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3917 17 Av SE, Calgary
An address in Forest Lawn, Calgary, zoned MU-2 (Mixed Use - Active Frontage). 1 building permit is on file, most recently “Group A2 Restaurant” (issued 18 November 2020). The City's 2026 assessed value is $1,210,000.
What this zoning allows
MU-2 · Mixed Use - Active Frontage. Active commercial uses at grade along commercial streets, with storefronts along a continuous block face and homes and other uses in the same building; height set parcel by parcel.
Permitted Accessory Residential Building; Park; Utilities; in an existing approved building: Retail and Consumer Service; Restaurant: Food Service Only (public area up to 150 m2); Restaurant: Licensed (public area up to 150 m2); Convenience Food Store; Office (not on the ground floor); and 16 more
Discretionary The uses permitted in an existing building, when in a new building or addition; Dwelling Unit; Live Work Unit; Drinking Establishment — Small; Drinking Establishment — Medium; Liquor Store; Cannabis Store; Child Care Service; and 33 more
Floor area ratio and density set by the "f" and "d" numbers on the land use map (no maximum where none is shown). Homes, offices, clinics and care uses not on the ground floor facing the commercial street. Each use's ground-floor frontage on a street at most 15.0 m (30.0 m for some shops, restaurants and bars; 9.0 m for offices, clinics and banks). A restaurant's public area at most 300.0 m2. Uses listed for an existing approved building are discretionary in a new building or addition. The bylaw sets setbacks by what the parcel shares a line with (a street, a lane or another parcel); shown here as front, side and rear. Also subject to the general rules for mixed use districts (Part 14, Division 1). Varies. Setbacks are minimums unless a maximum is stated.
Summary of the City of Calgary Land Use Bylaw 1P2007 (amended to 15 September 2026), sections 1375 to 1385, as read on 3 November 2026. A summary, not the bylaw: Direct Control, overlays and site-specific conditions can change these rules. Confirm with the City before relying on it.
Neighbourhood profile
From the 2021 Census, for the small area around this address that Statistics Canada calls a dissemination area (48060912, 374 people). Statistics Canada draws these areas; they are not the City's neighbourhoods.
Permit history
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2020-11-18
Group A2 Restaurant · $30,000
no contractor listed Closed
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Recent permits in Forest Lawn
· M2 EXCAVATING & DEMOLITION2026-10-27
Interior alterations · no contractor listed2026-10-27
Interior alterations · no contractor listed2026-10-26