---
title: "W-2 zone in Ladysmith: Marina"
place: Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/ladysmith
zone: W-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/w-2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ladysmith/zoning/w-2.json"
---

# W-2 zone in Ladysmith: Marina

Accommodate marinas, commercial moorage and related services and facilities, maintaining a small-scale harbour character.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Accommodate marinas, commercial moorage and related services and facilities, maintaining a small-scale harbour character.
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** 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) (Live-Aboards need an existing Marina Use, public access to the marina docks at all times, and are limited to a maximum of 12.)
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 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
- **Maximum height:** 9.0 metres for a Boathouse; 7.5 metres for all other buildings or structures (to the highest point of the roof)
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Town of Ladysmith Zoning Bylaw 2014, No. 1860, Schedule A - Zoning Bylaw Text (consolidated September 29, 2026), s. 16.2](https://www.ladysmith.ca/docs/default-source/bylaws-2021/1860-schedule-a_zoning-bylaw-text-consolidation-sept-29-2026.pdf?sfvrsn=cf14f3db_10#page=157) (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/w-2/_