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C6 zoning in BC
C6 (also written C-6, C.6) means whatever the bylaw that zones the lot says: there is no provincial C6 zone. 9 bylaws we've summarised use it, from 9 local governments. It goes by 9 names: Arterial Commercial, City Centre District, Commercial, West End to Downtown, Golf Course Commercial and 5 more. What it allows is below, bylaw by bylaw.
C6 in each bylaw
| Local government | Homes allowed | Smallest lot for a subdivision | Lot coverage | Height limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Shuswap Regional District Waterfront Commercial · South Shuswap Zoning Bylaw No. 701 | A caretaker's house | 1 ha | 60% with community water and sewer, 50% otherwise | Main buildings 11.5 m, accessory buildings 10 m |
| Regional District of East Kootenay Golf Course Commercial · Electoral Area E Zoning and Floodplain Management Bylaw No. 2502, 2014 | One dwelling, accessory to the golf course: a manufactured home on a non-permanent foundation or a self-contained unit (s. 4.22(4)) | 20 ha | 70% | Dwelling 10 m, other buildings 12 m |
| Regional District of North Okanagan Recreation Vehicle Campground / Resort Commercial · Regional District of North Okanagan Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 2023 | Seasonal single family dwellings on their own sites, and one home for the owner, operator or an employee | 4 ha; frontage 10% of the lot's perimeter. Each RV space or seasonal home site at least 560 m² with community water and community sewer, or 1 ha with a septic system, and 18 m of road frontage (9 m for a pie-shaped site) | 30%, on the lot and on each RV space or seasonal home site | 8 m |
| Thompson-Nicola Regional District Rural Service Commercial · TNRD Zoning Bylaw No. 2400, 2012 | A caretaker's home | 8,000 m² (16 ha for intensive farming, 4 ha for kennels) | Not set | Not set |
| City of Kamloops Arterial Commercial · City of Kamloops Zoning Bylaw No. 55, 2021 | Apartments with ground-floor businesses, or in an all-residential building on a landscaped lot | 450 m², 15 m wide | 50% (75% at 1211 8th Street) | 2 storeys; apartments 4 storeys, and in a transit-oriented area 10 storeys within 200 m of a transit exchange, 6 at 201 to 400 m; rooftop structures 4.5 m above the main roof, 6 m on a lot with no building |
| City of Merritt City Centre District · City of Merritt Zoning Bylaw No. 2284, 2020 | Apartments and townhouses, or one or two homes in a main building, with secondary suites; a security or operator suite | 120 m², 6 m wide, 20 m deep | 95%; 100% with a rooftop garden on 15% of the roof | 25 m or 6 storeys; main buildings at least 3 storeys |
| City of Penticton Urban Peripheral Commercial · City of Penticton Zoning Bylaw No. 2024-22 | Homes on the second storey or higher; live-work units | 650 m², 20 m wide | 100% | 21 m |
| City of Prince George Highway Commercial · City of Prince George Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007 | No house: one residential security/operator unit, a home for a caretaker, operator or security staff, as a secondary use, inside a main building or in a house (ss. 11.6.3, 11.6.6) | 500 m², 15.0 m wide (s. 11.6.4) | 50% (s. 11.6.5) | 12.0 m (s. 11.6.5) |
| City of Vancouver Commercial, West End to Downtown · Zoning and Development By-law No. 3575 | Mixed-use buildings (conditional) with every home secured rental or 20% of the homes' floor area social housing for the tower floor area; seniors housing, community care, group residences and a home with an artist studio (conditional) (ss. 2.1, 2.2.4, 2.2.5, 3.1.1.5) | None set in the district (our reading) (ss. 3.1.2.1, 3.1.2.6) | None set. Floor space ratio 2.60; a mixed-use building 8.75, with at least 1.20 in other uses, with every home secured rental or 20% of the homes' floor area social housing; 10% more from a heritage density transfer (ss. 3.1.1.2, 3.1.1.5, 3.1.1.6) | 18.3 m, under a plane from 7.4 m at the north lot lines and 11.0 m at the south ones on a street or lane; up to 64.0 m with the Director of Planning's or Development Permit Board's approval, and 91.4 m with every home secured rental or 20% of the homes' floor area social housing (ss. 3.1.2.2, 3.1.2.8 to 3.1.2.11) |
Listed by local government, not ranked. "Not set" means the zone itself sets no figure; general rules elsewhere in its bylaw may still apply. Each zone's page has its uses, setbacks and the bylaw's sections.
Two lots both zoned C6 under different bylaws can allow quite different things, and provincial law sets a floor of homes on most house zones in towns (how many homes can I build?). Site-specific exceptions, development permit areas and the ALR apply on top. Find the lot's own zone with the search above, then confirm with the local government before you buy or build.
Sources: each zone's bylaw, linked from its page, summarised in our words. Other councils' zones aren't here: the zoning we cover.