{"title":"DT2 zone in Nanaimo: Fitzwilliam","code":"DT2","slug":"dt2","name":"Fitzwilliam","group":"Commercial","section":"Part 11","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Commercial and residential uses primarily through in-fill development that is compatible with areas with existing heritage character.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Commercial and residential uses primarily through in-fill development that is compatible with areas with existing heritage character.","quotes":["This zone provides for commercial and residential uses primarily","through in-fill development that is compatible with areas with existing","heritage character."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Artist Studio","Assembly Hall","Bingo Hall","Club or Lodge","Commercial School","Convention Centre","Court of Law","Cultural Facility","Daycare","Electric Vehicle Charge Station","Financial Institution","Funeral Parlour","Hotel","Internet Centre","Laundromat","Library","Live / Work","Lounge","Micro Brewery","Multiple Family Dwelling","Museum","Neighbourhood Pub","Office","Parking Lot / Parkade","Pawn Shop","Personal Care Facility","Personal Service Use","Pharmacy","Printing and Publishing Facility","Public Market","Recreation Facility","Repair Shop","Religious Institution","Restaurant","Retail","Rooming House","Single Residential Dwelling","Social Service Resource Centre","Teletheatre Outlet","Theatre","Transportation Terminal","University, College, Technical School","Veterinary Clinic"],"quotes":["DT1 DT2 DT3 DT4 DT5 DT6 DT7 DT8 DT9 DT10 DT11 DT12","Artist Studio P P P P P P P -- -- -- P P","Assembly Hall P P P P P P P P P -- -- P","Bingo Hall -- P P P -- P -- -- P -- -- --","Club or Lodge P P P P P P P -- -- -- -- P","Commercial P P P P P P P P P -- -- P","Convention P P P P P P P -- -- -- -- P","Court of Law P P P P P P P -- P -- -- P","Cultural P P P P P P P -- P -- -- P","Daycare P P P P P P P P P P P P","Electric P P P P P P P P P P P P","Financial P P P P P P P P P P P P","Funeral P P P P P P P -- P -- -- P","Hotel P P P P P P P -- P -- -- P","Internet P P P P P P P P P P P P","Laundromat P P P P P P -- P P -- P P","Library P P P P P P P -- -- -- -- P","Live / Work P P P P P P P P P -- P P","Lounge P P P P P P P -- -- -- -- --","Micro Brewery P P -- P P P -- -- -- -- -- P","Multiple P P P P P P P P P -- P P","Museum P P -- P P P -- -- -- -- -- --","Neighbour- P P P P P P P P P -- - P","Office P P P P P P P P P P P P","Parking Lot / P P P P P P P P P P P P","Pawn Shop P P P P P P P P P -- P P","Personal Care P P P P P P P P P -- -- P","Personal P P P P P P P P P P P P","Pharmacy P P P P P P P P P -- P P","Printing and P P P P P P P P P -- -- P","Public Market P P P P P P P -- -- -- -- P","Recreation P P P P P P P P P -- -- P","Repair Shop -- P -- P -- P -- -- P -- -- P","Religious P P P P P P P P P -- -- P","Restaurant P P P P P P P P P P P P","Retail P P P P P P P P P -- P P","Rooming -- P P P P P P P P P P P","Single -- P P -- P -- P P P P P P","Social Service P P P P P P P P -- -- -- P","P P -- -- -- P -- -- -- -- -- --","Teletheatre","Theatre P P -- P P P -- P P -- -- P","Transportation P P -- P -- P -- -- -- -- -- P","University, P P P P P P P -- -- -- -- --","Veterinary P P P P P P P P P -- -- P"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Dwelling Unit","Boarding and Lodging","Home Based Business","Secondary Suites","Short-Term Rental"],"note":"Secondary suites are only permitted where a single residential dwelling is the only use on the lot. Accessory dwelling is only permitted above street level.","quotes":["DT1 DT2 DT3 DT4 DT5 DT6 DT7 DT8 DT9 DT10 DT11 DT12","Accessory A A A A A A A A A A A A","Boarding -- A A -- -- A A A A A A A","Home A A A A A A A A A A A A","-- A A -- -- A A A A A A A","Secondary Suites","Short- A A A A A A A A A A A A","where a single","dwelling is the","only use on the lot.","above street","level within the","DT2 Zone."]},"site_specific":{"value":["Boat and Equipment Sales (permitted only on specific sites; see bylaw section 11.2.4)"],"quotes":["DT1 DT2 DT3 DT4 DT5 DT6 DT7 DT8 DT9 DT10 DT11 DT12","Boat and -- SS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"370 m²","quotes":["DT2 370m2 12m 25m","Zone Minimum Lot Size Minimum Lot Minimum Lot Depth"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"12 m","quotes":["DT2 370m2 12m 25m","Zone Minimum Lot Size Minimum Lot Minimum Lot Depth"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"100%","quotes":["DT2 100% 12m N/A","Zone Lot Coverage Maximum Allowable Height Minimum Required Height"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor Area Ratio 2.3; plus 0.2 for Schedule D Tier 1 and 0.25 for Tier 2; extra for underground parking","quotes":["DT2 2.3 N/A +0.2 +0.25","Zone Maximum Allowable Density Additional Density","(Floor Area Ratio) Mixed Use* Tier 1 Tier 2","grade), an amount may be added to the Floor Area Ratio equal to 0.25 multiplied by the"]},"max_height":{"value":"12 m","quotes":["DT2 100% 12m N/A","Zone Lot Coverage Maximum Allowable Height Minimum Required Height"]},"setback_front":{"value":"0 m minimum, 4 m maximum","quotes":["DT2 0m 4m 0m 0m 0m","Zone Minimum Maximum Side Flanking Rear Notes","Front Yard Front Yard Yard Side Yard Yard"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"0 m","quotes":["DT2 0m 4m 0m 0m 0m","Zone Minimum Maximum Side Flanking Rear Notes","Front Yard Front Yard Yard Side Yard Yard"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"0 m","quotes":["DT2 0m 4m 0m 0m 0m","Zone Minimum Maximum Side Flanking Rear Notes","Front Yard Front Yard Yard Side Yard Yard"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"0 m","quotes":["DT2 0m 4m 0m 0m 0m","Zone Minimum Maximum Side Flanking Rear Notes","Front Yard Front Yard Yard Side Yard Yard"]},"other":{"value":["No parking is allowed between the front property line and the front face of the building","Micro brewery is limited to 557 m²","No pawn shop within a 300 m radius of another pawn shop"],"quotes":["Within all downtown zones, except the DT8 Zone, no parking shall be permitted between the","front property line and the front face of the building.","brewery shall not exceed 557m2.","within a 300m","radius of another"]}},"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=101","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/dt2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/dt2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/dt2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/index.json"}}