{"title":"W-2 zone in Ladysmith: Marina","code":"W-2","slug":"w-2","name":"Marina","group":"Commercial","section":"16.2","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Accommodate marinas, commercial moorage and related services and facilities, maintaining a small-scale harbour character.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Accommodate marinas, commercial moorage and related services and facilities, maintaining a small-scale harbour character.","quotes":["The purpose of the Marina Zone is to accommodate Marinas, Commercial Moorage","and related services and facilities, with the intent of maintaining a small-scale","harbour character."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Marina","Commercial Moorage","Short-Term Moorage","Boat Launch","Restaurant","Cultural Facility","Welcome Centre, including Assembly Use","Seafood Sales","Non-Motorized Recreational Equipment Sales or Rental","Boat Building and Repair","Marine Rescue Facility","Marine Fuel Supply Station"],"quotes":["a) Marina.","b) Commercial Moorage.","c) Short-Term Moorage.","d) Boat Launch.","e) Restaurant.","f) Cultural Facility.","g) Welcome Centre, including Assembly Use.","h) Seafood Sales.","i) Non-Motorized Recreational Equipment Sales or Rental.","j) Boat Building and Repair.","k) Marine Rescue Facility.","l) Marine Fuel Supply Station."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Office","Sewage Pump-out","Yacht Club Clubhouse","Live-Aboard (only on the water lot legally described as Block C of District Lot 2016, Cowichan District)","Retail Sales (up to 25.0 square metres of gross floor area)"],"note":"Live-Aboards need an existing Marina Use, public access to the marina docks at all times, and are limited to a maximum of 12.","quotes":["a) Office.","b) Sewage Pump-out.","c) Yacht Club Clubhouse.","d) Live-Aboard, on the water Lot legally described as Block C of District Lot 2016,","e) Retail Sales, subject to Section 16.2(4)(b).","b) All Retail Sales shall be limited to 25.0 square metres of Gross Floor Area."]},"site_specific":{"value":["Water lot Block C of District Lot 2016, Cowichan District: Live-Aboard permitted as an accessory use, maximum of 12","Water lots Block C of District Lot 2054, Cowichan District and District Lot 2061, Cowichan District: Boathouse permitted"],"quotes":["d) Live-Aboard, on the water Lot legally described as Block C of District Lot 2016,","a) Live-Aboards shall be limited to a maximum of 12 and shall be connected to","c) Boathouse, on the water Lots legally described as Block C of District Lot 2054,","Cowichan District and District Lot 2061, Cowichan District."]},"max_height":{"value":"9.0 metres for a Boathouse; 7.5 metres for all other buildings or structures (to the highest point of the roof)","quotes":["a) No Boathouse shall exceed a Height of 9.0 metres, measured to the highest","b) All other Buildings or Structures shall not exceed 7.5 metres in Height,"]},"other":{"value":["Buildings and structures (other than docks, floats, ramps and quays) must be at least 10.0 metres from the natural boundary of the sea","Access ramps are limited to 2.4 metres wide; a Barge Ramp to 6.0 metres wide","No buildings or structures within 125 metres of the active W-4 zone boundary"],"quotes":["d) No Buildings or Structures, not including Docks, floats, ramps, quays, or other","similar Structures, shall be closer than 10.0 metres to the Natural Boundary of","similar Structures shall be limited to a width of 2.4 metres, except for a Barge","Ramp which shall be limited to a width of 6.0 metres.","f) No Buildings or Structures shall be sited within 125 metres of the boundary of"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Town of Ladysmith Zoning Bylaw 2014, No. 1860, Schedule A - Zoning Bylaw Text (consolidated September 29, 2026)","url":"https://www.ladysmith.ca/docs/default-source/bylaws-2021/1860-schedule-a_zoning-bylaw-text-consolidation-sept-29-2026.pdf?sfvrsn=cf14f3db_10","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"Consolidated for convenience only; the consolidation is not a legal document and certified copies of the original bylaws should be consulted. R-2-D2 (10.6) is reserved for future use and has no zone text."},"source_url":"https://www.ladysmith.ca/docs/default-source/bylaws-2021/1860-schedule-a_zoning-bylaw-text-consolidation-sept-29-2026.pdf?sfvrsn=cf14f3db_10#page=157","place":{"path":"ca/bc/ladysmith","name":"Ladysmith","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ladysmith/zoning/w-2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ladysmith/zoning/w-2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ladysmith/zoning/w-2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ladysmith/zoning/index.json"}}