---
title: "P2 zone in Fort St James: Institutional"
place: Fort St James, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/fort-st-james
zone: P2
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1101, 2025
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/zoning/p2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/zoning/p2.json"
---

# P2 zone in Fort St James: Institutional

A range of public and institutional uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** A range of public and institutional uses.
- **Main uses:** Administrative offices ancillary to another prescribed use; Assembly use; Civic use; Counselling service; Day care centre; Historic sites and historic parks; Place of worship; Public parks and recreation sites; Public government; Public schools including colleges, technical and vocational institutes; Rest home; Thrift store or gift store consistent with other permitted uses; Transition house; Residential uses – dwelling units for rental use consistent with other permitted uses
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Shelter, only on Parcel A, the consolidation of lots 54 and 55 (See BB46389), District Lot 1267, Range 5 Coast District, Plan 5870
- **Minimum lot area:** 600 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 14 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50%
- **Maximum height:** 15 m or three storeys, whichever is less (residential buildings: 10 m or two storeys, whichever is less)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m
- **Other rules:** One caretaker dwelling unit is allowed in conjunction with a permitted use

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1101, 2025, s. 7.2](https://www.fortstjames.ca/sites/default/files/2026-03/1101%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20-%20Signed.pdf#page=53) (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/p2/_