{"title":"MUEC2 zone in Colwood: Mixed Use Employment Centre 2","code":"MUEC2","slug":"muec2","name":"Mixed Use Employment Centre 2","group":"Mixed use","section":"7.11","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Accommodate commercial and light industrial uses that provide mixed use employment centre opportunities, with complementary uses including live/work; uses are intended to be sensitive to residential uses.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Accommodate commercial and light industrial uses that provide mixed use employment centre opportunities, with complementary uses including live/work; uses are intended to be sensitive to residential uses.","quotes":["To accommodate commercial and light industrial uses that provide mixed use employment centre","opportunities and is intended to provide for complementary uses, including live/work. The uses in this zone"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Animal hospital in enclosed buildings","Assembly and entertainment uses","Bakery","Brewhouse","Brewery/Distillery","Colleges, Universities and Trade Schools","Daycare","Indoor sports and recreation facilities","Light Industrial","Liquor retail store","Live/work Studio","Mini-storage warehouse","Manufacturing, Contractors office","Manufacturing, Creative products","Manufacturing, High technology","Offices","Personal Service","Pet daycare","Printing and Publishing","Public Building","Rental and repair of household items, tools, appliances, and small equipment","Restaurant","Retail","Scientific or Technological Research Facility","Warehouse, storage and distribution","Wholesale"],"note":"Uses are in addition to those permitted by Section 2.1.10 of the bylaw.","quotes":["In addition to the uses permitted by Section 2.1.10 of this Bylaw, the following uses and no others shall be","a. Animal hospital in enclosed buildings;","e. Brewery/Distillery;","i. Light Industrial;","k. Live/work Studio;","n. Manufacturing, Creative products;","o. Manufacturing, High technology;","t. Public Building;","w. Retail;","x. Scientific or Technological Research Facility;","y. Warehouse, storage and distribution;","z. Wholesale;"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory buildings and structures"],"quotes":["Accessory buildings and structures;"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1,800 m²","quotes":["a. Minimum lot area 1,800m2"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"18 m","quotes":["b. Minimum lot frontage 18m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50%","quotes":["d. Maximum Site Coverage 50%"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 1.0","quotes":["c. Maximum FAR 1.0"]},"max_height":{"value":"18 m","quotes":["e. Maximum building height 18m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["i. Front 7.5m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"10.0 m","quotes":["iv. Rear 10.0m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["Ii Interior Side 6.0m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["iii. Exterior Side 7.5m"]},"other":{"value":["Light industrial uses and manufacturing that create dust, heat, glare, odour, noise, gas, smoke, recurrent vibrations, fire hazard, electrical disturbance, particulate matter or radiation are prohibited","Live/work studios are an accessory residential use: the residence must be above the ground floor with its own private exterior entrance, and one extra parking space is required","Where a lot joins a residential use, institutional use or a street, a landscaped area at least 2.5 m wide and 2.0 m high is required inside the property line","Loading areas, refuse removal areas and recycling containers must be screened and gated to at least 2.0 m"],"quotes":["a. That light industrial uses and manufacturing which create dust, heat, glare, odour, noise, gas, smoke,","recurrent generated vibrations, fire hazard, electrical disturbance, particulate matter, or radiation","b. That where live/work studios are considered with light industrial and commercial uses, they are","i. The residential component must be located above the ground floor and has a private,","ii. One parking space for the residence must be provided additional to the principal commercial","i. Where a lot joins a residential use, institutional use, or a street a landscaped area of at least","iii. Loading areas and refuse removal area and recycling containers must be screened and gated"]}},"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=147","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/muec2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/muec2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/muec2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/index.json"}}