{"title":"C2 zone in Fort St James: Commercial Highway","code":"C2","slug":"c2","name":"Commercial Highway","group":"Commercial","section":"5.2","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Commercial lots suitable for services to highway travellers and tourists.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Commercial lots suitable for services to highway travellers and tourists.","quotes":["The intent of the C2 zoning district is to accommodate the demand for commercial lots which are"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Automobile dealership (including boats and recreation vehicles)","Building material supply","Car or truck wash","Civic use","Club or lodge","Commercial recreation","Commercial service","Gasoline service station","Hotel and motor motel","Key-lock fuel installation","Light manufacturing","Medical or dental clinic","Motel and auto court","Public house","Rental and repair of tools and small equipment","Residential use – conjunction with permitted highway commercial uses","Restaurants including fast-food pick-up and drive-ins","Retail store","Tourist accommodation"],"quotes":["Automobile dealership (including boats and recreation vehicles)","Building material supply","Car or truck wash","Civic use","Club or lodge","Commercial recreation","Commercial service","Gasoline service station","Hotel and motor motel","Key-lock fuel installation","Light manufacturing","Medical or dental clinic","Motel and auto court","Public house","Rental and repair of tools and small equipment","Residential use – conjunction with permitted highway commercial uses","Restaurants including fast-food pick-up and drive-ins","Retail store","Tourist accommodation"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory buildings and uses"],"quotes":["Accessory buildings and uses"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"700 m²","quotes":["Minimum lot area is 700 square metres and minimum frontage is 15 metres."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15 m","quotes":["Minimum lot area is 700 square metres and minimum frontage is 15 metres."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"60%","quotes":["Maximum lot coverage is 60%."]},"max_height":{"value":"10 m (residential building: 10 m or two storeys, whichever is less)","quotes":["Maximum height of the principal building is 10 metres;","Maximum height of a residential building is 10 metres or two storeys, whichever is less;"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"5 m","quotes":["Maximum height for an accessory building or structure is 5 metres."]},"setback_front":{"value":"None required, except for gasoline service stations","quotes":["No front yard shall be required, except for gasoline service stations as per Division 3.11."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6 m","quotes":["A rear yard shall not be less than 6 metres in depth from the principal building."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3 m on each side where the lot abuts (or is separated by a lane from) an R-1 or R-2 zone; where there is no rear lane, one side setback of 4.5 m","quotes":["a side yard shall not be less than 3 metres on each side of the","Where there is no rear lane, one side setback of not less than 4.5 metres shall be provided."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"1.5 m along the abutting street (corner lot)","quotes":["For a corner lot, a side setback of not less than 1.5 metres in width shall be provided"]},"other":{"value":["Minimum principal building floor space 60 m² and minimum width 6 m","Minimum floor area of each hotel or motel unit is 24 m²","Mixed commercial and residential use: residential must be in the same building, have a separate entrance, not exceed the commercial floor area, and have a dwelling unit at least 5 m wide"],"quotes":["Principal building will have a minimum floor space of 60 square metres, and a minimum building","The minimum floor area of each hotel or motel unit is 24 square metres.","Where a lot is used for combined commercial and residential use, the residential use shall:","• be contained in the same building as the commercial use;","• be accessed from a separate entrance than the entrance to the commercial use;","• not exceed the gross floor area of the commercial use;","• be contained in a dwelling unit which shall have a minimum building width of 5 metres."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 1101, 2025","url":"https://www.fortstjames.ca/sites/default/files/2026-03/1101%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20-%20Signed.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-08","note":"The District's page posts the signed bylaw PDF; Schedule A-1 (the zoning districts map) is an image page in the PDF. No consolidation date is stated."},"source_url":"https://www.fortstjames.ca/sites/default/files/2026-03/1101%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20-%20Signed.pdf#page=41","place":{"path":"ca/bc/fort-st-james","name":"Fort St James","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/zoning/c2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/zoning/c2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/zoning/c2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/zoning/index.json"}}