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C2 zone in Burns Lake: Highway Commercial

Burns Lake, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-08

In short

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

Zone rules

PurposeBusiness 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 area464 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 width15 m (hotel and motel 30 m)
Maximum lot coverage55% for all buildings and structures
Maximum densityFloor area ratio 0.5 (hotel 1.0)
Maximum height12 m or up to 2 storeys (hotel 16.5 m or up to four storeys)
Front setback6 m (hotel and motel buildings 7.5 m from all lot lines; fuel pump islands 4.5 m from all lot lines)
Rear setback3 m (hotel and motel buildings 7.5 m)
Interior side setback3 m (hotel and motel buildings 7.5 m)
Street side setback6 m (hotel and motel buildings 7.5 m)
Accessory building setbackssame 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 (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. Consolidated for convenience only; the official bylaws and amendments adopted by Council prevail. R7 (s. 8.3) is in the bylaw text but not in its s. 5.1 zone table. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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