---
title: "C-2 zone in Nakusp: Service Commercial"
place: Nakusp, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/nakusp
zone: C-2
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 729, 2023 (consolidated November 2024)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nakusp/zoning/c-2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nakusp/zoning/c-2.json"
---

# C-2 zone in Nakusp: Service Commercial

Service commercial uses along Provincial Highway routes that complement the Village Core Commercial Areas.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Service commercial uses along Provincial Highway routes that complement the Village Core Commercial Areas.
- **Main uses:** Eating Establishment; Financial Institution; Funeral Home; Gasoline Service Station; Hotel; Medical Clinic; Office; Personal Service Establishment; Retail Sales; Single Detached Dwelling
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Dwelling, Attached; Accessory Dwelling, Detached; Dwelling Unit; Home Occupation; Short-Term Rental
- **Minimum lot area:** 345 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 10.0 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 60%; 50% for a single detached dwelling
- **Maximum height:** 12.0 m (hotel); 10.0 m (all other principal buildings)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 7.3 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m (all buildings and structures); 4.5 m (single detached dwelling)
- **Rear setback:** 3.0 m (all buildings and structures); 1.5 m (single detached dwelling); 6.0 m where side and rear lines abut residential zones
- **Interior side setback:** 3.0 m (all buildings and structures and single detached dwelling); 6.0 m where abutting residential zones
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 m (all buildings and structures); 4.5 m (single detached dwelling)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 4.5 m, rear 1.0 m, interior side 1.5 m, exterior side 4.5 m
- **Other rules:** Short-term rentals only where a single detached dwelling is the principal use, and only within an accessory dwelling unit; Dwelling units must be above, behind or below the principal use, have a separate access, occupy at most 50% of the principal use's street-level floor area, and be at least 55 m²; Dwelling units cannot be combined with a hotel unless used as staff housing or a caretaker's unit

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 729, 2023 (consolidated November 2024), s. 6.8](https://nakusp.civicweb.net/document/15437#page=66) (read 2026-11-08)

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