---
title: "M2 zone in Kitimat: Service Centre General Zone"
place: Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/kitimat
zone: M2
bylaw: "Kitimat Municipal Code, consolidated to January 1, 2026 (Part 9 Planning, Divisions 4 to 7: residential, commercial, industrial and greenbelt zones)"
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kitimat/zoning/m2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kitimat/zoning/m2.json"
---

# M2 zone in Kitimat: Service Centre General Zone

Main uses: Auction Houses, Automotive Sales and Services, Builders Supplies, Cannabis Production, Cannabis Retail, and 19 more.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Auction Houses; Automotive Sales and Services; Builders Supplies; Cannabis Production; Cannabis Retail; Discount Store; Dry Cleaners and Laundries; Equipment Sales; Food Processing; Fuel Sales; Funeral Parlours; Light Industry; Municipal Yards; Nurseries; Offices; Printing Press; Second Hand Stores; Trailer, Boat and Mobile Home Sales and Services; Truck Terminals; Warehousing; Wholesaling; Kennel or Animal Boarding Establishment; Transportation, including helicopter landing pad; Temporary Uses
- **Minimum lot width:** 15 m; helipad 45 m frontage
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 75%
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 1.00
- **Front setback:** 4.5 m; service station buildings 12 m; service station pumps 4.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 3 m; 4.5 m if rear yard abuts a highway
- **Interior side setback:** 3 m on one side; nil or 1.8 m on the other side; 4.5 m on any side abutting a highway
- **Other rules:** Distance between buildings on the same lot: minimum 3 m or nil; Helipad lot: 45 m frontage and 45 m depth; Liquified petroleum gas storage tanks limited to 20,000 litres total; Parking: 0.6 m² of parking for every m² of G.L.A.

## Source

- [Kitimat Municipal Code, consolidated to January 1, 2026 (Part 9 Planning, Divisions 4 to 7: residential, commercial, industrial and greenbelt zones), s. 9.6, Subdivision 3](https://docs.kitimat.ca/docs/kitimatmunicipalcode-consolidated-20260101.pdf#page=486) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Kitimat: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kitimat/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/kitimat/zoning/m2/_