---
title: "C2 zone in Fort St James: Commercial Highway"
place: Fort St James, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/fort-st-james
zone: C2
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1101, 2025
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/zoning/c2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/zoning/c2.json"
---

# C2 zone in Fort St James: Commercial Highway

Commercial lots suitable for services to highway travellers and tourists.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Commercial lots suitable for services to highway travellers and tourists.
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings and uses
- **Minimum lot area:** 700 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 15 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 60%
- **Maximum height:** 10 m (residential building: 10 m or two storeys, whichever is less)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5 m
- **Front setback:** None required, except for gasoline service stations
- **Rear setback:** 6 m
- **Interior side setback:** 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
- **Street side setback:** 1.5 m along the abutting street (corner lot)
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1101, 2025, s. 5.2](https://www.fortstjames.ca/sites/default/files/2026-03/1101%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20-%20Signed.pdf#page=41) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Fort St James: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/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/fort-st-james/zoning/c2/_