{"title":"COR2 zone in Nanaimo: Mixed Use Corridor","code":"COR2","slug":"cor2","name":"Mixed Use Corridor","group":"Mixed use","section":"Part 9","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Mixed use, street-oriented development along urban arterials and major collector roads.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Mixed use, street-oriented development along urban arterials and major collector roads.","quotes":["This zone provides for mixed use, street-oriented development","along urban arterials and major collector roads."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Artists Studio","Assembly Hall","Boarding and Lodging","Bingo Hall","Club or Lodge","Commercial School","Daycare","Electric Vehicle Charge Station","Financial Institution","Furniture and Appliance Sales","Hotel","Laundromat","Library","Live/Work","Multiple Family Dwelling","Museum","Neighbourhood Pub","Office","Personal Care Facility","Printing and Publishing Facility","Production Studio","Recreational Facility","Religious Institution","Restaurant","Retail","Seniors Congregate Housing","Single Residential Dwelling","Social Service Resource Centre","Theatre","University, College, Technical School","Veterinary Clinic"],"note":"An individual retail use is limited to 750 m² Gross Floor Area, or 2,500 m² for a grocery store.","quotes":["COR1* COR2 COR3","Artists Studio P P P","Assembly Hall P P P","Boarding and P P P","Bingo Hall -- P P","Club or Lodge -- P P","Commercial School -- P P","Daycare P P P","Electric Vehicle P P P","Financial Institution -- P P","Furniture and -- P P","Hotel P P P","Laundromat -- P P","Library -- P P","Live/Work P P P","Multiple Family P P P","Museum -- P P","Neighbourhood Pub -- P P","Office P P P","Personal Care P P P","Printing and -- P P","Production Studio -- P P","Recreational Facility -- P P","Religious Institution P P P","Restaurant -- P P","Retail -- P P","Seniors Congregate P P P","Single Residential P P P","Social Service -- P P","Theatre -- P P","University, College, -- P P","Veterinary Clinic -- P P","Retail -- P P An individual retail use shall not exceed a Gross","Floor Area of 750m2, unless that use is a Grocery","Store, in which case the use shall not exceed","2,500m2."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Short-Term Rental"],"quotes":["Short-Term A A A"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Automobile Sales and Rental (listed addresses only, see bylaw section 9.2.3)","Gas Station (listed addresses only, see bylaw section 9.2.3)","Liquor Store (listed addresses only, see bylaw section 9.2.3)","Student Housing (listed addresses only, see bylaw section 9.2.3)"],"quotes":["COR1* COR2 COR3","Automobile Sales -- SS SS","Gas Station SS SS SS","Liquor Store SS SS SS","Student Housing SS SS --"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1,200 m²","quotes":["COR2 1200m2 25m 15m 30m"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"25 m (15 m with lane access)","quotes":["COR2 1200m2 25m 15m 30m","Size Frontage Frontage - Depth","Lane Access"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"60%","quotes":["COR2 60% 14m Where at least 75% of the 2 Storeys Above Grade"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor Area Ratio 1.25; plus 0.25 for Schedule D Tier 1 and 0.25 for Tier 2; extra for underground parking","quotes":["COR2 1.25 N/A +0.25 +0.25","Zone Maximum Allowable Floor Area Ratio (FAR) Additional Density","Mixed Tier 1 Tier 2","multiplied by the percentage of the total parking spaces provided underground."]},"max_height":{"value":"14 m (an additional 4 m where at least 75% of the required parking is below or beneath a building); minimum 2 storeys above grade","quotes":["COR2 60% 14m Where at least 75% of the 2 Storeys Above Grade","building, an additional 4m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"3.0 m minimum, 6 m maximum","quotes":["COR2 3.0m 6m 0m 3m 3m 7.5m","Zone Minimum Front Maximum Front Side Side Flanking Rear","Yard Setback Yard Setback Yard 1 Yard 2 Side Yard Yard"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["COR2 3.0m 6m 0m 3m 3m 7.5m","Zone Minimum Front Maximum Front Side Side Flanking Rear","Yard Setback Yard Setback Yard 1 Yard 2 Side Yard Yard"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"0 m (Side Yard 1); 3 m (Side Yard 2)","quotes":["COR2 3.0m 6m 0m 3m 3m 7.5m","Zone Minimum Front Maximum Front Side Side Flanking Rear","Yard Setback Yard Setback Yard 1 Yard 2 Side Yard Yard"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3 m","quotes":["COR2 3.0m 6m 0m 3m 3m 7.5m","Zone Minimum Front Maximum Front Side Side Flanking Rear","Yard Setback Yard Setback Yard 1 Yard 2 Side Yard Yard"]},"other":{"value":["No parking is allowed between the front property line and the front face of the building or within the maximum front yard setback area","Where a non-residential use exists, at least an equal amount of Gross Floor Area must be residential","An extra 2.5 m front and/or flanking side setback applies where a lot abuts a major road and the road widening has not been dedicated"],"quotes":["Within all Corridor Zones, no parking shall be permitted between the front property line","and the front face of the building or within the maximum front yard setback area.","9.2.2 Notwithstanding Subsection 9.2.1., within the COR2 Zone where a non-residential use","exists at least an equal amount of Gross Floor Area on the property must be dedicated to","residential use.","where a property line abuts a major road, an additional","2.5m front and/or flanking side yard setback is required when the dedication to achieve"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 (consolidated 2026-MAR-23)","url":"https://www.nanaimo.ca/bylaws/ViewBylaw/4500.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The bylaw is organised by part (one part per zone family, with shared use and regulation tables), so zone line ranges cover the whole part. CD3 is deleted in the bylaw. Zones R1a and R1b are subzones of R1 (R1 / R1a / R1b)."},"source_url":"https://www.nanaimo.ca/bylaws/ViewBylaw/4500.pdf#page=84","place":{"path":"ca/bc/nanaimo","name":"Nanaimo","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/cor2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/cor2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/cor2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/index.json"}}