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title: "C2 zone in Burns Lake: Highway Commercial"
place: Burns Lake, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/burns-lake
zone: C2
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 880, 2008 (consolidated up to April 2026, Schedules 1, 2 and 3)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/burns-lake/zoning/c2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/burns-lake/zoning/c2.json"
---

# C2 zone in Burns Lake: Highway Commercial

Business areas serving vehicular traffic, reserved for sites adjacent to Highways 16 and 35 and arterial and collector roads.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Business areas serving vehicular traffic, reserved for sites adjacent to Highways 16 and 35 and arterial and collector roads.
- **Main uses:** amusement establishment, indoor and outdoor; animal care; assembly hall; automotive carwash; automotive and equipment repair shop; automotive and minor recreation vehicle sales and rental; business support services; catering food services; commercial and trade school; contractor services, limited; eating and drinking establishment; equipment rentals; farmer’s market; fast food outlet; financial services; fleet services; funeral services; gas bar; government services; hardware and home improvement store; health services; hotel; household repair services; impact utility services, minor; licensee retail store; liquor primary; motel; office; participant recreation services, indoor; personal service establishment; pet store; private club; public library and cultural exhibits; recycling depot; retail store, convenience; secondhand store; service station; spectator entertainment establishment; truck and mobile home sale and rental; warehouse sales
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** accessory buildings and structures; accessory business office; dwelling unit, combined with commercial, subject to subsection 9.2.11; single detached dwelling, subject to subsection 9.2.11; secondary suite, accessory to a single detached dwelling
- **Minimum lot area:** 464 m² (hotel or motel 1,800 m²; gas bar 1,200 m², gas bar in shopping centre 1,000 m²; service stations 1,400 m²)
- **Minimum lot width:** 15 m (hotel and motel 30 m)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 55% for all buildings and structures
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 0.5 (hotel 1.0)
- **Maximum height:** 12 m or up to 2 storeys (hotel 16.5 m or up to four storeys)
- **Front setback:** 6 m (hotel and motel buildings 7.5 m from all lot lines; fuel pump islands 4.5 m from all lot lines)
- **Rear setback:** 3 m (hotel and motel buildings 7.5 m)
- **Interior side setback:** 3 m (hotel and motel buildings 7.5 m)
- **Street side setback:** 6 m (hotel and motel buildings 7.5 m)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** same as principal buildings: front 6 m, interior side 3 m, exterior side 6 m, rear 3 m
- **Other rules:** Single detached dwelling allowed only in an existing building (no new purpose-built structure); Residential combined with commercial: max 40 units per ha, min floor area 50 m², above or behind the permitted use; Such residential must have a separate ground-level access; Amenity area of at least 7 m² per bachelor unit, 12 m² per one bedroom unit, 18 m² per unit with two or more bedrooms

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 880, 2008 (consolidated up to April 2026, Schedules 1, 2 and 3), s. 9.2](https://www.burnslake.ca/media/file/zoning-bylaw-880-2008-sch-123-c20260417pdf#page=62) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Burns Lake: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/burns-lake/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/burns-lake/zoning/c2/_