylaw, as amended from time to time.
4.11.5
No barbed wire fencing shall be allowed in any rural residential, residential or
institutional zones except in the RR-1, A-1, and CR-1zones for use in livestock
enclosures.
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4.11.6
No electric fencing shall be allowed in any rural residential, residential, or
institutional zones, except when completely inside other fencing and for the
purposes of urban agriculture uses.
4.12
Retaining Walls
4.12.1
Retaining walls on all residential lots, except those required as a condition of
subdivision approval, must not exceed a height of 1.2 m (4 ft) measured from
grade on the lower side, and must be constructed so that any retaining walls
are spaced to provide at least a 1.2 m horizontal separation between them.
4.12.2
Despite Section 4.12.1, a retaining wall may be higher than 1.2 m (4 ft),
measured from the natural grade, where the natural grade of the subject
property is lower than the abutting property.
4.12.3
In the case of a retaining wall constructed in accordance with Section 4.12.1,
the combined height of a fence on top of a retaining wall at the property line
or within 1.2 m (4 ft) of the property line shall not exceed 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in),
measured from natural grade at the abutting higher property.
4.12.4
Despite Section 4.12.3, where an affected property remains at natural grade
and the subject property constructs a retaining wall and a fence within 1.2 m
of the property line, the maximum height for a fence on the affected property
shall be no greater than 1.8 m (6 ft) above the height of the retaining wall or
3.0 m (10 ft), whichever is less.
4.12.5
In the case of a retaining wall constructed in accordance with Section 4.12.2,
the maximum height of a fence, or portion of retaining wall extending above
the natural grade of the abutting higher property, or combination thereof, shall
be 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in), measured from the natural grade of the abutting higher
property.
4.13
Landscaping and Screening
4.13.1
Subject to Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
principles, the following landscaping and screening regulations shall apply:
4.13.2
A landscape buffer at least 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) high and 3.0 m (10 ft) wide shall
be provided and maintained along the boundary of a lot within M and C zones
which contain buildings or structures and abut Residential or P-1 and P-2
zones.
4.13.3
The landscape buffer shall consist of a vegetative buffer and a solid screen.
The vegetative buffer shall include deciduous trees or conifers spaced a
maximum of 10 m apart. Deciduous trees shall have a minimum caliper of 60
mm (2 in) with a minimum clear stem 1.5 m (5 ft) high. Conifers shall be a
minimum of 2.5 m (8 ft) high. The vegetative buffer shall also include shrubs
planted along the solid screen, and the shrubs shall be at least No. 2 pot
shrubs which are to be placed at a maximum spacing of 1.0 m (3 ft) on
centre.
4.13.4
A solid screen of not less than 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) high shall be provided and
maintained around all outdoor storage areas in C, M and P zones.
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4.13.5
A solid screen of not less than 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) high shall be provided and
maintained along the boundary of a lot within M zones which contain
buildings or structures and abut C zones.
4.13.6
Despite the above regulations, screening will not be required along the
property line in cases where a structure is built on the property line.
4.13.7
Despite the above regulations, solid screening will not be required for the
points of ingress and egress and for a distance of 3 m (10 ft) on either side of
the points of ingress and egress.
4.13.8
Except if found on lots containing single detached dwellings and duplexes,
the following shall be screened from the view of highways and adjacent
properties:
(c) outdoor garbage containers exceeding 0.5 m3 (0.65 yards3) in capacity;
and
(d) outdoor storage areas; and
(e) parking areas.
4.13.9
All areas of the lot not covered by approved buildings, display areas, storage
areas, off-street parking and loading and manoeuvring aisles shall be
landscaped.
4.13.10 All landscaping shall be maintained in good condition in conformance with an
approved landscape plan. In the event of failure to comply, the City may enter
upon the site and maintain the landscaping at the expense of the property
owner, the cost of which may be added to the owner's taxes.
4.14
Rooftop Screen
4.14.1
Mechanical and electrical equipment on a rooftop in zones other than
agricultural zones shall be screened from view from a public roadway or
adjacent property at grade.
4.15
Floodplain Restrictions and Setbacks from Steams
4.15.1
Despite any other provisions of this Bylaw, no building or part thereof shall be
constructed, reconstructed, moved, altered or extended, nor shall any mobile
home or structure be located that contravenes the City Floodplain
Management Bylaw, as amended from time to time.
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4.16
Stream Protection Leave Strips
4.16.1
In Residential zones, except Multi-Unit Residential zones, where there has
been no previous land disturbance, leave strips are required along all
streams. A minimum leave strip width of 15 m (49 ft), measured from the
high water mark, is required on each side of the stream. In areas where land
has been developed, the setback is reduced to a minimum of 10 m (33 ft) for
fish bearing streams and 5.0 m (16 ft) for non-fish bearing streams.
4.16.2
In Industrial, Multiple-Unit, Civic and Commercial zones the leave strip shall
be no less than 30 m (98 ft). The leave strip may be increased to minimize the
impact on fisheries habitat along streams specified in the Official Community
Plan. In areas of previous development the leave strips shall be a minimum
of 15.0 m (49 ft) for fish bearing streams and a minimum of 10.0 m (33 ft) for
non-fish bearing streams.
4.16.3
Notwithstanding Sections 4.16.1 and 4.16.2 setbacks from streams may be
varied in accordance with the Sensitive Ecosystem Development Permit Area
in the City's Official Community Plan.
The core requirements of the Floodplain Management Bylaw are set out below for
information purposes only and do not form part of this Bylaw:
The following elevations are specified as Flood Construction Levels (FCLs):
(a) the Flood Construction Level for a specific property, as determined by interpolation
from those Flood Levels shown on Schedules "A", "B", "C", "D", and "E" - Floodplain
of the Fraser River, Quesnel River, and Baker Creek at Quesnel, attached hereto
and forming part of this Bylaw;
(b) 3.0 m above the Natural Boundary of the Fraser River, Quesnel River, and Baker
Creek;
(c) 1.5 m above the Natural Boundary of any other watercourse, lake, pond, swamp,
marsh area or reservoir;
except that where more than one flood level is applicable, the higher elevation shall be the
flood level.
The following distances are specified as Floodplain Setbacks:
(a) 30 m from the Natural Boundary of the Fraser River, Quesnel River, and Baker
Creek;
(b) 15 m from the Natural Boundary of any other watercourse;
(c) 7.5 m from the Natural Boundary of a lake, pond, swamp, marsh area or reservoir;
except that where more than one floodplain setback is applicable, the wider distance shall be
the floodplain setback.
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4.17
Home Based Business
4.17.1
The purpose of the home based businesses regulation is to permit the
establishment of small scale businesses within residential dwelling units
provided they have no negative impacts on other residents within the zone.
4.17.2
All home based businesses within the City shall be divided into the following
categories:
(a) Type I (Major Home Based Business);
(b) Type II (Minor Home Based Business);
(c) Type III (Rural Home Based Business).
4.17.3
All home based business shall comply with the following:
(a) The home based business shall be operated as a secondary use only,
and shall not change the principal character or external appearance of the
dwelling unit involved.
(b) The home based business shall have no external indication that the
dwelling unit or building is used for a purpose other than a residential
use, except for a sign as permitted in Type I and Type III.
(c) There shall be no external storage or display of materials, equipment, or
finished products.
(d) There shall be no mechanical or electrical equipment used that creates
any external noise, or any interference with electronic equipment in
adjacent buildings or properties.
(e) Home based businesses shall not discharge or emit odorous or noxious
matters or vapours, smoke, dust, heat, glare, radiation, or recurrently
generate vibrations.
(f) There shall be no generation of vehicular traffic or parking of vehicles in
excess of that permitted for and customary to the zone in which the home
based business is located.
(g) In addition to any other parking requirements of this Bylaw, all parking
relating to the home based business must be accommodated within the
lot on which the home based business is located.
(h) Operators of all home based businesses must obtain a business
license.
(i) Any home based business that represents a fire hazard by virtue of the
manufacturing process or materials storage shall be prohibited.
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(j) There shall only be a maximum of one home based business permitted
to operate from a single dwelling unit.
4.17.4
Type I (Major Home Based Business) are permitted in any zone permitting
either a single detached dwelling or a duplex provided that:
(a) the home based business shall be entirely enclosed within the dwelling
unit or a permitted accessory building;
(b) with the exception of bed and breakfast and short-term accommodation
uses, the home based business shall not occupy more than 25% of the
gross floor area of the dwelling unit or accessory building, and in no
case shall the combined area of the residence and the accessory building
used to accommodate the home based business exceed 50 m2 (538 ft2);
(c) signage shall be as per the Sign Bylaw.
(d) the home based business shall be conducted only by a resident or
residents of the dwelling unit to which the home based business is
accessory, and may employ a maximum of one non-resident person.
(e) Major home based businesses are only permitted on lots that are limited
in density to one single-detached dwelling or a duplex.
4.17.5
Type II (Minor Home Based Business) are permitted in any zone permitting a
residential dwelling unit provided that:
(a) the use of the premises for a home based business shall be confined to
the incidental use of a telephone and records pertaining directly to that
business;
(b) no goods are to be displayed, stored or sold on the premises;
(c) no alterations are made which change the character of the dwelling unit;
(d) no signs are displayed on the lot;
(e) the storage of vehicles or equipment associated with a home based
business is not permitted on or near the lot;
(f) in the case of rental premises, the business license applicant will be
required to obtain the permission of the owner of the premises before a
business license under this Section can be issued;
(g) the home based business shall be conducted only by a resident or
residents of the dwelling unit to which the home based business is
accessory; and
(h) the total area of the home based business shall not occupy more than
25% of the gross floor area of the dwelling unit, to a maximum area of
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20 m2.
4.17.6
Type III (Rural Home Based Business):
(a) A Type III home based business is permitted in the CR-1 zone only if the
lot is 2 ha (5 ac) or larger.
(b) A Type III home based business is permitted in the A-1 and RR-1 zone
only if the lot is 0.8 ha (2.0 ac) or larger.
(c) The home based business shall be entirely enclosed within the dwelling
unit or a permitted accessory building.
(d) The area used to carry out the home based business shall not occupy
more than 100 m2 (1,076 ft2).
(e) signage shall be as per the Sign Bylaw.
(f) The home based business shall be conducted by a resident or residents
of the dwelling unit to which the home based business is accessory,
and may employ a maximum of two non-resident persons.
4.17.7
Permitted home based businesses include but are not limited to the
following:
(a) personal services, including tailoring and dress-making, sewing and
knitting, flower arrangement, pottery making, private tutoring and similar
occupations;
(b) private music and dancing lessons, and similar individual instruction in
single detached dwellings only;
(c) repairs of small appliances and electric and electronic equipment;
(d) handyman services for small electrical repair, small carpentry, minor
moving and hauling without any storage, and minor home maintenance
and improvement services excluding any service to motor vehicles;
(e) small handicrafts;
(f) offices for individual self-employed professionals including, but not limited
to accountants, engineers, architects, consultants, contractors,
psychologists, financial planners, computer programmers and similar
occupations requiring minimal in/out traffic of clientele;
(g) stenographers and typing service; and
(h) short-term accommodations, including bed and breakfasts.
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4.17.8
A home based business use shall not include:
(a) Child care uses where more than 10 children are cared for;
(b) Escort services;
(c) Repair and painting of vehicles, trailers, boats, commercial equipment,
and industrial equipment;
(d) retail sale of goods not produced on the premises except for:
(i)
agricultural products;
(ii)
mail order sales;
(iii)
telephone sales;
(iv)
products incidental to the service being provided as a home based
business; and
(v)
direct distributorships where customers do not enter the premises
to inspect, purchase or take possession of the goods;
(e) Spray painting or spray coating operations;
(f) Tow truck operation; or
(g) Welding or machine shops.
4.18
Short-Term Rentals
4.18.1
A bed and breakfast use is permitted in a principal ground-oriented dwelling
for short-term rentals, where:
(a) meals may be prepared and served to patrons, but such activities shall
not be conducted as a restaurant; and
(b) washroom facilities for the owner/occupier must be separate from those
for the patrons, which may be common use facilities.
4.18.2
A bed and breakfast use shall only be conducted within one principal ground-
oriented dwelling on a parcel.
4.18.3
No more than 2 guest rooms are permitted in a bed and breakfast use.
4.18.4
No guest room in the bed and breakfast use shall have an area of more than
20 m2 (215 ft2); a separate or ensuite washroom is not included as part of the
area of the guest room.
4.18.5
Secondary dwellings, secondary suite dwellings, and carriage houses may be
used for short-term accommodation, subject to the following requirement:
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(a) meals may be prepared and served to patrons, but such activities shall
not be conducted as a restaurant.
4.18.6
Short-term rentals, including bed and breakfast uses, are considered to be a
Type I (Major) Home Based Business under section 4.17.
4.18.7
A valid business licence number is required to be included on all listings
advertising short-term rentals, including bed and breakfast uses.
4.19
Boarding Uses
4.19.1
Boarding uses are permitted in a residential dwelling and must be completely
enclosed within that dwelling unit.
4.19.2
A boarding use shall:
(a) have the owner or lessee residing within the unit; and
(b) accommodate not more than 4 boarders in guest rooms.
4.20
Accessory Dwelling Units
4.20.1
Accessory Dwelling Units include secondary dwellings; secondary suite
dwellings; carriage houses, and caretaker dwellings. All accessory dwelling
units are subject to the following regulations:
(a) accessory dwellings cannot be strata titled and must constitute a single
real estate entity with the associated principal dwelling unit and may not
be otherwise subdivided;
(b) shall have its own cooking and sanitary facilities; and
(c) for the purposes of calculating density an accessory dwelling unit would
be considered 1 dwelling unit.
Secondary Dwelling
4.20.2 A secondary dwelling is subject to the following regulations:
(a) shall be smaller than the principal dwelling up to a maximum gross
floor area of 130 sq. m (1,400 sq. ft.)
(b) shall be detached from principal dwelling unit and ancillary buildings.
(c) shall not exceed the height of the principal dwelling.
(d) must be connected to municipal services (water and sewer).
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(e) must be accessible from the frontage road and not rely on a laneway for
public roadway access.
(f) must be setback a minimum of 3 m (10 ft.) from the principal building, as
measured from the foundations of each building.
(g) shall conform to the principal building setbacks outlined in the
corresponding zone. If the site abuts a lane, then it may have a rear
setback of 0 m.
(h) shall be located in the rear yard or side yard.
Secondary Suite Dwellings
4.20.3 A secondary suite dwelling is subject to the following regulations:
(a) a secondary suite dwelling shall be considered an accessory use.
(b) secondary suite dwellings must be located within a principal ground-
oriented dwelling.
(c) a secondary suite dwelling is not permitted in the same dwelling as a
bed and breakfast use.
Carriage Houses
4.20.4 A carriage house dwelling shall be subject to the following regulations:
(a) must be connected to municipal services (water and sewer).
(b) shall be smaller than the principal building, up to a maximum gross
floor area of 90 sq. m (969 sq. ft.).
(c) must be accessible from the frontage road and not rely on a laneway for
public roadway access.
(d) shall be located in the rear yard or side yard.
(e) must be setback a minimum of 3 m (10 ft) from the principal building, as
measured from the foundations of each building.
(f) shall conform to the principal building setbacks outlined in the
corresponding zone. If the site abuts a lane, then it may have a rear
setback of 0 m.
(g) the maximum permitted size for upper-level balconies and decks is 2.9 sq.
m. Flat roofs may not be used for deck areas.
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Caretaker Dwellings
4.20.5
A caretaker dwelling is subject to the following regulations:
(a) must be accessory to a principal commercial, industrial, institutional, or
agricultural use.
(b) a maximum of one caretaker unit is permitted per lot.
(c) if attached to the principal building, must be physically separated from
commercial or industrial activities.
(d) must be occupied by a person whose presence is required for security,
supervision, or maintenance, and cannot otherwise be used for short-term
or long-term accommodation.
(e) shall be no larger than 90 sq. m (969 sq ft).
(f) If the principal use ceases operation, the caretaker dwelling shall be
vacated within 90 days and shall not be converted to another residential
use unless specifically permitted by rezoning.
4.21
Uses Permitted in All Zones
4.21.1
The following uses are permitted throughout all zones:
(a) ancillary uses and buildings;
(b) parks and playgrounds;
(c) public utility use (but not including sewage treatment plants or electrical
substations or facilities covering an area greater than 250 m2); and
(d) off-street parking required to serve the use on the lot.
4.22
General Prohibition
4.22.1
All uses except those specifically permitted by the Bylaw are prohibited.
4.22.2
Mobile homes built to the CSA Z240 standard shall only be permitted in an
approved mobile home park or on lots as a principal building identified in
Schedule C of this Bylaw and built as per the Hillside Hazard Development
Permit Area.
4.22.3
Those lots that are located adjacent to any lot zoned M-3 (Airport) shall
conform to Transport Canada's requirements for suitable adjacent uses that
do not:
(a) Cause dust, smoke or steam that could impact visibility;
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(b) Unduly attracts birds (i.e. standing water, outdoor waste, or landfills);
(c) Contain a structure that is of a height that it might penetrate the
obstruction zone, the transition zone or the take-off and approach zone of
the airport; or
(d) Cause or create electronic interference.
4.22.4
West Quesnel Land Stability lots identified in Schedule C of this bylaw are
exempted from S. 481.3 of the Local Government Act as per Section 3.(1) of
the Local Government Zoning Regulation and are only permitted development
in accordance with the Hillside Hazard Development Permit Area.
4.23
Cannabis
4.23.1
Cannabis retail sales are subject to the following:
(a) Buildings and structures for cannabis retail sales, as authorized
under federal legislation shall be sited not less than:
(i)
100 m from the nearest lot line of a site containing a school
(grades K-12).
(ii)
100 m from the nearest lot line of a playground or playfield.
(iii)
50 m from the nearest lot line of a residentially zoned property.
(b) No more than five (5) cannabis retail sales businesses will be
permitted in the City of Quesnel.
4.23.2
Cannabis commercial production is subject to the following:
(a) Buildings and structures for cannabis commercial production, as
authorized under federal legislation shall be sited not less than:
(i)
300 m from the nearest lot line of a site containing a school
(grades K-12), community centre, or recreation and
entertainment facility;
(h) 100 m from the nearest lot line of a residentially zoned parcel of land and from all
buildings with a residential dwelling;
(i) 30 m from the front and exterior side lot lines;
(j) 15 m from rear and interior side lot lines;
(k) Must have a minimum lot frontage of 20 m and the lot frontage must be directly
adjacent to a public street or highway.
(b) It shall not discharge or emit odorous or noxious matters or vapours or
recurrently generate vibrations that impact neighbouring parcels.
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4.24
Parking or Storage of Commercial Vehicles, Contractor Equipment
and Recreational Vehicles in Residential Zones
4.24.1
Within a Residential zone, a lot shall not be used for the parking and storage
of a commercial vehicle, contractor's equipment, or recreational vehicle (boat,
trailer, bus, or any similar vehicle, or equipment) unless totally concealed
within a building, except the following which may be parked to the rear of the
front wall of a principal building:
(a) one truck or commercial vehicle not exceeding one tonne rated capacity;
(b) one dismantled or wrecked vehicle for a period of not more than 30 days;
and
(c) a combination of up to three (3) recreation vehicles each not exceeding
10 m (33 feet) in length, except on lots greater than 2023 m2 (0.5 ac)
where the length shall not exceed 12.2 m (40 ft).
4.24.2
The items listed in 4.24.1 a, b, and c may be parked in front of the front wall of
the principal building under the following conditions:
(a) no lane provides secondary access to the rear of the lot; and
(b) the siting of the principal building does not allow the vehicle to be
transported to the rear of the front wall of the principal building.
4.24.3
Vehicles exceeding 5,000 kilograms (11,023 lbs.) licensed G.V.W. are not
permitted to be parked or stored either inside or outside a building or
structure on any lot zoned for residential use, except for lots greater than
2023 m2 (0.5 ac) in area the G.V.W. is increased to 13,000 kilograms (30,000
lbs.)
4.25
Shipping Containers
4.25.1
Shipping containers shall be considered an accessory structure and shall
satisfy all of the following conditions:
(a) Shall only be permitted in C-2, C-3, C-4, M-1, M-2, M-3, P-1, and P-2
zones;
(b) Shall be no longer than 13 metres nor wider than 2.5 metres per
shipping container;
(c) Shall be subject to the siting and number requirements for accessory
buildings/structures on the lot where the shipping container is
located; and,
(d) May be stacked provided that the height of the shipping containers
combined shall not exceed the maximum principal building height on
the lot where the shipping container is located.
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4.26
Wrecked Vehicles
4.26.1
Storage of disabled or wrecked vehicles is not permitted in any zone unless
specifically provided for in that zone, and as specifically hereinafter provided:
4.26.2
Disabled vehicles which are required for the operation of a business that is a
permitted use and in such case the vehicles:
(a) shall be completely enclosed within a building or approved walled or
fenced area;
(b) shall not be visible from outside the building or the walled or fenced area
in which the vehicles are stored; and
(c) stored within the walled or fenced area shall not exceed 5 at anytime.
4.26.3
One (1) uninsured vehicle may be stored inside a building used for residential
purposes, provided that such vehicle is completely enclosed within a building
and provided it can be moved on its own power.
4.27
Signs
4.27.1
No person shall construct, place, erect, display, alter, repair or relocate a sign
except in accordance with the Sign Bylaw, as amended from time to time, or
this Bylaw.
4.28
Urban Agriculture
4.28.1
Within those zones where the keeping of backyard hens is permitted:
(a) A maximum of four (4) hens are permitted per lot.
(b) No roosters are permitted.
(c) Hen enclosures must be sited at least 1.0 metre from any lot line, and at
least 6.0 metres from windows and doors of any single detached
dwelling.
(d) Hen enclosures are only permitted in rear yards.
(e) The maximum area of a hen enclosure shall be 9.2 m2 (100 ft2) with a
maximum height of 2 metres.
(f) The minimum area of a hen enclosure shall be 0.37 m2 of coop space
and 0.92 m2 of enclosed run space per hen.
4.28.2
Within those zones where hobby beekeeping is permitted:
(a) All hobby beekeepers must register with the BC Ministry of Agriculture,
as is the case throughout BC and must retain proof of registration.
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(b) Every hobby beekeeper and every person who allows, permits or
establishes the keeping of bees on their property has the responsibility
to:
(i)
Provide adequate water to prevent bees from seeking water in
neighbouring bodies of water
(ii)
Maintain, or take reasonable precautions to protect hives from
disturbances from wildlife, pets, or vandalism. If disturbances
occur, ensure that the bees are requeened;
(c) In residential zones, a maximum of two (2) beehives on a parcel of land
with an area less than 929 m2 (10,000 ft2), and a maximum of four (4)
beehives on a parcel of land with an area over 929 m2 (10,000ft2).
(d) To ensure appropriate flight path height, a beehive should be situated
behind a solid fence or hedge that is 1.8 metres (6 ft.) in height running
parallel to the lot line. If a fence is not present, beehives should be
located at least 2.4 metres (8 ft.) off the ground (i.e. on a rear deck).
(e) Hives shall be located so that the entrance to the hives faces away from
adjacent property dwellings.
(f) No person shall locate a beehive within 3.0 metres of any lot line.
4.28.3
All urban agriculture uses shall not emit odorous matters or create noise that
causes a nuisance for neighbouring parcels.
4.29
Craft Production
4.29.1
Craft production uses, including microbreweries, microcideries, and
microdistilleries, must include a retail storefront, eating and drinking
establishment, or comparable use open to the public that occupies a
minimum of 20 percent of the gross floor area of the structure and fronts the
street at sidewalk level or has a well-marked and visible entrance at sidewalk
level.
4.29.2
All processing and manufacturing of materials must occur within the principal
building.
4.29.3
Craft production uses must not produce excessive noise, odours, dust,
vibration, or other nuisances beyond the property boundaries.
4.29.4
All materials and equipment must be stored within the principal building or an
accessory structure.
4.29.5
Microbreweries, microcideries, and microdistilleries are limited to 15,000
hectolitres of production per year.
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5. Off Street Parking and Loading Spaces
5.1 Required Off Street Parking
5.1.1
Where any development is proposed, off-street vehicle parking (including
parking for the disabled, and visitors) shall be provided by the property owner
in accordance with the requirements of this Bylaw.
5.1.2
The number of off-street parking or loading spaces provided prior to the date
of adoption of this Bylaw shall not be reduced below the applicable off-street
parking requirements.
5.1.3
Where a building is used for more than one permitted use, the required
number of off-street parking spaces shall be the sum of the requirements for
each use.
5.1.4
A building for a commercial or civic use involving the movement of goods
and materials by truck shall provide not less than one off-street loading space
on the lot.
5.2 Access and Egress to Off-Street Parking
5.2.1
Off-street parking may have access to and egress from a street by not more
than two driveways and must be reviewed and approved by the City.
Allowance of two driveways for residential properties is only be considered
for safety purposes.
5.2.2
Maximum width of a single-detached or duplex residential driveway is 7m.
5.2.3
Off-street parking may have access to and egress from a lane along the entire
length of a lot line common to such lane.
5.2.4
Despite 5.2.1 and 5.2.2, off-street parking must be located a minimum
distance of 6.0 m (20 ft.) from the corner of intersecting roads.
5.3 Location for Residential Zones
5.3.1
Except as provided in this Bylaw all required off-street parking shall be located
on the site of the development served by the parking.
5.3.2
Off-street parking may be located in the required front yard given that all
vehicles are parked on the permitted driveway as per section 5.2.2.
Explanatory note that does not form part of this Bylaw:
As per the Local Government Act, parking requirements do not apply with respect to land or a
building or structure existing at the time this bylaw came into force, so long as the land,
building or structure continues to be put to a use that does not require more parking or
loading spaces than were required for the use existing at the time the bylaw came into force.
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5.3.3
All visitor parking is to be easily accessible to the access points of the
corresponding development and / or buildings.
5.4 Location for Non-Residential Zones
5.4.1
For all non-residential zones where the required parking spaces cannot be
accommodated on the lot by reason of the size, shape or siting of the
building, spaces reserved specifically for the requirements of such buildings
may be located upon a separate lot within a radius of 200 m (656 ft) of the
building, provided that a restrictive covenant pertaining to such parking use is
registered against the title of such lot;
5.4.2
Where required off-street parking is located on a site separate from the site of
the development:
(a) the owner of the remote off-street parking site shall covenant with the
City by agreement that the remote lands required for off-street parking
shall be so used as long as required by this Bylaw, and the owner shall
consent to pay the full cost of the preparation and registration of an
agreement under Section 219 of the Land Title Act on the title to the
remote lands; and
(b) remote parking shall be developed to the same standard as on-site
parking.
5.5 Off-Street Loading
5.5.1
Off-street loading spaces shall each have a minimum loading space not less
than 3 m (10 ft.) wide, 12 m (35 ft.) long and 4.26 m (14 ft.) high; or 3 m (10
ft.) across the full width of rear lot line;
5.5.2
Off-street loading spaces shall have vehicular access to and egress from a
street or lane; and
5.5.3
Off-street loading spaces shall be sited at an elevation or elevations
convenient to a service floor level in the building, or to a utility elevator
serving each major floor level.
5.6 Calculating the Number of Required Off-Street Parking and Loading
Spaces
5.6.1
The number of required off-street parking and loading spaces shall be
calculated as follows:
(a) The number of off-street parking spaces required for a use, is calculated
according to the Off-Street Parking Spaces Table 5.1 of this section in
which Column I sets out the use of a building or lot and Column II sets
out the number of required parking spaces.
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(b) Where the calculation of the required off-street parking spaces results in
a fraction, one parking space shall be provided in respect of that fraction.
(c) Where a building contains more than one function, the required number
of spaces shall be the sum of the requirements for each function.
(d) Where seating accommodation is the basis for a unit of measurement
under this section and consists of benches, pews, booths or similar
seating accommodation, each 0.5 m (1.6 ft) of length of such seating
shall be deemed to be one seat.
(e) Required off-street parking and loading spaces may be reduced by up to
20% subject to the provision of a parking study and implementation of
mitigation measures for the use to the satisfaction of the Director.
5.6.2
Table 5.1: Required Off-Street Parking Spaces
USE
REQUIRED NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES
RESIDENTIAL
-
Single detached dwelling
2 per dwelling unit
-
Duplex dwelling
2 per dwelling unit
-
Multi-unit residential
1 per dwelling unit
-
Secondary suite dwelling
1 per suite in addition to spaces required for the principal
dwelling unit
-
Carriage house dwelling
1 per carriage dwelling unit in addition to spaces
required for the principal dwelling unit
-
Secondary dwelling
1 per secondary dwelling in addition to spaces required
for the principal dwelling unit
-
Home based business
1 space in addition to the spaces required for the principal
dwelling unit, excluding short-term rentals.
-
Bed and breakfast
1 per guest room in addition to spaces required for the
principal dwelling unit
-
Mobile home dwelling
1 per dwelling unit and 1 additional space for every 2
dwelling units in a mobile home park
-
Supportive Housing
1 per 3 dwelling units
-
Congregate Housing
1 per 4 dwelling units
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USE
REQUIRED NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES
COMMERCIAL
-
All uses in a commercial zone,
except as listed below
3 per 100 m2 of gross floor area
-
Downtown Commercial (C-3)
2.0 per 100 m2 of gross floor area
-
Restaurant without a drive
through
13.3 per 100 m2 of gross floor area
-
Restaurant with a drive
through
11 per 100 m2 of gross floor area
-
Beer parlour, cocktail lounge,
neighbourhood public house
1 per 6 seats for patron use
-
Bowling alley
3 per bowling lane
-
Medical and dental clinics
1 per 28 m2 (301 ft2)of gross floor area
-
Food or department store over
743 m2 (8000 ft2)
1 per 24 m2 (258 ft2) of gross floor area
-
Health club
1 per 10 m2 (108 ft2) of gross floor area
-
Gas bar
4 spaces in addition to spaces required for vehicle fueling
-
Golf course
6 per hole, plus parking required for other uses at the Golf
Course
-
Golf driving range
1 per tee
-
Hotel
0.57 per hotel unit
-
Motel
0.54 per motel unit
-
Recreational vehicle park
1 per parking pad
INSTITUTIONAL
-
Civic uses
1 per 46.5 m2 (501 ft2) of gross floor area
-
Recreation building, ice rink,
arena, gymnasium and indoor
swimming pool
1 per 25 m2 (269 ft2) of gross floor area
-
Elementary school
2 per classroom
-
Secondary school
5 per classroom
-
College or university
10 per classroom
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USE
REQUIRED NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES
-
Assembly uses
5 per 100 m2 (1076 ft2) of public assembly floor area
-
Day care centre
1 per 10 patrons, plus 1 per 2 employees, with a minimum
of 4 spaces
INDUSTRIAL
-
All uses in an industrial zone,
except as listed below
1.5 per 100 m2 (1076 ft2) of gross floor area
-
Manufacturing use
1.3 per 100 m2 of gross floor area or 1 per 2 employees
on duty, whichever is the greater plus 1 parking space for
each company vehicle used in connection with business
conducted on or from the premises
-
Warehousing use
1 per 186 m2 (2,002 ft2) of gross floor area or 1 per 2
employees on duty, whichever is the greater plus 1
parking space for each company vehicle used in
connection with business conducted on or from the
premises
PERSONAL CARE USE
-
Hospital
1.8 per bed
Community care facility
-
Non-residential
-
Residential
1 per activity room
1 per 2 patient beds
Convalescent home, private hospital,
rest home
1 per 3 patient beds
5.7 Parking Site Specification
5.7.1
All off-street parking required for all uses other than single detached
dwellings and duplex dwellings shall meet the site specifications required in
this Section.
5.7.2
In an RS-3 and a multi-unit zone, all required off-street parking for residential
uses, shall be located a minimum of 1.0 m (3 ft) from any side or rear lot line
and a minimum of 3 m (10 ft) from any street right-of-way.
5.7.3
Every off-street parking space shall:
(a) be constructed so as to permit unobstructed access to and egress from
each space at all times;
(b) have a 'vehicle stop' to prevent vehicles from encroaching onto a street,
lane, driveway, sidewalk, internal walkway, landscaping or building.
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5.7.4
Every off-street parking area shall be:
(a) graded in a manner such that all surface drainage is contained on-site
and directed either to approved planting areas or through a storm sewer
system of manholes and rock pits or if a public storm system is available
such properties shall be connected to the storm sewer;
(b) surfaced with a permanent surface of asphalt, concrete or similar
pavement so as to provide a surface that is durable and maintained for
the purposes intended and so that all water is contained on-site or
directed to an approved drainage system;
(c) finished so that individual spaces, manoeuvring aisles, entrances and
exits are clearly marked by curbs, painted lines, signs or other
appropriate means. Such markings shall be maintained to ensure
legibility;
(d) designed so that all traffic manoeuvring into and out of parking spaces
and aisles is carried out on-site;
(e) adequately lit and so arranged that all direct rays of artificial light are
reflected upon the parking area and not on any adjoining lot;
(f) served by an access road having no more than an eight percent (8%)
grade;
(g) at least 1.5 m (5 ft.) from a window to a habitable room.
5.7.5
Off-street parking spaces and areas shall be designed to comply with the
minimum standards shown in Figure 5.1 and Tables 5.2 and 5.3 unless
otherwise specified in this Section.
5.7.6
Off-street parking areas shall provide and maintain a landscape screen along
that portion of the perimeter of any open parking area abutting or opposite
any lot in any RS and RM zone.
5.7.7
The layout for parking shall meet the standards as described in the below
figure and tables.
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Figure 5.1 Parking Standards
Table 5.2 Large Car Parking Layout Dimensions at Various Angles.
Stall Dimensions are 2.75m (9.0 FT) wide by 5.65m (18.5 FT) long
Dimension
Symbol
Parking Angle:
45°
Parking Angle:
60°
Parking Angle:
75°
Parking Angle:
90°
Metres
Feet
Metres
Feet
Metres
Feet
Metres
Feet
Stall depth
to wall
A
5.35
17.55
5.80
19.0
5.95
19.5
5.65
18.5
Aisle width
between
stall lines
B
3.65
12.0
4.9
16.0
7.0
23.0
7.3
24.0
Stall depth,
interlock
C
4.65
15.3
5.3
17.5
5.75
18.9
5.65
18.5
Module,
wall to
interlock
D
13.65
44.8
16.0
52.5
18.7
61.3
19.2
63.0
Cross
Aisle, one-
way
E
4.25
14.0
4.25
14.0
4.25
14.0
4.25
14.0
Cross aisle,
two-way
F
7.5
24.0
7.5
24.0
7.5
24.0
7.5
24.0
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Table 5.3 Small Car Parking Layout Dimensions at Various Angles
Stall dimensions are 2.45m (8.0 FT) wide by 4.9m (16.0 FT) long
Dimension
Symbol
Parking Angle:
45°
Parking Angle:
60°
Parking Angle:
75°
Parking Angle:
90°
Metres
Feet
Metres
Feet
Metres
Feet
Metres
Feet
Stall depth
to wall
A
5.2
17.0
5.5
18.0
5.3
17.5
4.9
16.0
Aisle width
between
stall lines
B
3.35
11.0
4.25
14.0
5.3
17.5
6.1
20.0
Stall depth,
interlock
C
4.55
15.0
5.0
16.5
5.2
17.0
4.85
16.0
Module,
wall to
interlock
D
13.1
43.0
14.8
48.5
15.85
52.0
15.85
52.0
Cross
Aisle, one-
way
E
4.25
14.0
4.25
14.0
4.25
14.0
4.25
14.0
Cross aisle,
two-way
F
7.5
24.0
7.5
24.0
7.5
24.0
7.5
24.0
5.8 Small Car Parking
5.8.1
Of the required number of parking spaces provided on a given site, a
maximum of 20% may be designated to accommodate small car parking.
5.9 Electric Vehicle Parking and Charging Stations
5.9.1
For all multi-unit residential buildings and mixed-use buildings with three or
more residential units, parking spaces shall accommodate electric vehicles in
accordance with the following conditions:
(a) A minimum of 5% of all required parking spaces shall be equipped with
an AC Level 2 charging station at 240 V or higher; and
(b) The electrical system within a parking garage shall be designed to
accommodate the required number of electric vehicle charging stations.
5.10
Accessible Parking
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5.10.1
Where more than 10 parking spaces are provided, every off-street parking
area shall provide 2% of the required spaces as accessible spaces, with a
minimum of one space, for the use of persons with disabilities. Each space
shall comply with Section 9.4 of the National Standard of Canada document
B651-18 (Accessible design for the built environment) as amended from time
to time.
5.11
Bicycle Parking
5.11.1
The number of required bicycle parking spaces shall be 5% of the required
vehicle parking space requirement for a C or RM zone with a minimum of 5
spaces for RM developments with 20 or more units.
5.11.2
Where the number of employees is used as a unit of measurement, it shall
mean the greatest number of persons at work, at any time of the day or night
in the building or for a particular use during any season of the year.
5.11.3
Where the calculation of the required off-street bicycle parking results in a
fraction of one-half or less may be disregarded and any fraction of greater
than one-half shall require one additional bicycle parking space.
5.12
General Provisions
5.12.1
Where provision of off-street parking or loading spaces is required by this
Bylaw, a plan of the proposed site layout and landscape plan shall be included
with the development permit application or building permit application, as the
case may be. The site plan must be drawn to scale and must clearly illustrate
the lot size and configuration, building locations, parking spaces, loading
spaces, on-site circulation, access driveways, landscaping, fences and any
other details relevant to the review of the development proposal.
5.12.2
Off-street parking spaces shall not be credited as off-street loading spaces or
vice versa.
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6. Establishment of Zones
6.1 Establishment of Zones
6.1.1
The area within the boundaries of the City shall be divided into the zones
identified in Column I and described in Column II of Table 6.1.
Table 6.1 Zones
ZONES
TITLE ELABORATION
A-1
Agriculture
RR-1
Residential Reserve
CR-1
Rural Residential
RS-1
Urban Residential
RS-2
Suburban Residential
RS-3
Three and Fourplex Residential
MHP-1
Mobile Home Park
SR-1
Bareland Strata Residential
RM-1
Multi-Unit Residential (Low Density)
RM-2
Multi-Unit Residential (Medium Density)
RM-3
Multi-Unit Residential (High Density)
RM-4
Multi-Unit Residential (High Density - four storeys)
C-1
Local Commercial
C-2
West Quesnel Business District Commercial
C-2A
North Fraser Drive Local Commercial
C-3
Downtown Commercial
C-3R
Downtown Residential
C-4
Highway Commercial
C-5
Automobile Speedway Commercial
C-6
Tourist Service Commercial
C-7
Auto Mall Commercial
C-8
Regional Shopping Centre
M-1
Light Industrial
M-2
Heavy Industrial
M-3
Airport
GIR
General Industrial Reserve
P-1
Civic Assembly and Institutional
P-2
Park and Open Space
CD
Comprehensive Development Zone
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6.2 Zone Title
The correct name of each zone provided for in this Bylaw is set out in Column I of Table 6.1
and the inclusion of the names contained in Column II of Table 6.1 is for convenience only.
6.3 Location of Zones
The location of each zone is established on Schedule B, the Zoning Map, of this Bylaw.
6.4 Zone Boundaries
6.4.1
Where a zone boundary is shown on Schedule B, the Zoning Map, as following
a highway or rail right-of-way, the centre line of the highway or right-of-way
shall be the zone boundary.
6.4.2
Where the zone boundary does not follow a legally defined line, and where the
distances are not specifically indicated, the location of the zoning boundary
shall be determined by scaling from the Zoning Map.
6.4.3
When a zone boundary is designated on the Zoning Map as following the City
boundaries of the City, the City boundary shall be the zone boundary.
6.4.4
When a zone boundary is designated on the Zoning Map as following the
boundary of a lot, the lot boundary shall be the zone boundary.
6.4.5
When a zone boundary is designated on the Zoning Map as following the
shore line of a lake, pond or similar standing body of water the natural
boundary of that lake, pond or similar standing body of water shall be the
zone boundary.
6.4.6
Where land that originally formed part of a lane or street is consolidated to a
lot, such lane or street shall be deemed to have the same zone designation as
the lot.
6.4.7
Where Schedule B, the Zoning Map, does not designate land as a specific
zone, the zone that applies to the undesignated land is the A-1 zone.
6.5 Zone Regulations
6.5.1
The regulations table sets out the regulations that apply to the zone referred
to in the title of the table, shown as "Regulations Table for 'X' Zone", where 'X'
is replaced by the name of the subject zone.
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7. A -1 - Agriculture
The purpose is to provide a zone for rural areas and agricultural uses as well as other
complementary uses suitable in an agricultural setting.
7.1 Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the A-1 Zone:
(a) abattoir.
(b) agricultural uses.
(c) agri-tourism.
(d) cannabis commercial production.
(e) single detached dwelling.
7.2 Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the A-1 Zone:
(a) accessory buildings or structures.
(b) bed and breakfast.
(c) caretaker dwelling unit for farm help.
(d) carriage house dwelling.
(e) greenhouse and plant nursery.
(f) horticulture.
(g) major home based business.
(h) minor home based business.
(i) rural home based business.
(j) secondary dwelling.
(k) secondary suite dwelling.
(l) short-term rental.
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7.3 Regulations
Regulations Table for A-1 Zone:
7.3.1
Maximum number of dwellings
units including dwelling units for
farm help
1 per 4 ha (10 ac) to a maximum of
2
7.3.2
Minimum lot size
2 ha (5 ac)
7.3.3
Minimum lot frontage
30 m (98 ft)
7.3.4
Maximum lot coverage
10%
7.3.5
Maximum height
9 m (30 ft) principal building
7 m (23 ft) accessory building
7.3.6
Minimum setback of principal or
accessory building from:
(a) front lot line
(b) interior side lot line
(c) exterior side lot line
(d) rear lot line
7.5 m (25 ft)
7.5 m (25 ft)
7.5 m (25 ft)
7.5 m (25 ft)
7.4 Other Regulations
7.4.1
Notwithstanding Section 7.3.6 above, cannabis commercial production uses
shall be subject to those siting regulations located in Section 4.23 of this
Bylaw.
7.4.2
There shall be no limit to the number of accessory buildings or structures.
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8. RR -1 - Residential Reserve
The purpose is to provide a zone for land with minimum development but future potential
for country residential development and complementary uses on larger lots in areas of high
natural amenity and limited urban services.
8.1 Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the RR-1 Zone:
(a) agriculture use.
(b) single detached dwelling.
8.2 Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the RR-1 Zone:
(a) accessory buildings or structures.
(b) bed and breakfast.
(c) major home based business.
(d) minor home based business.
(e) rural home based business.
(f) secondary suite dwelling.
(g) secondary dwelling (if property is fully serviced by community systems).
(h) carriage house dwelling (if property is fully serviced by community systems).
(i) short-term rental.
8.3 Regulations
Regulations Table for RR-1 Zone:
8.3.1
Minimum lot size
4 ha (10 ac)
8.3.2
Minimum lot frontage
30 m (98 ft)
8.3.3
Maximum lot coverage
20%
8.3.4
Maximum height
9 m (30 ft) or 2 storeys for principal
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building
7 m (23 ft) for accessory building
8.3.5
Minimum setback of principal
or accessory building from:
(a) front lot line
(b) interior side lot line
(c) exterior side lot line
(d) rear lot line
7.5 m (25 ft)
7.5 m (25 ft)
7.5 m (25 ft)
7.5 m (25 ft)
8.3.6
Maximum gross floor area of
accessory building
150 m2 (1615 ft2)
8.4 Other Regulations
8.4.1
There shall be no limited to the number of accessory buildings for agriculture
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9. CR -1 - Country Residential
The purpose is to provide a zone for country residential development and complementary
uses on larger lots in areas of high natural amenity and limited urban services.
9.1 Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the CR-1 Zone:
(a) single-detached dwelling;
(b) duplex;
(c) triplex;
(d) fourplex;
(e) group home dwelling.
9.2 Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the CR-1 Zone:
(a) accessory buildings or structures.
(b) agricultural uses (except for intensive agriculture), ancillary to a principal
use, on lots greater than 2 ha (5.0 ac).
(c) bed and breakfast.
(d) carriage house dwelling.
(e) community care facility.
(f) major home based business.
(g) minor home based business.
(h) rural home based business on lots greater than 2 ha (5.0 ac).
(i) secondary dwelling.
(j) secondary suite dwelling.
(k) urban agriculture.
(l) horticulture
(m) hobby farms
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(n) short-term rental.
9.3 Regulations
Regulations Table for CR-1 Zone:
9.3.1
Maximum density
(a) No community sanitary sewer, or lot
size greater than 4050 m2 (1 ac)
Single-detached dwelling and
secondary suite dwelling
(b) Community sanitary sewer but no
community water
Single-detached dwelling and
secondary suite dwelling, plus a
detached Accessory Dwelling where
water system meets Drinking Water
Protection Act requirements.
(c) Community sanitary sewer and
community water system
4 dwelling units per lot
9.3.2
Minimum lot size with:
(a) Community sanitary sewer and
community water system
(b) Community sanitary sewer and no
community water system
(c) no community sanitary sewer
system
2023 m² (0.50 ac)
3000 m² (0.74 ac)
1 ha (2.47 ac)
9.3.3
Minimum lot frontage
30 m (98 ft)
9.3.4
Maximum lot coverage for the
following lot sizes:
(a)
less than 4050 m²
(b)
4050 m² to 1 hectare
(c)
greater than 1 hectare
40%
20%
10%
9.3.5
Maximum height
11 m (36ft) for principal building
7 m (23 ft) for accessory building
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9.3.6
Minimum setback of principal
building from:
(a) front lot line
(b) interior side lot line
(c) exterior side lot line
(d) rear lot line
6 m (19.7 ft)
1.5 m (5 ft)
3.0 m (10 ft)
3.0 m (10 ft)
9.4 Other Regulations
9.4.1 Maximum density restricted to a single-detached dwelling and secondary suite dwelling
where no community sewer.
9.4.2 Properties may have up to 4 principal buildings subject to 9.4.3.
9.4.3 Lots shown on Schedule C to this bylaw are limited to one principal building.
9.4.4 The maximum gross floor area of an accessory building or structure is as follows:
(a)
150 m2 (1615 ft2) for lots less than 2 ha (4.94 ac).
(b)
278 m2 (2992 ft2) for lots greater than or equal to 2 ha (4.94ac)
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10. RS -1 - Urban Residential
The purpose is to provide a zone for residential dwellings and compatible secondary uses,
on serviced urban lots.
10.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the RS-1 Zone:
(a) single detached dwelling.
(b) duplex
(c) triplex
(d) fourplex
(e) townhouse
(f) group home dwelling
10.2
Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the RS-1 Zone:
(a) accessory buildings or structures.
(b) carriage house dwelling.
(c) community care facility.
(d) major home based business.
(e) minor home based business.
(f) secondary dwelling.
(g) secondary suite dwelling.
(h) urban agriculture.
(i) short-term rental.
10.3
Regulations
Regulations Table for RS-1 Zone:
10.3.1
Maximum density:
(a) No community sanitary sewer, or lot
size greater than 4,050 m2 (1 ac)
Single-detached dwelling and secondary
suite.
(b) Lot size less than 4,050 m2 (1 ac)
4 dwelling units per lot
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10.3.2
Minimum lot size
460 m² (4,951.4 ft²)
10.3.3
Minimum lot frontage
12 m (39.3 ft)
10.3.4
Maximum lot coverage
50%
10.3.5
Maximum height
11m (36 ft) or 3 storeys for principal
building
7 m (23 ft) for accessory building
10.3.6
Minimum setback of
principal building from:
(a) front lot line
(b) interior side lot line
(c) exterior side lot line
(d) rear lot line
5 m (16.4 ft)
1.5 m (5 ft)
3.0 m (10 ft)
3.0 m (10 ft)
10.3.7
Maximum gross floor area of
accessory building on lots:
(a) Less than 1618 m2 (0.4 ac)
(b) Equal or greater than 1618 m2
(0.4 ac)
70 m2 (754 ft2)
120 m2 (1291 ft2)
10.4
Other Regulations
10.4.1
Notwithstanding Sections 10.1 above, on only Lot 162 Plan 22680 DL 1227,
the use of group day care is permitted as a principal use.
10.4.2
Lots are permitted up to 4 principal buildings in this subject to 10.4.3.
10.4.3
Lots shown on Schedule C to this bylaw are limited to one Principal Building
in this zone.
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11. R S -2 - Suburban
Residential
The purpose is to provide a zone for residential dwellings in areas with larger lots in serviced
areas.
11.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the RS-2 Zone:
(a) single detached dwelling
(b) duplex dwelling
(c) triplex
(d) fourplex
(e) townhouse
(f) group home dwelling
11.2
Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the RS-2 Zone:
(a) accessory buildings or structures.
(b) carriage house dwelling.
(c) community care facility.
(d) major home based business.
(e) minor home based business.
(f) secondary dwelling.
(g) secondary suite dwelling.
(h) urban agriculture.
(i) short-term rental.
11.3
Regulations
Regulations table for RS-2 Zone:
11.3.1
Maximum density on lots with
no community sewer OR on
lots > 4050m²
Single-detached dwelling and
secondary suite.
11.3.2
Maximum density
3 dwelling units per lot on lots < 280m²
4 dwelling units per lot on lots > 280m²
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to 4050m²
11.3.3
Minimum lot size
460m² (4,951.4 ft²)
11.3.4
Minimum lot frontage
16.75m (54.9 ft)
11.3.5
Maximum Lot coverage
40% provided that the maximum lot
coverage of buildings, driveways and
parking areas is 50%
11.3.6
Maximum height
11m (36 ft) or 3 storeys for principal
building
7 m (23 ft) for accessory building
11.3.7
Minimum setback of principal
building from:
(a) front lot line
(b) interior side lot line
(c) exterior side lot line
(d) rear lot line
6 m (19.7 ft)
1.5 m (5 ft)
3.0 m (10 ft)
3.0m (10 ft.)
11.3.8
Maximum gross floor area of
accessory building on lots:
(a) Less than 1618 m2 (0.4 ac)
(b) Equal or greater than 1618 m2 (0.4 ac)
70 m2 (754 ft2)
120 m2 (1291 ft2)
11.4
Other Regulations
11.4.1
Lots are permitted up to 4 principal buildings in this zone.
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12. RS -3 - Three and Fourplex Residential
The purpose is to provide a zone for threeplex and fourplex housing on urban services.
12.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the RS-3 Zone:
(a) fourplex dwelling.
(b) threeplex dwelling.
12.2
Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the RS-3 Zone:
(a) accessory buildings or structures.
(b) community care facility.
(c) minor home based business.
(d) urban agriculture.
12.3
Regulations
Regulations table for RS-3 Zone:
12.3.1
Maximum density
60 dwelling units per ha (24 dwelling
units per ac)
12.3.2
Minimum lot frontage
16.75 m (54.9 ft)
12.3.3
Maximum lot coverage
40%, provided that the maximum
coverage of buildings, driveways and
parking areas is 50%
12.3.4
Maximum height
11m (36 ft) or 3 storeys for principal
building
7 m (23 ft) for accessory building
12.3.5
Minimum setback of principal
building from:
(a) front lot line
7.5 m (25 ft)
(b) interior side lot line
1.5 m (5 ft)
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(c) exterior side lot line
3.0 m (10 ft)
(d) rear lot line
3.0 m (10 ft)
12.3.6
Minimum principal building
width
5.6 m (18 ft)
12.3.7
Maximum gross floor area of
accessory building
70 m2 (754 ft2)
12.4
Other Regulations
12.4.1
At least one floor of a dwelling unit shall be greater than or equal to 70 m2
(750 ft2).
12.4.2
Notwithstanding Sections 12.3.3 and 12.3.4 above, on only Parcel A
(PG29711) of Block 2 District Lot 704 Cariboo District Plan 5833, the
permitted maximum floor area ratio is 0.75 and the permitted maximum lot
coverage is 40% provided that the maximum lot coverage of buildings,
driveways and parking areas is 60%.
12.4.3
In addition to the uses permitted above, single detached dwellings are added
as a permitted use for parcels with a single detached dwelling existing as per
the date of adoption of this bylaw. The regulations set out in RS-1 zone
Section 10.3 shall apply to these lots as long as the use remains single
detached dwelling units, and may include the addition of a secondary suite,
where one does not exist.
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13. MHP -1 - Mobile Home Park
The purpose is to provide a zone for mobile home dwellings on individual mobile home
spaces in a mobile home park setting.
13.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the MHP-1 Zone:
(a) mobile home dwelling.
(b) mobile home park.
13.2
Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the MHP-1 Zone:
(a) accessory buildings or structures.
(b) minor home based business.
(c) single detached dwelling combined with office for management of the mobile
home park.
(d) urban agriculture.
13.3
Regulations
Regulations Table for MHP-1 Zone:
13.3.1
Maximum density
20 dwelling units per ha (8 dwelling
units per ac)
13.3.2
Minimum lot size
(a) mobile home park
(b) mobile home space
2 ha (5 ac)
325 m2 (3,500 ft2)
13.3.3
Minimum frontage
(a) mobile home space abutting internal
right roadway right of way
(b) mobile home space abutting a cul-de-
sac or a panhandle mobile home
space
12m (40 ft)
6m (20 ft)
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13.3.4
Maximum coverage of a mobile
home space
(a) mobile home and additions to it,
exclusive of a carport, where the
mobile home space that is less than
450 m2 (4,800 ft2) in area
(b) mobile home and additions to it,
exclusive of a carport, where the
mobile home space that is greater
than 450 m2 (4,800 ft2) in area
35%
45%
13.3.5
Maximum floor area for mobile
home addition, exclusive of a
carport, on a:
(a) mobile home space less than 450 m2
(4,800 ft2) in area
(b) mobile home space greater than 450
m2 (4,800 ft2) in area
No larger in area than 40% of the floor
area of the mobile home
No larger in area than 80% of the floor
area of the mobile home
13.3.6
Maximum height
7.5 m (25 ft) for principal building
4.5 m (15 ft) for accessory building
13.3.7
Mobile home park minimum
setback of building from:
(a) front lot line
7.5 m (25 ft)
(b) interior side lot line
4.6 m (15 ft)
(c) exterior side lot line
4.6 m (15 ft)
(d) rear lot line
4.6 m (15 ft)
13.3.8
Minimum distance between a
dwelling and another dwelling
6m (20 ft)
13.3.9
Within each mobile home
space, the minimum setbacks
for all buildings and structures
shall be:
(a) from an internal access road
1.8m (6 ft)
(b) from the rear or side mobile home
1.5m (5 ft)
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space lines
13.4
Other Regulations
13.4.1
All uses of land, buildings and structures in the MHP-1 Zone shall conform
with the provisions of the City's Mobile Home Park Bylaw, as amended from
time to time.
13.4.2
No more than one (1) mobile home shall be located on a mobile home space.
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14. SR -1 - Bareland
Strata Residential
The purpose is to provide a zone for single detached, duplex, or townhouse housing on
bare land strata lots.
14.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the SR-1 Zone:
(a) duplex.
(b) single detached dwelling.
(c) townhouse.
14.2
Accessory Uses
The following secondary uses and no others are permitted as secondary uses in the SR-1
Zone:
(a) accessory buildings and uses.
(b) minor community care use.
(c) minor home based business.
(d) secondary suite dwelling.
14.3
Regulations
Regulations table for SR-1 Zone
14.3.1
Maximum density
30 dwelling units per ha (12 dwelling
units per ac)
14.3.2
Minimum strata lot size:
200 m2 (2152 ft2)
14.3.3
Minimum parent parcel
frontage
14 m (46 ft)
14.3.4
Maximum height
9 m (30 ft.) or 2.5 storeys for principal
building
4.5 m (15 ft) for accessory building
14.3.5
Maximum strata lot coverage
100%
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14.3.6
Maximum parent parcel lot
coverage
50%
14.3.7
Minimum setback of principal
building from strata:
(a) front lot line
(b) interior side lot line
(c) exterior side lot line
(d) rear lot line
5 m (16.41 ft.)
1.5 m (5 ft.)
3.0 m (10 ft.)
3.0 m (10 ft.)
14.3.8
Minimum principal building
width
5.6 m (18 ft.)
14.3.9
Maximum floor area of
accessory buildings
70 m2 (754 ft2)
14.4
Other Regulations
14.4.1
At least one floor of a dwelling unit shall be greater than or equal to 70 m2
(750 ft2).
14.4.2
A building with multiple units is permitted to cross a strata property line
allowing a 0 m interior side property line setback for any property line which
the building sits upon subject to having a formal party wall agreement. All
other principal building setbacks must follow Section 14.3.7.
14.4.3
A maximum of one dwelling unit is permitted per strata lot. When the
principal building is a single detached dwelling, a secondary suite is also
permitted.
14.4.4
All land within the SR-1 Zone shall be serviced by a community water and
community sanitary sewer system.
14.4.5
Strata lots on a cul-de-sac shall have a frontage not less than 8.5 m (28 ft.)
and an average width not less than 15 m (49 ft.).
Explanatory note:
All land within the SR-1 Zone shall comply with the associated strata bylaws, which is enforced
by said associated strata.
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15. RM -1 - Multi -Unit Residential (Low
Density)
The purpose is to provide a zone for low density multi-unit housing on serviced urban lots.
15.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the RM-1 Zone:
(a) apartment dwelling.
(b) assisted residential living.
(c) congregate housing dwelling.
(d) group home dwelling.
(e) fourplex dwelling.
(f) threeplex dwelling.
(g) townhouse dwelling.
15.2
Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the RM-1 Zone:
(a) accessory buildings or structures.
(b) community garden.
(c) group day care.
(d) minor home based business, except when the principal use is congregate
housing or personal care..
(e) personal care.
(f) urban agriculture.
15.3
Regulations
Regulations table for RM-1 Zone:
15.3.1
Maximum density
40 dwelling units per ha (16
dwelling units per ac)
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15.3.2
Minimum lot frontage
20 m (66 ft)
15.3.3
Maximum lot coverage
45% provided that the maximum
coverage of buildings, driveways
and parking areas is 70%
15.3.4
Maximum height
11m (36 ft) for principal building
7 m (23 ft) for accessory building
15.3.5
Maximum gross floor area ratio
0.5
15.3.6
Minimum setback of principal
building from:
(a) front lot line
7.5 m (25 ft)
(b) interior side lot line
3.0 m (10 ft)
(c) exterior side lot line
3.0 m (10 ft)
(d) rear lot line
3.0 m (10 ft)
15.3.7
Minimum principal building width
5.6 m (18 ft)
15.4
Other Regulations
15.4.1
There shall be no limit to the number of buildings provided that each group of
units shall conform to every stipulation of this zone.
15.4.2
In addition to the uses permitted above, single detached dwellings are added
as a permitted use for parcels with a single detached dwelling existing as per
the date of adoption of this bylaw. The regulations set out in RS-1 zone
Section 10.3 shall apply to these lots as long as the use remains single
detached dwelling units, and may include the addition of a secondary suite,
where one does not exist.
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16. RM -2 - Multi -Unit Residential
(Medium
Density)
The purpose is to provide a zone for medium-density multi-unit housing (e.g. apartments) on
urban services.
16.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the RM-2 Zone:
(a) apartment dwelling.
(b) assisted residential living.
(c) congregate housing dwelling.
(d) fourplex dwelling.
(e) threeplex dwelling.
(f) townhouse dwelling.
16.2
Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the RM-2 Zone:
(a) accessory buildings or structures.
(b) community garden.
(c) group day care.
(d) minor home based business, except when the principal use is congregate
housing or personal care.
(e) personal care.
(f) urban agriculture.
16.3
Regulations
Regulations table for RM-2 Zone for developments with a density greater than 40 dwelling
units per ha (16 dwelling units per ac).
16.3.1
Maximum density
90 dwelling units per ha (36 dwelling
units per ac)
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16.3.2
Minimum lot frontage
20 m (66 ft)
16.3.3
Maximum lot coverage
(a) Fourplex, threeplex, townhouse
uses with a density of 40 units per ha
(16 units per ac) or less.
45%, provided that the maximum
coverage of buildings, driveways and
parking areas is 70%
(b) Residential development greater than
40 units per ha (16 units per ac)
50%, provided that the maximum
coverage of buildings, driveways and
parking areas is 70%
16.3.4
Maximum height
12 m (39 ft) or 3 storeys for principal
building
7 m (23 ft) for accessory building
16.3.5
Maximum gross floor area ratio
(a) Fourplex, threeplex, townhouse
uses with a density of 40 units per ha
(16 units per ac) or less.
0.5
(b) Residential development greater than
40 units per ha (16 units per ac)
1.1
16.3.6
Minimum setback of principal
building from:
(a) front lot line
7.5 m (25 ft)
(b) interior side lot line
3.0 m (10 ft)
(c) exterior side lot line
3.0 m (10 ft)
(d) rear lot line
3.0 m (10 ft)
16.3.7
Minimum principal building
width
5.6 m (18 ft)
16.4
Other Regulations
16.4.1
There shall be no limit to the number of buildings provided that each group of
units shall conform to every stipulation of this zone.
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16.4.2
On Lot 2 DL 703 Plan PGP39945 only, the permitted maximum density is 135
dwelling units per hectare and the permitted maximum lot coverage for
buildings, driveways and parking areas is 100% provided the maximum
coverage for buildings is 50%.
16.4.3
In addition to the uses permitted above, single detached dwellings are added
as a permitted use for parcels with a single detached dwelling existing as per
the date of adoption of this bylaw. The regulations set out in RS-1 zone
Section 10.3 shall apply to these lots as long as the use remains single
detached dwelling units, and may include the addition of a secondary suite,
where one does not exist.
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17. RM -3 - Multi -Unit Residential (High
Density)
The purpose is to provide a zone for high-density multi-unit housing on serviced urban lots.
17.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the RM-3 Zone:
(a) apartment dwelling.
(b) assisted residential living.
(c) congregate housing dwelling.
(d) fourplex dwelling.
(e) threeplex dwelling.
(f) townhouse dwelling.
(g) personal care.
17.2
Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the RM-3 Zone:
(a) accessory buildings or structures.
(b) assembly.
(c) community care facility.
(d) community garden.
(e) convenience retail store.
(f) eating establishment.
(g) group day care.
(h) minor home based business, except when the principal use is congregate
housing or personal care.
(i) personal service establishment.
17.3
Regulations
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Regulations table for RM-3 Zone for developments with a density greater than 90 dwelling
units per ha (36 dwelling units per ac).
17.3.1
Maximum density
(a) General
120 dwelling units per ha (48
dwelling units per ac)
(b) Congregate housing
160 dwelling units per ha (65
dwelling units per ac)
17.3.2
Minimum lot frontage
(a) Residential development less than 90
units per ha (36 units per ac)
20 m (66 ft)
(b) Residential development greater than
90 units per ha (36 units per ac)
30 m (98 ft)
17.3.3
Maximum lot coverage
(a) Fourplex, threeplex, townhouse
uses with a density of 40 units per ha
(16 units per ac) or less.
45%, provided that the maximum
coverage of buildings, driveways and
parking areas is 70%
(b) Residential development greater than
40 units per ha (16 units per ac)
50%, provided that the maximum
coverage of buildings, driveways and
parking areas is 70%
(c) Residential development greater than
90 units per ha (36 units per ac)
70% coverage for buildings,
driveways and parking areas
17.3.4
Maximum height
12 m (39 ft) or 3 storeys for principal
building
4.5 m (15 ft) for accessory building
17.3.5
Maximum floor area ratio
(a) Fourplex, threeplex, townhouse
uses with a density of 40 units per ha
(16 units per ac) or less.
0.5
(b) Residential development greater than
40 units per ha (16 units per ac)
1.1
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(c) Residential development greater than
90 units per ha (36 units per ac)
1.5
17.3.6
Minimum setback of principal
building from:
(a) front lot line
7.5 m (25 ft)
(b) interior side lot line
3.0 m (10 ft)
(c) exterior side lot line
3.0 m (10 ft)
(d) rear lot line
3.0 m (10 ft)
17.3.7
Minimum principal building
width
5.6 m (18 ft)
17.4
Other Regulations
17.4.1
An amount may be added to the floor area ratio if required parking spaces are
provided beneath the habitable space of a principal building or beneath
useable common amenity areas, equal to 0.2 multiplied by the ratio of such
parking spaces provided to the total required parking spaces, to a maximum
of an additional 0.2 FAR.
17.4.2
There shall be no limit to the number of buildings provided that each group of
units shall conform to every stipulation of this zone.
17.4.3
Yoga Class Instruction' is permitted as an accessory Type I home based
business use with class instruction to be limited to 20 hours per week, class
sizes up to 10 participants, and allowing participant vehicles to park on
available parking on site at Lot 5, Block 17, Town of Quesnel, Plan 17000 (654
Reid Street).
17.4.4
In addition to the uses permitted above, single detached dwellings are added
as a permitted use for parcels with a single detached dwelling existing as per
the date of adoption of this bylaw. The regulations set out in RS-1 zone
Section 10.3 shall apply to these lots as long as the use remains single
detached dwelling units, and may include the addition of a secondary suite,
where one does not exist.
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18. RM -4 - Multi -Unit Residential (High
Density - Four Storeys)
The purpose is to provide a zone for high-density multi-unit housing.
18.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the RM-4 Zone:
(a) apartment dwelling.
(b) assisted residential living.
(c) congregate housing dwelling.
(d) fourplex dwelling.
(e) threeplex dwelling.
(f) townhouse dwelling.
(g) personal care.
18.2
Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the RM-4 Zone:
(a) accessory buildings or structures.
(b) assembly.
(c) community care facility.
(d) community garden.
(e) convenience retail store.
(f) eating establishment.
(g) group day care.
(h) minor home based business, except when the principal use is congregate
housing or personal care.
(i) personal service establishment.
18.3
Regulations
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18.3.1
Maximum density
(a) General
120 dwelling units per ha (48
dwelling units per ac)
(b) Congregate housing
160 dwelling units per ha (65
dwelling units per ac)
18.3.2
Minimum lot frontage
(a) Residential development less than 90
units per ha (36 units per ac)
20 m (66 ft)
(b) Residential development greater than
90 units per ha (36 units per ac)
30 m (98 ft)
18.3.3
Maximum lot coverage
(a) Fourplex, threeplex, townhouse uses
with a density of 40 units per ha (16
units per ac) or less.
45%, provided that the maximum
coverage of buildings, driveways and
parking areas is 70%
(b) Residential development greater than
40 units per ha (16 units per ac)
50%, provided that the maximum
coverage of buildings, driveways and
parking areas is 70%
(c) Residential development greater than
90 units per ha (36 units per ac)
70% coverage for buildings,
driveways and parking areas
18.3.4
Maximum height
16 m (53 ft) or 4 storeys for principal
building
4.5 m (15 ft) for accessory building
18.3.5
Maximum floor area ratio:
(a) Fourplex, threeplex, townhouse uses
with a density of 40 units per ha (16
units per ac) or less.
0.5
(b) Residential development greater than
40 units per ha (16 units per ac)
1.1
(c) Residential development greater than
90 units per ha (36 units per ac)
1.5
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18.3.6
Minimum setback of principal
building from:
(a) front lot line
5 m (16.4 ft)
(b) interior side lot line
3.0 m (10 ft)
(c) exterior side lot line
3.0 m (10 ft)
(d) rear lot line
3.0 m (10 ft)
18.3.7
Minimum principal building
width
5.6 m (18 ft)
18.4
Other Regulations
18.4.1
An amount may be added to the floor area ratio if required parking spaces are
provided beneath the habitable space of a principal building or beneath
useable common amenity areas, equal to 0.2 multiplied by the ratio of such
parking spaces provided to the total required parking spaces, to a maximum
of an additional 0.2 FAR.
18.4.2
There shall be no limit to the number of buildings provided that each group of
units shall conform to every stipulation of this zone.
18.4.3
Notwithstanding 18.3.1 and 18.3.3 above, on only Lot 1 Block 17 Town of
Quesnel Plan EPP3653, the permitted maximum density is 134 dwelling units
per ha and the permitted maximum lot coverage is 80%.
18.4.4
In addition to the uses permitted above, single detached dwellings are added
as a permitted use for parcels with a single detached dwelling existing as per
the date of adoption of this bylaw. The regulations set out in RS-1 zone
Section 10.3 shall apply to these lots as long as the use remains single
detached dwelling units, and may include the addition of a secondary suite,
where one does not exist.
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19. C -1 - Local Commercial
The purpose is to provide a zone within a neighbourhood for the range of local smaller scale
commercial conveniences with a mixture of single detached dwelling or multi-unit residential on
the second floor.
19.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the C-1 Zone:
(a) animal clinic.
(b) art gallery or art studio.
(c) apartment dwelling.
(d) assembly.
(e) convenience retail store.
(f) community care facility.
(g) eating establishment.
(h) group day care.
(i) group home dwelling.
(j) health services.
(k) office.
(l) personal service establishment.
(m) recycled materials drop-off centre.
(n) retail store.
19.2
Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the C-1 Zone:
(a) accessory buildings or structures.
(b) dwelling unit.
19.3
Regulations
Regulations table for the C-1 zone:
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19.3.1
Maximum density
One principal building per lot
19.3.2
Minimum lot size with:
(a) community sanitary sewer and
community water system
748 m2 (8,052 sq. ft.)
(b) community sanitary sewer and no
community water system
1600 m2 (17,223 sq. ft.)
(c) no community sanitary sewer system
4000 m2 (43,055 sq. ft.)
19.3.3
Minimum lot frontage
20 m (66 ft)
19.3.4
Maximum height
9 m (30 ft) or 2 storeys for principal
building
4.5 m (15 ft) for accessory building
19.3.5
Maximum gross floor area ratio:
(a) Commercial
(b) Residential
0.5
1.0
19.3.6
Maximum lot coverage
50% for buildings
19.3.7
Minimum setback from:
(a) front lot line
4.5m (15 ft)
(b) interior side lot line
1.5 m (5 ft)
(c) exterior side lot line
3.0 m (10 ft)
(d) rear lot line
1.5 m (5 ft)
19.4
Other Regulations
Screening Landscaping and Amenities
19.4.1
A minimum landscaped area of 3 m (10 ft) in width shall be provided along
any property line adjacent to an R or P zone.
19.4.2
Not less than a 1m (3 ft) high landscape screen of plant material shall be
provided in a 1m (3 ft) wide planter strip between any off-street parking use
and a property line.
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Conditions of Use
19.4.3
An accessory residential dwelling(s) shall:
(a) be located above the first storey of the building;
(b) have a completely separate entrance to the street;
(c) be self-contained;
(d) be designed and constructed as an integral part of the building; and
(e) have a minimum floor area of 60 m2 (646 ft2).
19.4.4
Every business or undertaking shall be conducted within a completely
enclosed building except for parking and loading facilities.
19.4.5
The use of mini-storage facility is permitted within the principal building on
the lands legally described as Parcel C (Plan B6237) District Lot 48, Cariboo
District.
20.4.6
A mixed use development comprised of a 1347 square foot dwelling unit on
the ground floor and a 850 square foot dwelling unit on the second floor and a
800 square foot personal service commercial use is permitted within the
principal building of Lot 12 Block 32 Town of Quesnel Plan 17000.
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20. C -2 - West Quesnel Business District
Commercial
The purpose is to provide a zone for the development of community commercial centres in the
Downtown and West Quesnel area.
20.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the C-2 Zone:
(a) animal clinic.
(b) apartment dwelling, subject to Section 21.4.
(c) art gallery or art studio.
(d) assembly.
(e) automotive sales/rentals.
(f) cannabis retail sales
(g) community care facility.
(h) civic use.
(i) eating and drinking establishments.
(j) financial institutions.
(k) fleet services.
(l) funeral parlour.
(m) gas bars.
(n) group day care.
(o) group home dwelling.
(p) health services.
(q) hotels.
(r) liquor retail store.
(s) mini-storage facility.
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(t) motels.
(u) office.
(v) personal care.
(w) personal service establishments.
(x) recycled materials drop-off centres.
(y) recreation and entertainment facility.
(z) retail stores.
(aa) townhouse dwelling
(bb) microbrewery or microdistillery.
(cc) craft production.
20.2
Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the C-2 Zone:
(a) accessory buildings or structures.
(b) minor home based business
(c) product assembly.
20.3
Regulations
Regulations table for C-2 zone:
20.3.1
Maximum density
1.0
Aan additional floor area ratio of 0.3 is
permitted for residential use for a total
FAR of 1.3
20.3.2
Minimum lot size
232 m2 (2,497 sq. ft.)
20.3.3
Minimum lot frontage
7.5 m (25 ft)
20.3.4
Maximum height
12 m (39 ft) or 3 storeys for a
principal building
4.5 m (15 ft) for accessory building
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20.3.5
Maximum lot coverage
100% including buildings, driveways
and parking areas
20.3.6
Minimum setback of principal
from:
(a) front lot line
0.0 m
(b) interior side lot line
0.0 m
(c) exterior side lot line
0.0 m
(d) rear lot line with a lane
0.0 m
(e) rear lot line without a lane
3.0 m (10 ft)
20.4
Other Regulations
20.4.1
An apartment dwelling shall be permitted only if:
(a) the dwelling units are located above the ground floor of the building in
which the commercial activity is taking place; and
(b) the dwelling units are provided with a ground level entrance separate
from other entrances to other permitted uses.
20.4.2
Notwithstanding Section 20.4.1 above, only on the property legally described
as Lot A District Lot 704 Cariboo District Plan PGP39604 (605 Doherty Drive),
may dwelling units be located on the ground floor of the building in which the
commercial activity is taking place.
20.4.3
The use of apartment is permitted as a principal use on LOT F DISTRICT LOT
704 CARIBOO DISTRICT PLAN 5008 with a maximum unit number of 17
dwelling units.
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21. C -2A - North Fraser Drive
Local
Commercial
The purpose is to provide a zone within West Quesnel for a range of local neighbourhood
commercial conveniences.
21.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the C-2A Zone:
(a) animal clinic.
(b) art gallery or art studio.
(c) apartment dwelling.
(d) assembly.
(e) assisted residential living.
(f) convenience retail store.
(g) community care facility.
(h) eating establishment.
(i) fleet services.
(j) fourplex dwelling.
(k) group day care.
(l) group home dwelling.
(m) health services.
(n) liquor retail store.
(o) mini-storage facility.
(p) office.
(q) personal care.
(r) personal service establishments.
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(s) recreation and entertainment facility.
(t) recycling materials drop-off centre.
(u) retail store.
(v) single detached dwelling.
(w) townhouse dwelling.
(x) microbrewery or microdistillery.
(y) craft production.
21.2
Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the C-2A Zone:
(a) accessory buildings or structures.
(b) accessory dwelling unit.
(c) community garden.
(d) major home based business.
(e) minor home based business.
21.3
Regulations
Regulations table for the C-2A Zone:
21.3.1
Maximum FAR
1.0
An additional floor area ratio of 0.5 is
permitted for residential use for a total
FAR of 1.5
21.3.2
Minimum lot size
232 m2 (2,497 sq. ft.)
21.3.3
Minimum lot frontage
7.5 m (25 ft)
21.3.4
Maximum height
16 m (53 ft) or 4 storeys for principal
building
4.5 m (15 ft) for accessory building
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21.3.5
Maximum lot coverage
100% including buildings, driveways
and parking areas
21.3.6
Minimum setback (except for
principal residential use)
(a) front lot line
(b) interior side lot line
(c) exterior side lot line
(d) rear lot line
0.0
0.0
0.0
6.0 m (20 ft.)
21.3.7
Minimum setback of a single-
detached dwelling as principal
use:
(a) front lot line
(b) interior side lot line
(c) exterior side lot line
(d) rear lot line
3.0 m (10 ft)
1.5 m (5 ft)
1.5 m (5 ft)
3.0 m (10 ft)
21.4
Other Regulations
Screening Landscaping and Amenities
21.4.1
A minimum landscaped area of 3m (10 ft) in width shall be provided along
any property line adjacent to an R or P zone.
21.4.2
Not less than a 1m (3 ft) high landscape screen of plant material shall be
provided in a 1m (3 ft) wide planter strip between any off-street parking use
and a property line.
Conditions of Use
21.4.3
An accessory dwelling(s) shall:
(a) be located above the first storey of the building in which a commercial
activity is located.
(b) have a completely separate entrance to the street.
(c) be self-contained.
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(d) be designed and constructed as an integral part of the building.
(e) have a minimum floor area of 60 m2 (646 ft2).
21.4.4
Every business or undertaking shall be conducted within a completely
enclosed building except for parking and loading facilities.
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22. C -3 - Downtown Commercial
The purpose is to provide a zone for the development of a community commercial centre in the
Downtown area.
22.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the C-3 Zone:
(a) automotive sales/rentals.
(b) apartment dwelling, subject to Section 23.4 below.
(c) art gallery or art studio.
(d) assembly.
(e) assisted residential living.
(f) broadcasting studio.
(g) cannabis retail sales.
(h) commercial arcade.
(i) community care facility.
(j) civic use.
(k) eating and drinking establishments.
(l) financial institution.
(m) funeral parlour.
(n) gas bars.
(o) group day care.
(p) group home dwelling.
(q) health services.
(r) hotel.
(s) liquor retail store.
(t) microbrewery or microdistillery.
(u) motel.
(v) office.
(w) personal care.
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(x) personal service establishment.
(y) public market.
(z) recreation and entertainment facility.
(aa) recycled materials drop-off centre.
(bb) retail store.
(cc) craft production.
22.2
Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the C-3 Zone:
(a) accessory buildings or structures.
(b) accessory dwelling unit.
(c) product assembly.
22.3
Regulations
Regulations table for C-3 Zone:
22.3.1
Maximum FAR
5.0
22.3.2
Minimum lot size
232 m2 (2,497 sq. ft.)
22.3.3
Minimum lot frontage
7.5 m (25 ft)
22.3.4
Maximum height
23 m (75 ft) or 6 storeys for a
principal building
4.5 m (15 ft) for accessory building
22.3.5
Maximum lot coverage
100% including buildings, driveways
and parking areas
22.3.6
Minimum setback from:
(a) front lot line
(b) interior side lot line
(c) exterior side lot line
0.0 m
0.0 m
0.0 m
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(d) rear lot line with a lane
(e) rear lot line without a lane
0.0 m
3.0 m (10 ft)
22.4
Other Regulations
22.4.1
An apartment dwelling shall be permitted only if:
(a) the dwelling units are located above the ground floor of the building in
which the commercial activity is taking place; and
(b) the dwelling units are provided with a ground level entrance separate
from other entrances to other permitted uses.
22.4.2
An accessory dwelling unit(s) shall:
(a) be located above the first storey of the building;
(b) have a completely separate entrance to the street;
(c) be self-contained;
(d) be designed and constructed as an integral part of the building; and
(e) have a minimum floor area of 35 m2 (377 ft2).
22.4.3
The use of Emergency Shelter is permitted on lands legally described as PCL
B of Lot 8, Town of Quesnel, Plan 1516 (PID: 013-889-460); PCL C of Lot 8,
Town of Quesnel, Plan 1516 (PID: 013-889-478); Lot 2, Town of Quesnel, Plan
5701 (PID: 013-584-022); Lot 2, Townsite of Quesnel, Plan 10376 (PID: 012-
682-322); and Lot A, Town of Quesnel, Plan 7016, Except PCL A, O30449 (PID:
013-498-266).
22.4.4
In addition to the uses permitted above, single detached dwelling use and
duplex use continue to be permitted for the parcels that contained these uses
on the adoption of this bylaw. The regulations set out in the RS-2 zone
Section 11.3 shall apply to these lots as long as the use remains single family
or duplex residential, with or without a secondary suite.
22.4.5
The use of Vapour Retail Store is permitted on the land legally described as
Lot 1 and 2 Block 3 Town of Quesnel Plan 17000 Except Plan 17665.
22.4.6
The use of Supportive Housing is permitted on the land legally described as
Lot A Block 42 Town of Quesnel Plan EPP79910.
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23. C -3R - Downtown Residential
The purpose is to provide a zone for the development of high density residential in the
Downtown where ground floor commercial uses are not required.
23.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the C-3R Zone:
(a) apartment dwelling.
(b) assisted residential living.
(c) civic use.
(d) convenience retail store.
(e) eating and drinking establishments.
(f) financial institution.
(g) group day care.
(h) group home dwelling.
(i) health services.
(j) liquor retail store.
(k) community care facility.
(l) office.
(m) personal care.
(n) personal service establishment.
(o) recreation and entertainment facility.
(p) retail store.
23.2
Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the C-3R Zone:
(a) accessory buildings or structures.
23.3
Regulations
Regulations table for C-3R Zone:
23.3.1
Maximum FAR
5.0
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23.3.2
Minimum lot size
232 m2 (2,497 sq. ft.)
23.3.3
Minimum lot frontage
25 m (82 ft)
23.3.4
Maximum height
23 m (75 ft) or 6 storeys for a principal
building
4.5 m (15 ft) for accessory building
23.3.5
Maximum lot coverage
85% including buildings, driveways and
parking areas
23.3.6
Minimum setback from:
0.5 m (1.6 ft)
(a) front lot line
(b) interior side lot line
1.5 m (4.9 ft)
(c) exterior side lot line
1.5 m (4.9 ft)
(d) rear lot line with a lane
3.0 m (9.8 ft)
(e) rear lot line without a lane
3.0 m (9.8 ft)
23.4
Other Regulations
23.4.1
Ground floor commercial may be permitted within an apartment dwelling if
entrance is completely separate from residential use.
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24. C -4 - Highway Commercial
The purpose is to zone and preserve land for the accommodation of large format retail and a
mix of vehicular oriented highway commercial uses, not provided for in the Downtown and West
Quesnel Commercial areas.
24.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the C-4 Zone:
(a) animal clinic.
(b) assembly.
(c) automotive and equipment repair shops.
(d) auctioning establishments.
(e) automotive sales/rentals.
(f) broadcasting studio.
(g) cannabis retail sales
(h) drive through.
(i) eating and drinking establishment.
(j) equipment rentals.
(k) financial institution, subject to Section 24.4.5 below.
(l) fleet services.
(m) funeral parlour.
(n) gas bars.
(o) hotel.
(p) large format retail store.
(q) liquor retail store.
(r) mini-storage facility.
(s) motel.
(t) neighbourhood public house.
(u) office, only for construction trades industry.
(v) personal service establishment.
(w) recreation and entertainment facility.
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(x) recreational vehicle sales/rentals.
(y) recycled materials drop-off centres.
(z) tourist accommodation.
(aa) vehicle and equipment sales/rental.
(bb) warehouse.
(cc) microbrewery or microdistillery.
(dd) craft production.
24.2
Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the C-4 Zone:
(a) accessory buildings or structures.
(b) caretaker dwelling unit.
24.3
Regulations
Regulations table for C-4 zone:
24.3.1
Maximum FAR
0.65
24.3.2
Minimum lot size with:
(a) community sanitary sewer and
community water system
(b) community sanitary sewer and no
community water system
(c) no community sanitary sewer system
557 m2 (5,996sq.ft.)
1600 m2 (17,223sq.ft.)
4000 m2 (43,055sq.ft.)
24.3.3
Minimum lot frontage
20 m (66 ft)
24.3.4
Maximum height
12 m (39 ft) or 3 storeys for principal
building
4.5 m (15 ft) for accessory building
24.3.5
Maximum lot coverage
50%
24.3.6
Minimum setback of principal
building from:
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(a) front lot line
(b) interior side lot line
(c) exterior side lot line abutting a
flanking street
(d) rear lot line
7.5 m (25 ft)
0.0 m
2.0 m
0.0 m
24.4
Other Regulations
24.4.1
Where a C-4 zoned lot abuts a Residential zone the minimum setback is 7.5m
(25 ft) for buildings in the C-4 zone.
24.4.2
Every business or undertaking shall be completely within an enclosed
building, except for parking and loading facilities, patios, and seating areas,
and any permitted outdoor storage yards.
24.4.3
A use which is noxious or offensive because of odour, dust, smoke, gas,
noise, vibration, heat, glare, electrical interference, or is a nuisance beyond the
limits of the site on which the use is located shall not be permitted.
24.4.4
An accessory dwelling unit shall:
(a) have a completely separate entrance to the street; and
(b) be self-contained.
24.4.5
The maximum floor area for all financial services use is 200 m2 per tenancy
and in addition for banks, credit unions, and trust companies a branch of the
same financial service company must be located in the C-3 (Downtown
Commercial) zone.
24.4.6
Personal service establishments are limited to a maximum floor area of
235.0 m2 and are only permitted in the C-4 (Highway Commercial) zoned area
of Quesnel along Hwy 97, south of Hydraulic Rd.
24.4.7
No structure will be permitted to be constructed with a floor area of less than
460 m2 (5000 sq. ft.) for the purpose of highway commercial retail stores.
24.4.8
The use of Retail Store is permitted on the land legally described as Lot 1
District Lot 3140F Cariboo District Plan BCP6129 Except: Plan BCP32503.
24.4.9
The use of Vapour Retail Store is permitted on the land legally described as
Lot B District Lot 3948 Cariboo District Plan 18315 Except Plan 30571; Lot 1
District Lot 3140F Cariboo District Plan BCP6129 Except: Plan BCP32503.
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25. C -4A - Highway Mixed
-Use
The purpose is to support commercial, residential, and mixed-use development in the Southern
Gateway area that incorporates housing and regional and local commercial uses into a complete
neighbourhood.
25.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the C-4A Zone:
(a) animal clinic.
(b) apartment dwelling, subject to Section 4 below
(c) assembly.
(d) assisted residential living.
(e) auctioning establishments.
(f) automotive and equipment repair shops.
(g) automotive sales/rentals.
(h) broadcasting studio.
(i) cannabis retail sales
(j) civic use
(k) community care facility
(l) craft production
(m) drive through.
(n) eating and drinking establishment.
(o) equipment rentals.
(p) financial institution, subject to Section 25.4.5 below.
(q) fleet services.
(r) funeral parlour.
(s) gas bars.
(t) group day care,
(u) group home dwelling.
(v) health services.
(w) hotel.
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(x) large format retail store.
(y) liquor retail store.
(z) microbrewery or microdistillery.
(aa) mini-storage facility.
(bb) motel.
(cc) neighbourhood public house.
(dd) office.
(ee) personal care.
(ff) personal service establishment.
(gg) public market.
(hh) recreation and entertainment facility.
(ii) recreational vehicle sales/rentals.
(jj) recycled materials drop-off centres.
(kk) retail store.
(ll) tourist accommodation.
(mm)
vehicle and equipment sales/rental.
(nn) warehouse.
25.2
Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the C-4A Zone:
(c) accessory buildings or structures.
(d) caretaker dwelling unit.
25.3
Regulations
Regulations table for C-4 zone:
25.3.1
Maximum FAR
1.0
An additional floor area ratio of 0.5 is
permitted for residential use for a total
FAR of 1.5
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25.3.2
Maximum residential density
120 dwelling units per ha (48 dwelling
units per ac)
25.3.3
Minimum lot size:
232 m2 (2,497 sq. ft.)
25.3.4
Minimum lot frontage
7.5 m (25 ft)
25.3.5
Maximum height
16 m (53 ft) or 4 storeys for principal
building
4.5 m (15 ft) for accessory building
25.3.6
Maximum lot coverage
100% including buildings, driveways
and parking areas
25.3.7
Minimum setback of principal
building from:
(a) front lot line
(b) interior side lot line
(c) exterior side lot line abutting a
flanking street
(d) rear lot line
3.0 m (10 ft)
1.5 m (5 ft)
1.5 m (5 ft)
3.0 m (10 ft)
25.4
Other Regulations
25.4.1
Where a C-4A zoned lot abuts a Residential zone the minimum setback is 7.5
m (25 ft) for buildings in the C-4A zone.
25.4.2
An apartment dwelling shall be permitted only if the dwelling units are
provided with a ground level entrance separate from other entrances to other
permitted uses.
25.4.3
Every business or undertaking shall be completely within an enclosed
building, except for parking and loading facilities, patios, and seating areas,
and any permitted outdoor storage yards.
25.4.4
A use which is noxious or offensive because of odour, dust, smoke, gas,
noise, vibration, heat, glare, electrical interference, or is a nuisance beyond the
limits of the site on which the use is located or on residential uses located on
the site shall not be permitted.
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25.4.5
The maximum floor area for a financial services use is 200 m2 per tenancy
and in addition, banks, credit unions, and trust companies must have a branch
of the same financial service company located in the C-3 (Downtown
Commercial) zone.
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26. C -5 - Automobile Speedway Commercial
The purpose is to provide a zone for the accommodation of automotive speedway and sporting
events.
26.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the C-5 Zone:
(a) auto race track facility.
(b) go kart track.
26.2
Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the C-5
Zone:
(a) accessory buildings or structures.
(b) caretaker dwelling unit.
(c) eating establishment, ancillary to the principal use.
(d) outdoor entertainment.
26.3
Regulations
Regulations table for C-5 Zone:
26.3.1
Maximum density
1 caretaker dwelling unit per lot
26.3.2
Minimum lot size
1 ha (2.47 ac)
26.3.3
Minimum lot frontage
30 m (98 ft)
26.3.4
Maximum height
9 m (30 ft) for principal building
4.5 m (15 ft) for accessory building
26.3.5
Maximum lot coverage
30 %
26.3.6
Minimum setback from:
(a) front lot line
15 m (49 ft)
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(b) interior side lot line
15 m (49 ft)
(c) exterior side lot line
15 m (49 ft)
(d) rear lot line
15 m (49 ft)
26.4
Other Regulations
26.4.1
Outdoor entertainment including such things as music festivals or concerts
shall be permitted subject to the approval of any authority having jurisdiction
with respect to noise, health and safety, traffic control, and policing.
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27. C -6: Tourist Service Commercial
The purpose of this zone is to provide land to accommodate temporary parking for recreation
vehicles and related service facilities.
27.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the C-6 Zone:
(a) eating and drinking establishment.
(b) parks.
(c) recreation vehicle (RV) park.
(d) tourist accommodation.
27.2
Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the C-6 Zone:
(a) accessory buildings or structures.
(b) caretaker dwelling unit.
(c) community garden.
(d) greenhouse and plant nursery.
(e) office.
(f) urban agriculture.
27.3
Regulations
Regulations table for C-6 Zone
27.3.1
Maximum density
Maximum permitted number of recreation
vehicle parking pads is 1.0 per 0.1
hectare (4.0 per acre)
Maximum permitted number of recreation
vehicles per parking pad is 1.0.
Maximum gross floor area for retail is
1.25 square metres per recreation
vehicle parking pad.
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27.4
Other Regulations
27.4.1
The maximum floor area for an accessory building is:
(a) 150 m2 (1615 sq.ft) for lots less than 2 ha (4.94 ac.).
(b) 278 m2 (2992 sq.ft) for lots greater than or equal to 2 ha (4.94 ac.).
27.4.2
No buildings or structures are permitted on a recreation vehicle parking pad.
27.4.3
All recreation vehicle parking pads are to be gravel or asphalt construction.
27.3.2
Minimum lot size:
0.8 ha (2 ac)
27.3.3
Minimum lot frontage
30 m (98 ft)
27.3.4
Maximum height
9 m (30 ft) for principal building
7 m (23 ft) for accessory building
27.3.5
Maximum lot coverage
10 %
27.3.6
Minimum setback of principal or
accessory building from:
(a) front lot line
(b) interior side lot line
(c) exterior side lot line
(d) rear lot line
7.5 m (25 ft)
7.5 m (25 ft)
7.5 m (25 ft)
7.5 m (25 ft)
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28. C -7 - Auto Mall Commercial
The purpose of this zone is to accommodate automobile and recreational vehicle dealerships and other
associated uses in addition to a variety of highway commercial uses.
28.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the C-7 Zone:
(a) automotive sales/rentals.
(b) assembly.
(c) convenience retail store.
(d) drive-through.
(e) eating and drinking establishment.
(f) fleet services.
(g) gas bar.
(h) hotel.
(i) large format retail store.
(j) liquor retail store.
(k) motel.
(l) personal service establishment.
(m) recreational vehicle sales/rentals.
(n) recycled materials drop-off centre.
(o) vehicle and equipment sales/rental.
28.2
Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the C-7 Zone:
(a) accessory buildings or structures.
(b) automotive and equipment repair shops, when accessory to automotive
sales/rentals, recreational vehicle sales/rentals uses, or vehicle and equipment
sales/rental.
(c) caretaker dwelling unit.
(d) financial institution, subject to Section 28.4.5.
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(e) office, subject to Section 28.4.7
28.3
Regulations
Regulations table for C-7 Zone:
28.3.1
Minimum lot size
1 ha (2.47 ac)
28.3.2
Minimum lot width
50 m
28.3.3
Minimum lot depth
25 m
28.3.4
Maximum gross floor area ratio
0.4
28.3.5
Maximum lot coverage
40%
28.3.6
Maximum height
Lesser of 15.0 m or 4 storeys
28.3.7
Minimum setback from:
(a) front lot line
(b) interior side lot line
(c) exterior side lot line
(d) rear lot line
7.5 m (25 ft)
1.5 m (5 ft)
7.5 m (25 ft)
1.5 m (5 ft)
28.4
Other Regulations
28.4.1
Despite 28.3, where abutting another permitted non-residential use as part of a multi-
unit complex in the C-7 Zone or where adjacent to another commercial or industrial
zone, an interior side yard setback of zero metres may be permitted.
28.4.2
Despite 28.3, where a C-7 zoned lot abuts against a RR, CR, RS or RM zone the
minimum rear yard and interior side yard setback is 6.0m (19.69 ft) for buildings in
the C-7 Zone.
28.4.3
No structure will be permitted to be constructed with a floor area of less than 460 m2
(4,950 ft2) for the purpose of large format retail store.
28.4.4
No open storage of goods or materials shall be permitted except where in full
compliance with the required yard setbacks and unless full enclosed behind a
screened and fenced area with a minimum height of 2 m (6.56 feet).
28.4.5
The maximum gross floor area for all financial institutions use is 200 m2 per tenancy
and in addition for banks, credit unions, and trust companies a branch of the same
financial institution must be located in the C-3 (Downtown Commercial) zone.
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28.4.6
There shall be no limit to the number of buildings provided that each group of units
shall conform to every stipulation of this zone.
28.4.7
Offices (other than construction) can only each take up a maximum of 25% of the
gross floor area of the commercial complex.
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29. C -8 - Regional Shopping Centre
The purpose is to designate land for the development of larger shopping centres with a diversity of uses.
29.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the C-8 Zone:
(a) business support services.
(b) cannabis retail sales.
(a) drive-in food services.
(b) eating and drinking establishments.
(c) emergency.
(d) financial services.
(e) gas bars.
(f) government services.
(g) health services.
(h) hotels.
(i) licensee retail store.
(j) motels.
(k) offices.
(l) participant recreation services, indoor.
(m) personal service establishments.
(n) recycled materials drop-off centres.
(o) religious assemblies.
(p) retail store.
29.2
Accessory Uses
The following secondary uses and no others are permitted as secondary uses in the C-8 Zone:
(a) accessory buildings and uses;
(b) group day care.
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29.3
Regulations
Regulations table for C-8 Zone
29.3.1
Minimum lot size
1 ha (2.47 ac)
29.3.2
Minimum lot width
50 m
29.3.3
Minimum lot depth
25 m
29.3.4
Maximum floor area ratio
0.4
29.3.5
Maximum lot coverage
40%
29.3.6
Maximum height
Lesser of 15.0 m or 4
storeys
29.3.7
Minimum setback from:
29.3.8
front lot line
29.3.9
interior side lot line
29.3.10 exterior side lot line
29.3.11 rear lot line
7.5 m (25 ft)
1.5 m (5 ft)
7.5 m (25 ft)
1.5 m (5 ft)
29.4
Other Regulations
29.4.1
Despite 29.3, where abutting another permitted non-residential use as part of a multi-
tenant complex in the C-8 Zone or where adjacent to another commercial or industrial
zone, an interior side yard setback of zero metres may be permitted.
29.4.2
Despite 29.3, where a C-8 zoned lot abuts against a RR, CR, RS or RM zone the
minimum rear yard and interior side yard setback is 6.0m (19.69 ft) for buildings in
the C-8 Zone.
29.4.3
No structure will be permitted to be constructed with a floor area of less than 460 m2
(4,950 ft2) for the purpose of Retail Commercial.
29.4.4
No open storage of goods or materials shall be permitted except where in full
compliance with the required yard setbacks and unless full enclosed behind a
screened and fenced area with a minimum height of 2 m (6.56 feet).
29.4.5
The maximum floor area for all financial services use is 200 m2 per tenancy and in
addition for banks, credit unions, and trust companies a branch of the same financial
service company must be located in the C-3 (Central Business District) zone.
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29.4.6
There shall be no limit to the number of buildings provided that each group of units
shall conform to every stipulation of this zone.
29.4.7
Business support services, offices (other than construction), health services, and
government services can only each take up a maximum of 25% of the gross floor area
of the commercial complex.
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30. M-1 - Light Industrial
The purpose is to provide a zone for light industrial uses.
30.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the M-1 Zone:
(a) abattoir.
(b) art gallery or art studio.
(c) auction establishment.
(d) automotive sales/rental.
(e) cold storage facilities.
(f) equipment and machinery sales/rentals.
(g) fleet services.
(h) greenhouse and plant nursery.
(i) industrial support service.
(j) light industrial use.
(k) microbrewery.
(l) product assembly.
(m) public utility use.
(n) recreational vehicle sales/rental.
(o) recycling materials drop-off centre.
(p) wood product manufacturing.
(q) warehouse.
30.2
Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the M-1 Zone:
(a) accessory buildings or structures.
(b) retail store.
(c) caretaker dwelling unit.
30.3
Regulations
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Regulations table for M-1 Zone:
30.3.1
Minimum lot size with:
(a) community sanitary sewer and community
water system
(b) community sanitary sewer and no
community water system
(c) no community sanitary sewer system
669m2 (7,200 ft2)
1600 m2 (17,222 ft2)
1 ha (2.47 ac)
30.3.2
Minimum lot frontage
20 m (66 ft)
30.3.3
Maximum height
23 m (75 ft)
30.3.4
Maximum lot coverage
75 %
30.3.5
Minimum setback from:
(a) front lot line
7.5 m (25 ft)
(b) interior side lot line
0.0 m except 7.5 m when abutting another
zone
(c) exterior side lot line
4.5 m (15 ft)
(d) rear lot line
0.0 m except 7.5 m when abutting another
zone
30.4
Other Regulations
30.4.1
Every business or undertaking shall be completely within an enclosed
building, except for permitted outdoor storage areas and parking and loading
facilities.
30.4.2
A use that is noxious or offensive because of odour, dust, smoke, gas, noise,
vibration, heat, glare, electrical interference, or is a nuisance beyond the limits
of the site on which the use is located shall not be permitted.
30.4.3
In addition to the permitted uses herein, the use of equipment and machinery
repair is added as a principal permitted use on those M-1 designated parcels
which have a frontage on and access onto Campbell Crescent.
30.4.4
There shall be no limit to the number of accessory buildings or structures.
30.4.5
There shall be no limit to the number of principal buildings in the M-1 Zone
provided that each building conforms to the regulations stipulated in this
Zone
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31. M-2 - Heavy Industrial
The purpose is to provide a zone for the orderly development of industrial uses which due to
appearance, noise, odour, emission of toxic wastes, or fire or explosive hazards may have
detrimental effects on other zones.
31.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the M-2 Zone:
(a) abattoir.
(b) cannabis commercial production, as authorized under the Controlled Drugs
and Substances Act (Canada) or any regulations made pursuant to that Act.
(c) cold storage facilities.
(d) greenhouse and plant nursery.
(e) heavy industrial use.
(f) industrial support service.
(g) light industrial use.
(h) microbrewery.
(i) product assembly.
(j) resource use.
(k) warehouse.
(l) wood product manufacturing.
31.2
Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the M-2 Zone:
(a) accessory buildings or structures.
(b) caretaker dwelling unit.
31.3
Regulations
Regulations table for M-2 Zone:
31.3.1
Minimum lot size:
8000 m2 (2 ac.)
31.3.2
Minimum lot frontage
30 m (98 ft)
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31.3.3
Maximum height
23 m (75 ft)
31.3.4
Maximum lot coverage
75 %
31.3.5
Minimum setback from:
(a) front lot line
7.5 m (25 ft)
(b) interior side lot line
0.0 m except that it is 7.5 m abutting
another zone
(c) exterior side lot line
4.5 m (15 ft)
(d) rear lot line
0.0 m except that it is 7.5 m abutting
another zone
31.4
Other Regulations
31.4.1
A use which is noxious or offensive because of odour, dust, smoke, gas,
noise, vibration, heat, glare, electrical interference, or is a nuisance beyond the
limits of the site on which the use is located shall not be permitted.
31.4.2
The minimum lot area is 1.0 ha unless a connection to the community
sanitary sewer system has been installed in accordance with the City's
Subdivision and Development Servicing Bylaw, as amended from time to time.
31.4.3
There shall be no limit to the number of accessory buildings in the M-2 Zone.
31.4.4
There shall be no limit to the number of principal buildings in the M-2 Zone
provided that each building conforms to the regulations stipulated in this
Zone.
31.4.5
The use of Worker Accommodation Facility is permitted on the lands legally
described as Lot 1 District Lot 5014 Cariboo District Plan PGP35877; Lot A
District Lots 221 and 5014 Cariboo District Plan EPP4123 Except Plan
EPP63854; Lot A District Lots 221 and 5014 Cariboo District Plan 33700
Except Plans PGP35877, PGP38105, PGP44471, PGP47786 and EPP4123.
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32. M-3 - Airport
The purpose is to provide a zone for airport use and related commercial and light industrial
uses.
32.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the M-3 Zone:
(a) aircraft runways.
(b) aircraft sales, maintenance and repairs.
(c) aircraft terminal buildings and aircraft storage hangars.
(d) aircraft support services.
(e) airport operations.
(f) commercial off-street pay parking.
(g) convenience retail store.
(h) crop and crop removal.
(i) light industrial use.
32.2
Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the M-3 Zone:
(a) accessory buildings or structures.
(b) caretaker dwelling unit.
(c) eating and drinking establishments accessory to aircraft terminal buildings.
(d) retail stores, accessory to aircraft terminal buildings.
32.3
Regulations
Regulations table for M-3 Zone:
32.3.1
Minimum lot size with:
(a) community sanitary sewer and
community water system
557 m2 (5,996 ft2)
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(b) community sanitary sewer and no
community water system
(c) no community sanitary sewer system
1600 m2 (17,222 ft2)
1 ha (2.47 ac)
32.3.2
Minimum lot frontage
20 m (66 ft)
32.3.3
Maximum lot coverage
75 %
32.3.4
Minimum setback from:
(a) front lot line
7.5 m (25 ft)
(b) interior side lot line
5.0 m (16 ft)
(c) exterior side lot line
7.5 m (25 ft)
(d) rear lot line
7.5 m (25 ft)
32.4
Other Regulations
32.4.1
The maximum height shall be determined by Transport Canada regulations.
32.4.2
Despite Section 32.3.4, setback requirements will be subject to approval of
Transport Canada.
32.4.3
There shall be no limit to the number of accessory buildings in the M-3 Zone.
32.4.4
There shall be no limit to the number of principal buildings in the M-3 Zone
provided that each building conforms to the regulations stipulated in this
Zone.
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33. GIR - General Industrial Reserve
The purpose is to designate and preserve land for the orderly development of industrial uses.
33.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the GIR Zone:
(a) agricultural use.
(b) park.
33.2
Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the GIR Zone:
(a) accessory buildings or structures.
(b) caretaker dwelling unit.
33.3
Regulations
Regulations table for GIR Zone:
33.3.1
Minimum lot size:
0.8 ha (2 ac)
33.3.2
Minimum lot frontage
40 m (131 ft)
33.3.3
Maximum height
9 m (30 ft) for principal building
7 m (23 ft) for accessory building
33.3.4
Maximum lot coverage
10 %
33.3.5
Minimum setback from:
(a) front lot line
7.5 m (25 ft)
(b) interior side lot line
7.5 m (25 ft)
(c) exterior side lot line
7.5 m (25 ft)
(d) rear lot line
7.5 m (25 ft)
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34. P -1 - Civic Assembly and Institutional
The purpose is to provide a zone for to accommodate the use and development of land for
community services and facilities typically operated by a government agency or non-profit
organization.
34.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the P-1 Zone:
(a) assembly.
(b) assisted residential living.
(c) civic use.
(d) convenience retail store.
(e) eating establishment.
(f) group day care.
(g) group home dwelling.
(h) health services.
(i) hospital.
(j) personal care.
(k) office.
(l) recreation and entertainment facility.
34.2
Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the P-1 Zone:
(a) accessory buildings or structures.
(b) caretaker dwelling unit.
(c) community garden.
34.3
Regulations
Regulations table for P-1 Zone:
34.3.1
Minimum lot size with:
(a) community sanitary sewer and community
557 m2 (5,996 ft2)
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water system
(b) community sanitary sewer and no
community water system
1600 m2 (17,222 ft2)
(c) no community sanitary sewer system
1 ha (2.47 ac)
34.3.2
Minimum lot frontage
20 m (66 ft)
34.3.3
Maximum height
18.3 m (60 ft) for principal
building
7 m (23 ft) for accessory
building
34.3.4
Maximum lot coverage
50 %
34.3.5
Minimum setback from:
(a) front lot line
7.5 m (25 ft)
(b) interior side lot line abutting an RS zone
3.0 m (10 ft)
(c) interior side lot line not abutting an RS
zone
1.5 m (5 ft)
(d) exterior side lot line
3.0 m (10 ft)
(e) rear lot line
3.0 m (10 ft)
34.4
Other Regulations
34.4.1
The minimum gross floor area of an accessory dwelling unit shall be 46 m2
(495 ft2).
34.4.2
In addition to the permitted principal uses herein, the use of supportive
housing of 32 units is permitted on the lands legally described as Lot 8 Block
10 District Lot 386 Cariboo District Plan 772; Lot 9 Block 10 District Lot 386
Cariboo District Plan 772; Lot 11 Block 10 District Lot 386 Cariboo District
Plan 772; Lot 12 Block 10 District Lot 386 Cariboo District Plan 772; and Lot
13 Block 10 District Lot 386 Cariboo District Plan 772.
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35. P -2 -Park s and Open Space
The purpose is to provide a zone for the preservation and enhancement of parks and open space
areas and limited public facilities.
35.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the P-2 Zone:
(a) assembly.
(b) cemetery.
(c) civic use.
(d) heritage site.
(e) park.
(f) recreation and entertainment facility.
(g) rodeos, equestrian and related events such as livestock storage.
(h) water parks and public beaches.
35.2
Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the P-2 Zone:
(a) accessory buildings or structures.
(b) eating and drinking establishment.
(c) caretaker dwelling unit.
(d) community garden.
35.3
Regulations
Regulations table for P-2 Zone:
35.3.1
Maximum density
1 accessory caretaker dwelling unit
per lot
35.3.2
Minimum lot size
557 m2 (5,996 ft2)
35.3.3
Minimum lot frontage
20 m (66 ft)
35.3.4
Maximum height
9 m (30 ft) for principal building
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7 m (23 ft) for accessory building
35.3.5
Maximum lot coverage
10 %
35.3.6
Minimum setback from:
(a) front lot line
4.6 m (15 ft)
(b) interior side lot line
4.6 m (15 ft)
(c) exterior side lot line
4.6 m (15 ft)
(d) rear lot line
4.6 m (15 ft)
35.4
Other Regulations
35.4.1
Areas specifically identified for conservation in the Official Community Plan
and owned by the City, shall be encumbered by a restrictive covenant
registered on title, for conservation purposes, that would prevent the
construction of any permanent structures and maintain the area in a natural
state for educational purposes and the enjoyment of the public.
35.4.2
There shall be no limit to the number of accessory buildings in the P-2 Zone.
35.4.3
There shall be no limit to the number of principal buildings in the P-2 Zone
provided that each building conforms to the regulations stipulated in this
Zone.
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36. CD - Comprehensive Development
Opportunity
These zone is intended to accommodate and regulate the development of a mixture of uses as
an integrated unit based on a comprehensive plan in conformity to the use and density stated in
the Official Community Plan. An amending Bylaw may specify permit uses and regulations other
than those set out below.
36.1
Permitted Uses
36.1.1
Land uses are to be specified in the principal and accessory use sections of
each corresponding Comprehensive Development Zone.
36.2
Lot Area - Subdivision
36.2.1
Lots created through subdivision in this Zone shall conform to the lot area
prescribed in the respective zones in each applicable Part of this Bylaw.
36.3
Density
36.3.1
The density shall comply with the Density prescribed in the respective zones
in each applicable Part of this Bylaw.
36.4
Lot Coverage
36.4.1
Lot coverage shall comply with lot coverage presented in the respective
zones in each applicable Part of this Bylaw.
36.5
Yards and Setbacks
36.5.1
Buildings and structures shall be sited in accordance with Section 4 of this
Bylaw and yards and setbacks prescribed in the respective zones in each
applicable part of this Bylaw.
36.6
Height of Buildings
36.6.1
The building height shall comply with the heights prescribed in the respective
zones in each applicable part of this Bylaw.
36.7
Landscaping
36.7.1
The landscaping shall comply with Section 4.13 of this Bylaw and any
landscaping or screening prescribed in the respective zones in each
applicable part of this Bylaw.
36.8
Special Regulations
36.8.1
A Comprehensive Development Zone may include the following schedules
forming part of the said Zone;
(a) A site plan, including legal description of the land, showing the location
of all existing and proposed buildings, highways, paved areas, street
lighting, utilities, and utility easements, streams and other topographical
features of the lot;
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(b) Architectural plans for any proposed buildings;
(c) Existing and proposed grades and their relation to the elevations on
adjoining lots;
(d) The location, size, height and orientation of signs;
(e) The location and treatment of open spaces, screening and
landscaping;
(f) A determination of uses and staging of development;
(g) provided, however, that the foregoing may be waived in whole or in part
if the lot and the proposed development are subject to a development
permit.
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37. CD -1 - Quesnel Tillicum Society
Comprehensive Development Zone
The purpose is to provide a zone for the development of the Quesnel Tillicum Society apartment
building on North Fraser Drive in conjunction with the Friendship Centre and other uses including
a group day care and commercial services.
37.1
Principal Uses
The following principal uses and no others are permitted in the CD-1 Zone:
(i) apartment dwelling.
(j) art gallery or art studio.
(k) assembly.
(l) civic use.
(m) community care facility.
(n) group day care.
(o) health services.
(p) office.
(q) personal service establishment.
(r) retail store.
(s) supportive housing.
37.2
Accessory Uses
The following uses and no others are permitted as accessory uses in the CD-1 Zone:
(e) accessory buildings or structures.
(f) community garden.
(g) minor home based business.
37.3
Regulations
Regulations table for CD-1 Zone:
37.3.1
Maximum density
120 dwelling units per ha (48
dwelling units per ac)
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37.3.2
Minimum lot size
3500 m2 (37,660 ft2)
37.3.3
Minimum lot frontage
30 m (98 ft)
37.3.4
Maximum height
16 m (53 ft) or 5.0 storeys for
principal building
4.5 m (15 ft) for accessory building
37.3.5
Maximum lot coverage
70 %
37.3.6
Minimum setback from:
(e) front lot line
5 m (16.41 ft)
(f) interior side lot line
1.5 m (5 ft)
(g) exterior side lot line
3.0 m (10 ft)
(h) rear lot line
1.5 m (5 ft)
37.4
Other Regulations
37.4.1
Principal buildings and site layout shall generally conform to the site plan
attached.
37.4.2
There shall be no limit to the number of principal uses permitted in the CD-1
Zone and the uses of buildings designated catering and day care may change
to any permitted uses identified as principle use that does not change parking
or traffic circulation.
37.4.3
Parking shall generally conform to the attached site plan with a minimum of
49 off-street parking stalls are to be provided.
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Attachment to CD-1 Site Plan
A-1
M-2
M-3
RR-1
M-2
A-1
M-2
RR-1
P-2
M-1
M-2
M-2
P-2
CR-1
M-2
P-2
RR-1
RS-2
C-6
M-2
M-1
RM-2
M-2
RR-1
A-1
M-1
CR-1
C-5
P-1
RS-2
P-2
CR-1
C-5
P-2
P-2
CR-1
RS-1
C-4
RS-2
M-2
CR-1
P-1
C-4
RS-2
CR-1
CR-1
P-2
RS-2
C-4
RS-2
RS-2
RS-2
RS-1
RS-2
C-4
RS-1
RS-2
C-7
C-4
CR-1
CR-1
RS-2
C-4
RS-2
M-1
P-1
C-4
C-4
RS-2
M-1
RS-1
P-2
P-1
M-1
CR-1
C-4
P-1
RS-1
RS-2
RS-2
RS-2
M-1
SR-1
RR-1
CR-1
M-1
C-4A
RM-2
RS-1
MHP-1
RS-2
MHP-1
RS-2
RS-1
C-4
RS-1
M-1
RS-1
C-2
M-1
P-1
CR-1
M-2
C-4
P-1
RR-1
RS-2
M-1
RS-1
RS-2
P-1
P-1
RM-1
P-1
RS-2
RS-1
P-1
M-1
CR-1
P-1
RS-2
CR-1
RS-2
MHP-1
RS-2
RS-1
P-2
RS-2
RS-2
C-4
RR-1
RS-2
MHP-1
RS-2
RS-2
P-1
P-2
RS-2
P-2
RS-1
RS-2
CR-1
RS-1
P-1
P-1
RR-1
M-1
RS-2
C-3
RS-2
RS-1
C-3
C-4A
RS-2
RS-2
C-4
C-4
RS-1
RS-2
C-6
RS-1
RS-2
RS-1
RS-1
CR-1
RS-1
RS-2
RS-1
RS-1
RR-1
RS-2
P-2
RM-1
RS-2
RS-1
RM-2
RS-1
P-2
CR-1
C-3
C-3
C-4A
RM-2
C-4
C-4
RS-2
P-2
CR-1
RS-2
RS-1
RS-1
RS-1
M-1
C-2A
RS-1
RS-1
RS-1
P-1
C-4
C-2
C-4
RS-1
C-1
C-4
CR-1
RM-2
C-4A
RS-2
C-4A
C-4
MHP-1
RS-2
RM-2
RS-2
C-4
M-1
C-4
P-2
P-2
P-2
C-4
RS-2
C-2
RS-1
RM-3
RS-1
MHP-1
RS-1
RS-1
RS-1
C-2
RS-1
C-1
C-3
P-2
RS-1
C-3
RS-1
P-2
RS-1
M-2
RS-1
RS-1
RS-2
M-1
RS-1
RS-1
RS-1
P-2
M-1
RS-1
RR-1
C-3
C-2A
C-2A
RR-1
C-1
M-1
RS-1
C-4
RS-1
RS-1
M-1
C-2A
C-4
RR-1
P-2
P-1
Dragon Lake
Quesnel River
Fraser River
Excluded
from City
Excluded
from City
The City of Quesnel
Zoning Bylaw No. XXXX of 2025
Schedule B
Zoning Designation Map
0.5
0
0.5
1
0.25
Kilometers
UTM NAD 83 Zone 10N
P-2 Public Park and Open Space
P-1 Civic Assembly and Institutional
M-3 Airport
M-2 Heavy Industrial
M-1 Light Industrial
C-8 Regional Shopping Centre
C-7 Auto Mall Commercial
C-6 Tourist Service Commercial
C-5 Automobile Speedway Commercial
C-4A Highway Mixed-Use
C-4 Highway Commercial
C-3R Downtown Residential
C-3 Downtown Commercial
C-2A North Fraser Drive Local Commercial
C-2 West Quesnel Business District Commercial
C-1 Local Commercial
RM-4 Multi-unit Residential (High Density - Four Storeys)
RM-3 Multi-unit Residential (High Density)
RM-2 Multi-unit Residential (Medium Density)
RM-1 Multi-unit Residential (Low Density)
SR-1 Bare Land Strata Residential
MHP-1 Manufactured Home Park
RS-3 Three and Fourplex Residential
RS-2 Suburban Residential
RS-1 Urban Residential
CR-1 Country Residential
CD-1 Quesnel Tillicum Society Comp. Development
RR-1 Residential Reserve
A-1 Agriculture
Zoning
Zoning Changes
Municipal Boundary
LEGEND
µ
RM-1
RM-1
P-1
RM-2
1:12,345
KIVI RD
CRANE AVE
WINDER ST
EVANS DR
ENGLISH AVE
MILBURN AVE
FAWCETT ST
FULLER AVE
EARLEY AVE
BOYD ST
NORTH FRASER DR
PICARD AVE
CARRY ST
WADE AVE
PENTLAND CRES
MILBURN LANE
PURMAL AVE
PINCHBECK ST
HARTLEY ST
RIVER PARK RD
WILKINSON ST
HILL ST
WILLIS ST
RITCHIE AVE
ROBERTSON AVE
EWING AVE
ELLIOTT ST
BAITY AVE
BLAIR ST
DONNELLY ST
DAVIE ST
REID ST
ALLISON AVE
ELGIN ST
FINDLAY RD
AVISON AVE
JOHNSTON BRIDGE LOOP
PALEY PL
ST LAURENT AVE
WEBSTER AVE
EDKINS ST
PIERCE ST
PALEY AVE
RITSON AVE
BEAUBIEN AVE
DIXON ST
TINGLEY DR
HEALY ST
KINCHANT ST
LARK AVE
PATCHETT ST
RODDIE AVE
AVERY AVE
ALLARD ST
BEATH ST
BOUCHIE ST
LEWIS DR
CLARK AVE
FLAMINGO ST
PIERCE CRES
LEGION DR
HIGDON AVE
CALLANAN ST
FRONT ST
FOSTER AVE
STORK AVE
PALMER ST
RODDIS DR
PERRY ST
BETTCHER ST
WEST FRASER RD
HARPER AVE
FUNN ST
ROLPH ST
ANTLER RD
PANAGROT AVE
COULDWELL AVE
SHEPHERD AVE
ABBOTT DR
RYDER ST
HOY ST
MCLEAN ST
TWAN AVE
VAUGHAN ST
CARSON AVE
HARCOURT AVE
DODDS AVE
REYNARD ST
BAKER CRES
BAKER DR
BARLOW AVE
WALKEM ST
BROUGHTON AVE
DOHERTY DR
HAWK ST
MCNAUGHTON AVE
GORDON AVE
WARDEN ST
MALCOLM DR
ANDERSON DR
DAWSON ST
MCRAE RD
MARSH DR
BOWRON AVE
HUTCHCROFT ST
HACHEY LANE
ROSS ST
FELKER AVE
SUTHERLAND AVE
PICARD AVE
DOHERTY DR
WINDER ST
ENGLISH AVE
BAKER DR
NORTH FRASER DR
BOWRON AVE
KIVI RD
VAUGHAN ST
FRONT ST
ELLIOTT ST
MCLEAN ST
GORDON AVE
FRONT ST
NORTH FRASER DR
MCLEAN ST
DAWSON ST
LEWIS DR
LEWIS DR
ANDERSON DR
ANDERSON DR
ROLPH ST
LEWIS DR
FRONT ST
REID ST
REID ST
ABBOTT DR
BARLOW AVE
WEST FRASER RD
DAVIE ST
KINCHANT ST
HARTLEY ST
LEWIS DR
CALLANAN ST
PENTLAND CRES
ROLPH ST
BAKER DR
KINCHANT ST
ALLARD ST
ABBOTT DR
LEWIS DR
PENTLAND CRES
BAKER DR
ANDERSON DR
JOHNSTON AVE
CARSON AVE
MOFFAT BRIDGE APPROACH
ADAM ST
The City of Quesnel Zoning
Bylaw No. 1980 of 2025
Schedule C
West Quesnel Land Stability Area
0.15
0
0.15
0.3
0.075
Kilometers
1:4,547
UTM NAD 83 Zone 10N
This is Schedule C as referred
to in the City of Quesnel Zoning
Bylaw No. 1980 of 2025.
Certified a True Copy of Schedule C
of Bylaw No. 1980 of 2025.
_______________________
Corporate Administrator
Legend
Municipal Boundary
Parcels
West Quesnel Land Stability Area
Quesnel River
Fraser River
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