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Section 7 - Commercial & Mixed Use
Updated: July 2022
SECTION 7
COMMERCIAL &
MIXED USE ZONES
In any Commercial Zone, no land shall be used and no building or structure shall be
erected, located or used for any purpose except in accordance with the following
regulations:
7.1
PERMITTED USES IN COMMERCIAL & MIXED USE ZONES
Within any Commercial Zone, no person shall use any lot or erect, alter or use any
building or structure for any purpose except one or more of the following uses:
Uses Permitted In Zone
Uses
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
(Section
14.82)
MC
Automotive Rental
Establishment
Automotive Body/Repair
Shop (see Section 5.16.1)
Automotive Washing
Establishments
Catering Services
Clinics
Commercial Schools
Commercial Use
Community Centre
Community Lifestyle
Facilities
Convenience Stores
Crisis Residence
Day Nursery
Drinking Establishments
Financial Institutions
Funeral Homes
Gas Bar
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Uses Permitted In Zone
Uses
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
(Section
14.82)
MC
Grocery Store
Group Home
Group Residence
Hotels
Laundromat
Libraries
Long Term Care Facility
Marinas
Museums/Galleries
Offices
Parking Area or Structure
Personal Service Use
Place of Worship (see
Section 5.17.4)
Printing and Publishing
Establishments
Public Park (see Section
5.17.5)
Public Uses
Rental Stores, Media
Repair Stores
Restaurants
Restaurants, Drive-Thru
Retail Stores
Schools (see Section
5.17.3)
Self Serve Use
Service Uses
Shopping Centres
Storage, Indoor
Studios
Transportation Depot
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Uses Permitted In Zone
Uses
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
(Section
14.82)
MC
Industrial Use, Accessory
(see Sec. 5.17.13)
Vehicle Sales
Establishments
Veterinarian Clinics
Wholesale Establishments
RESIDENTIAL
Dwelling, Single Detached
*
*
Dwelling, Semi Detached
*
*
Dwelling, Duplex
*
*
Dwelling, Converted
Dwelling, Townhouse
*
Dwelling, Apartment
Dwelling Units in
combination with a
permitted non-residential
use
* As existing on the date of this By-law coming into effect.
Amendments affecting the table above: ZBA [4], [25]
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7.2
CORE COMMERCIAL (C1) ZONE REGULATIONS
C1 Zone
Permitted Uses
Regulations
Uses, Commercial
(For those lots fronting
onto 2nd Avenue East
between 7th Street East
and 11th Street East and
those lots fronting onto 8th,
9th and 10th Streets East
between 1st Avenue East
and 3rd Avenue East)
Uses, Commercial
(All other locations)
a
Minimum Lot Frontage
N/A
N/A
b
Minimum Lot Area
N/A
N/A
c
Maximum Lot Coverage
N/A
N/A
d
Required Front Yard Setback
0.0 m
3.0 m maximum
e
Minimum Rear Yard Setback
N/A
5.0 m
f
Minimum Interior Side Yard
Setback
N/A
1.0 m
g
Minimum Exterior Side Yard
Setback
N/A
2.0
h
Minimum Building Height
6.0 m
N/A
i
Maximum Building Height
12m
12m
J
Floor Space Index
Maximum 5.0
Maximum 5.0
k
Other
Amendments affecting the table above: ZBA [4]
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C1 Zone
Permitted Uses
Regulations
Other Permitted Uses,
Residential (excluding
dwelling units in
combination with a
permitted non-
residential use)
Dwelling Units in
combination with a
permitted non-residential
use
a
Minimum Lot Frontage
As required by Section
6.6 General Residential
(R5)
As required for the
permitted non-residential
use
b
Minimum Lot Area
c
Maximum Lot Coverage
d
Minimum Front Yard
Setback
e
Minimum Rear Yard
Setback
f
Minimum Interior Side
Yard Setback
g
Minimum Exterior Side
Yard Setback
h
Maximum Building Height
I
Floor Space Index
j
Minimum Landscaped
Open Space
Amendments affecting the table above: ZBA [4]
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7.3
RETAIL COMMERCIAL (C2) ZONE REGULATIONS
C2 Zone
Permitted Uses
Regulations
Uses, Commercial
(including
residential uses in
combination with a
permitted non-
residential use)
Uses, Residential
(excluding
residential uses in
combination with a
permitted non-
residential use)
a
Minimum Lot Frontage
30m
As required by Section
6.6 General Residential
(R5)
b
Minimum Lot Area
1,500m²
c
Maximum Lot Coverage
50%
d
Minimum Front Yard Setback
10.0m
e
Minimum Rear Yard Setback
2.0m
f
Minimum Interior Side Yard
Setback
2.0m
g
Minimum Exterior Side Yard
Setback
3.0m
h
Maximum Building Height
18m
I
Floor Space Index
N/A
J
Maximum Density
1 dwelling unit per
200m² of lot area
k
Minimum Landscaped Open
Space
40m² per dwelling unit
Amendments affecting the table above: ZBA [4]
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7.4
NEIGHBOURHOOD COMMERCIAL (C3) ZONE REGULATIONS
C3 Zone
Permitted Uses
Regulations
Uses, Commercial
(includes residential
uses in combination of
a permitted non-
residential use)
Uses, Residential
(excluding residential
uses in combination
with a permitted non-
residential use)
a
Minimum Lot Frontage
15m
As required by Section
6.6 General Residential
(R5)
b
Minimum Lot Area
700m2
c
Maximum Lot Coverage
50%
d
Minimum Front Yard Setback
7.5m
e
Minimum Rear Yard Setback
2.0m
f
Minimum Interior Side Yard
Setback
2.0m
g
Minimum Exterior Side Yard
Setback
2.0m
h
Maximum Building Height
10.0m
i
Maximum Floor Space Index
2.0 FSI
j
Minimum Landscape Open
Space
40m2 per dwelling unit
Amendments affecting the table above: ZBA [4]
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7.5
ARTERIAL COMMERCIAL (C4) ZONE REGULATIONS
C4 Zone
Permitted Uses
Regulations
Uses, Commercial
(including residential uses in combination with a
permitted non-residential use)
a Minimum Lot Frontage
25m
b Minimum Lot Area
1,400m²
c Maximum Lot Coverage
50%
d Minimum Front Yard
Setback
7.5m
e Minimum Rear Yard
Setback
2.0m
f
Minimum Interior Side
Yard Setback
2.0m
g Minimum Exterior Side
Yard Setback
2.0m
h Maximum Building
Height
18m
i
Maximum Floor Space
Index
2.0 FSI
j
Minimum Landscaped
Open Space
Minimum of 40m² per dwelling unit
Amendments affecting the table above: ZBA [4]
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C4 Zone
Permitted Uses
Regulations
Dwelling, Converted
and Existing
Dwellings
Dwelling, Apartment
(excluding residential uses in
combination with a permitted
non-residential use)
a Minimum Lot Frontage
25m
As required by Section 6.6
General Residential (R5)
b Minimum Lot Area
1,000m²
c
Maximum Lot Coverage
35%
d Minimum Front Yard
Setback
10.0m
e Minimum Rear Yard
Setback
10.0m
f
Minimum Interior Side
Yard Setback
6.0m for buildings over
3 storeys in height
4.0m for buildings 3
storeys and less
g Minimum Exterior Side
Yard Setback
h Maximum Building
Height
18m
i
Maximum Floor Space
Index
2.0 FSI
j
Minimum Landscaped
Open Space
30% of lot area
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7.6
REGIONAL SHOPPING CENTRE (C5) ZONE REGULATIONS
C5 Zone
(also reference Section 14.82)
Permitted Uses
(also reference Section 14.82)
Regulations
All permitted uses in a C5 Zone
a
Minimum Lot Frontage
330m
b
Minimum Lot Area
12.5ha
c
Maximum Lot Coverage
30%
d
Minimum Front Yard Setback
10.0m
e
Minimum Rear Yard Setback
15m
f
Minimum Interior Side Yard
Setback
6m
g
Minimum Exterior Side Yard
Setback
6m
h
Maximum Building Height
12m
i
Total Floor Area
34,500m²
j
Gross Leasable Floor Area
For the purposes of this zone the following uses are
identified:
i) Major/traditional department store:
- Minimum - 6,500m²
- Maximum - 7,500m²
ii) Discount/promotional department store:
6,500m² (maximum);
iii) Grocery Store (maximum of one store):
3,720m² (maximum);
iv) Ancillary Retail & Service (maximum):
- Combined Total - 13,000 m²
- Individual single retail or service stores -
1,200m²
k
Parking
Notwithstanding Section 5.17 of this By-law, 1
parking spaces per 22m² of Total Floor Area shall be
required. No fewer than 29 barrier free parking
spaces shall be provided on site.
Amendments affecting the table above: ZBA [4]
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7.7
MIXED USE COMMERCIAL (MC) ZONE
MC Zone
Permitted Uses
Regulations
Uses, Commercial
(including residential uses in combination with
a permitted non-residential use)
a
Minimum Lot Frontage
N/A
b
Minimum Lot Area
N/A
c
Maximum Lot Coverage
N/A
d
Minimum Front Yard Setback
3.0m
(except in a case where a building located on an
abutting lot is less than 3.0m from the front lot line,
the minimum setback shall be not less than the
setback provided by the building on an abutting lot.)
e
Minimum Rear Yard Setback
1.5m
(except in a case where a rear lot line abuts a
Residential Zone the setback shall be 3.0m)
f
Minimum Interior Side Yard
Setback
1.5m
(except in a case where an interior lot line abuts a
Residential Zone the setback shall be 3.0m)
g
Minimum Exterior Side Yard
Setback
3.0 m
h
Maximum Building Height
21m
i
Floor Space Index
Maximum 4.0
j
Maximum Density
N/A
k
Minimum Landscaped Open
Space
10%
l
Amenity Area
Minimum 30% of the lot area where a commercial
use is developed in combination with a residential
use and can include required landscaped open space
Amendments affecting the table above: ZBA [4]
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MC Zone
Permitted Uses
Regulations
Dwellings, Single
Detached, Semi
Detached, Duplex
(Existing)
Dwellings, Apartment
Townhouse, and
Converted
a
Minimum Lot Frontage
As required by Section
6.6 General Residential
(R5)
As required by Section
6.7 Multiple Residential
(MR)
b
Minimum Lot Area
c
Maximum Lot Coverage
d
Minimum Front Yard Setback
e
Minimum Rear Yard Setback
f
Minimum Interior Side Yard
Setback
g
Minimum Exterior Side Yard
Setback
h
Maximum Building Height
i
Floor Space Index
j
Maximum Density
k
Minimum Landscaped Open
Space
l
Amenity Area