---
title: "MUEC2 zone in Colwood: Mixed Use Employment Centre 2"
place: Colwood, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/colwood
zone: MUEC2
bylaw: Colwood Land Use Bylaw No. 151, 1989 (with amendments to August 24, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/muec2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/muec2.json"
---

# MUEC2 zone in Colwood: Mixed Use Employment Centre 2

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.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** 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.
- **Main uses:** 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 (Uses are in addition to those permitted by Section 2.1.10 of the bylaw.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings and structures
- **Minimum lot area:** 1,800 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 18 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50%
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 1.0
- **Maximum height:** 18 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 10.0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 6.0 m
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Colwood Land Use Bylaw No. 151, 1989 (with amendments to August 24, 2026), s. 7.11](https://colwood.civicweb.net/document/1999#page=147) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Colwood: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/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/colwood/zoning/muec2/_