---
title: "CS2 zone in Nanaimo: Community Service Two"
place: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/nanaimo
zone: CS2
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 (consolidated 2026-MAR-23)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/cs2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/cs2.json"
---

# CS2 zone in Nanaimo: Community Service Two

Institutional and transportation services with special location needs, sensitively located within the community

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Institutional and transportation services with special location needs, sensitively located within the community
- **Main uses:** Animal Shelter; Bus Terminal; Cemetery; Electric Vehicle Charge Station; Hospital; Jail; Laboratory; Landfill; Motor Vehicle Testing Centre; Social Service Resource Centre; Storage Yard
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Biogas Energy Generation (with a landfill); Dwelling Unit (one); Office; Restaurant & Retail (within a ferry terminal or railway station)
- **Minimum lot area:** 2,000 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50%
- **Maximum height:** 14 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 7.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m
- **Other rules:** Minimum lot depth 45 m; An extra 2.5 m front and/or flanking side setback applies where a property abuts a major road that has not been widened

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 (consolidated 2026-MAR-23), s. Part 14](https://www.nanaimo.ca/bylaws/ViewBylaw/4500.pdf#page=121) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Nanaimo: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/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/nanaimo/zoning/cs2/_