C5: Visitor Commercial

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

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 or manufactured home that serves a campground (ss. 11.5.3, 11.5.7; definition in s. 2.3)

Main uses

A campground (tents and recreational vehicles, not lived in year round), hotels and motels, restaurants, non-accessory parking, a minor service station, minor vehicle rental and washes; with a hotel or motel only, an exhibition and convention facility, a minor liquor primary establishment, offices, business support, personal, massage and pet grooming and day care services, a convenience store and indoor and outdoor recreation; a residential security/operator unit (ss. 11.5.2 to 11.5.4)

Smallest lot for a subdivision

835 m², 18.0 m wide; 1.0 ha for a campground (ss. 11.5.5, 11.5.7)

Lot coverage

50% (s. 11.5.6)

Height limit

12.0 m; a hotel or motel 30.0 m (s. 11.5.6)

Setbacks

Front, sides and rear 3.0 m (s. 11.5.6)

The zone is for uses that serve visitors and travellers (s. 11.5.1).

One office, shop or service tenancy is at most 100 m², and all of them together at most 400 m² a site (s. 11.5.7).

Nothing is used outdoors except a campground, restaurants, a liquor primary establishment, service stations, vehicle rental, parking and loading, with outdoor storage screened; restaurant patios hold at most 40 people, pub patios 20 (s. 11.5.7).

Short-term rental of a home isn't a listed use; hotels, motels and a campground are. Ask the City before renting a home here by the night.

Sections 4 (general rules), 5 (specific uses), 6 (landscaping and screening), 7 (parking and loading) and 8 (development permit guidelines) also apply. Uses the bylaw doesn't list aren't allowed (s. 1.6.7).

Site-specific exceptions listed in the bylaw by legal description can add or change uses for one property, and development permit areas, the ALR and building rules apply on top. Confirm with the City of Prince George's planning and development department before you buy or build.

Source: Section 11.5 of City of Prince George Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007 (summarised in our words, checked 2026-10-06); zone map: Open Government Licence – City of Prince George.