{"title":"C2 zone in Colwood: Community Commercial","code":"C2","slug":"c2","name":"Community Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"7.2","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Animal hospitals in enclosed buildings, Bakery, not exceeding a total of 200 m² of floor area, Commercial nurseries and greenhouses, Gasoline service stations and car wash, Hotels, and 13 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Animal hospitals in enclosed buildings","Bakery, not exceeding a total of 200 m² of floor area","Commercial nurseries and greenhouses","Gasoline service stations and car wash","Hotels","Offices","Personal service","Post office","Premises licensed pursuant to the Liquor Control and Licensing Act","Printing, publishing and bookbinding","Assembly and entertainment uses (auditoriums, billiard and pool halls, bowling alleys, catering establishments, dance and fitness studios, gymnasiums and martial arts studios, schools and assemblies for educational and philanthropic purposes)","Restaurants","Retail stores","Shopping centres","Daycare for three or more preschool children not related by blood or marriage to an operator of the facility","Ambulance Headquarters","Boarding School","Pet Day Care (animals not kept overnight, kept within an entirely enclosed building)"],"note":"Uses in Section 2.1.10 are also permitted.","quotes":["Animal hospitals in enclosed buildings;","Bakery, not exceeding a total of 200 m2 of floor area;","Commercial nurseries and greenhouses;","Gasoline service stations and car wash;","Hotels;","Offices;","Personal service;","Post office;","Premises licensed pursuant to the Liquor Control and Licensing Act;","Printing, publishing and bookbinding;","Assembly and entertainment uses, limited to auditoriums, billiard and pool halls, bowling alleys,","Restaurants;","Retail stores;","Shopping centres;","Daycare for three or more preschool children not related by blood or marriage to an operator of the","Ambulance Headquarters;","Boarding School; and","Pet Day Care provided that animals are not kept overnight and the animals are kept within an entirely","In addition to the uses permitted by Section 2.1.10 of this Bylaw"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["One dwelling unit in conjunction with and in addition to any of the commercial uses (behind and fully separated from the commercial use)","Accessory buildings and structures"],"quotes":["One dwelling unit in conjunction with and in addition to any of the above uses provided that:","it is fully separated from the commercial use with the main street access to the dwelling unit","Accessory buildings and structures;"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Lot 9, Section 70, Esquimalt District, Plan 1588 (584 Ledsham Road): unenclosed storage is permitted","1790 Island Highway: retail sale and repair of glass is also permitted"],"quotes":["On land legally described as Lot 9, Section 70, Esquimalt District, Plan 1588 (584 Ledsham Road) unenclosed","storage is permitted; and","permitted: Retail sale and repair of glass."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"695 m² (minimum lot that may be created by subdivision)","quotes":["The minimum lot area that may be created by subdivision shall be 695 m2."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"16 m (highway frontage and lot width created by subdivision)","quotes":["The minimum highway frontage and lot width that may be created by subdivision shall be 16 m."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50 percent of the lot","quotes":["The maximum coverage shall be 50 percent of the lot."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio not more than 1.0; no more than one dwelling unit on a lot","quotes":["The floor area ratio shall in no case exceed 1.0.","There shall not be more than one dwelling unit on a lot."]},"max_height":{"value":"12 m or three storeys","quotes":["The height of a building shall not exceed 12 m or three storeys."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m; 4.5 m if the area between the front building line and front lot line (excluding driveways) is landscaped","quotes":["A front yard shall be provided of not less than 7.5 m in depth provided, however, that if the area","required front yard shall be not less than 4.5 m in depth."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"4.5 m on at least one side where the lot has no rear access highway; 6 m where the lot abuts a Residential Zone or Multiple Family Residential Zone","quotes":["a. Where a lot is not serviced by a rear access highway, a side yard of 4.5 m in width shall be","provided on at least one side of the lot.","shall be provided of not less than 6 m in width."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"7.5 m on a corner lot next to a flanking street; 4.5m if the area between the building and the side lot line (excluding driveways) is landscaped","quotes":["c. On a corner lot a side yard of not less than 7.5 m in width shall be provided adjoining a","exclusive of access driveways is landscaped, the required side yard shall not be less than","4.5m in width."]},"other":{"value":["Goods produced on the premises must be sold at retail on the same premises","Landscaping must cover at least 5 percent of the developed lot area","Panhandle lots not permitted for subdivision"],"quotes":["Any goods produced on the premises shall be sold at retail on the same premises.","Landscaping shall cover not less than 5 percent of the developed lot area.","Panhandle lots not permitted."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Colwood Land Use Bylaw No. 151, 1989 (with amendments to August 24, 2026)","url":"https://colwood.civicweb.net/document/1999","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"Consolidated for convenience only; the original bylaws should be consulted for interpretation and application. Colwood's zoning bylaw is called the Land Use Bylaw. Zone sections for CD zones from 10.5 onward are numbered with roman-numeral page footers in the document; pdf_page is the PDF page. No Section 10.28 exists in the consolidation."},"source_url":"https://colwood.civicweb.net/document/1999#page=111","place":{"path":"ca/bc/colwood","name":"Colwood","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/c2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/c2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/c2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/index.json"}}