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title: "P-2 zone in Ladysmith: Park and Recreation"
place: Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/ladysmith
zone: P-2
bylaw: Town of Ladysmith Zoning Bylaw 2014, No. 1860, Schedule A - Zoning Bylaw Text (consolidated September 29, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ladysmith/zoning/p-2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ladysmith/zoning/p-2.json"
---

# P-2 zone in Ladysmith: Park and Recreation

Accommodate local parks and open spaces with a focus on active and passive recreation uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Accommodate local parks and open spaces with a focus on active and passive recreation uses.
- **Main uses:** Nature Centre; Botanical Garden; Assembly; Cultural Facility; Indoor Recreation Facility; Outdoor Recreation Facility; Golf Course; Community Garden; Railway Passenger Depot
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Retail Sales (limited to 50.0 square metres of gross floor area); Food Truck (only at Transfer Beach Park, Forrest Field, Aggie Ball Field and Holland Creek Ball Field); Food Concession; Non-Motorized Recreational Equipment Sales or Rental; Farmers' Market
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 525 Second Avenue (Community Garden): Urban Agriculture is a permitted principal use
- **Minimum lot area:** 892 square metres (does not apply to parkland dedicated by subdivision)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40.0 percent
- **Maximum height:** 10.0 metres to the highest point of the roof
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5.0 metres to the highest point of the roof
- **Front setback:** 6.0 metres
- **Rear setback:** 3.0 metres
- **Interior side setback:** 3.0 metres
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 metres
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 6.0 metres; side (interior or exterior) 1.0 metre for up to 10.0 m² and 1.5 metres for over 10.0 m²; rear 1.0 metre for up to 10.0 m² and 1.5 metres for over 10.0 m²
- **Other rules:** No building or structure may exceed 200.0 square metres of gross floor area

## Source

- [Town of Ladysmith Zoning Bylaw 2014, No. 1860, Schedule A - Zoning Bylaw Text (consolidated September 29, 2026), s. 13.2](https://www.ladysmith.ca/docs/default-source/bylaws-2021/1860-schedule-a_zoning-bylaw-text-consolidation-sept-29-2026.pdf?sfvrsn=cf14f3db_10#page=138) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Ladysmith: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ladysmith/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/ladysmith/zoning/p-2/_