{"title":"C2 zone in North Cowichan: Commercial General","code":"C2","slug":"c2","name":"Commercial General","group":"Commercial","section":"69","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Accessory Dwelling Unit, Appliance and Small Equipment Repair, Bed and Breakfast, Bus Depot, Car Wash, and 31 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Dwelling Unit","Appliance and Small Equipment Repair","Bed and Breakfast","Bus Depot","Car Wash","Child Care Centre","Club","Commercial Cardlock Facility","Commercial School","Dry Cleaner","Entertainment Use","Financial Institution","Fitness Centre/Gymnasium","Funeral Parlour","Hairdresser","Home-Based Business","Hotel","Laundromat","Medical Laboratory","Mini-Warehousing","Mixed-use Building","Mobile Food Service","Night Club","Nursery","Office","Parking Use","Pub","Restaurant","Retail Lumber and Building Supply Yard","Retail of Motor Vehicle Parts and Accessories","Retail Store","Service Station","Single-Family Dwelling (subject to the provision of the R3 zone)","Tool Rental","Veterinary Clinic","Wholesale Store"],"quotes":["Accessory Dwelling Unit","Appliance and Small Equipment Repair","Bed and Breakfast","Bus Depot","Car Wash","Child Care Centre","Club","Commercial Cardlock Facility","Commercial School","Dry Cleaner","Entertainment Use","Financial Institution","Fitness Centre/Gymnasium","Funeral Parlour","Hairdresser","Home-Based Business","Hotel","Laundromat","Medical Laboratory","Mini-Warehousing","Mixed-use Building","Mobile Food Service","Night Club","Nursery","Office","Parking Use","Pub","Restaurant","Retail Lumber and Building Supply Yard","Retail of Motor Vehicle Parts and Accessories","Retail Store","Service Station","Single-Family Dwelling (subject to the provision of the R3 zone)","Tool Rental","Veterinary Clinic","Wholesale Store"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Lot A, Plan EPP95112, Skinner Road (PID: 030-911-834): “apartment” is permitted","9634-9644 Chemainus Road (PID: 026-690-551): a 15-unit “apartment” building with a maximum of 2 units not accessible from a common interior hallway"],"quotes":["“apartment” is a permitted use for Lot A, Plan EPP95112, Skinner Road","a 15-unit “apartment” building with a maximum of 2 units not","9634-9644 Chemainus Road (PID: 026-"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"560 m² (6,028 sq. ft.)","quotes":["The minimum permitted lot size for the C2 zone is 560 m2 (6,028 sq. ft.)."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15 m (49.21')","quotes":["The minimum permitted frontage for the C2 zone is 15 m (49.21')."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"100% of the lot area, except area required for off-street parking and loading, landscaping, fencing and highway setbacks","quotes":["The maximum permitted lot coverage for the C2 zone is 100% of the lot area, except such area as","required for off-street parking and loading facilities, landscaping requirements, and fencing and","highway setbacks."]},"max_height":{"value":"12.0 m (39.37')","quotes":["(a) Principal Building, 12.0 m (39.37')"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"5.0 m (16.4')","quotes":["(b) Accessory Building, 5.0 m (16.4')"]},"setback_front":{"value":"No minimum, except 4.5 m (15') where the lot abuts an arterial highway","quotes":["There are no minimum setbacks for the C2 zone except:","(b) where the lot abuts an arterial highway the yard, front, shall be 4.5 m (15') in depth."]},"other":{"value":["Where the lot abuts residentially zoned land, the yard next to that land must be 3.0 m (9.84') deep"],"quotes":["where the lot abuts residentially zoned land that yard which abuts the residentially zoned","land shall be 3.0 m (9.84') in depth; and"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw 1997, No. 2950 (consolidation current to September 14, 2026)","url":"https://www.northcowichan.ca/sites/default/files/2025-07/blc%202950_Zoning%20Bylaw%20Consolidated%20to%203974%203989%204002%203988%204008%204016.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The cover says the bylaw was consolidated by the Corporate Officer; the repealed zones CD3, CD5 and CD7 are not listed. Suffix a or b on a zone code (for example W2a) marks a sub-zone with additional uses (s. 44)."},"source_url":"https://www.northcowichan.ca/sites/default/files/2025-07/blc%202950_Zoning%20Bylaw%20Consolidated%20to%203974%203989%204002%203988%204008%204016.pdf#page=98","place":{"path":"ca/bc/north-cowichan","name":"North Cowichan","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-cowichan/zoning/c2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-cowichan/zoning/c2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-cowichan/zoning/c2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-cowichan/zoning/index.json"}}