{"title":"C-2 zone in Port Clements: Commercial Service","code":"C-2","slug":"c-2","name":"Commercial Service","group":"Commercial","section":"7.3.6","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Retail commercial and personal service facilities, including automotive uses, on commercial parcels.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Retail commercial and personal service facilities, including automotive uses, on commercial parcels.","quotes":["This zone is intended to accommodate and regulate the development of retail","commercial and personal service facilities, including automotive uses on commercial"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Combined commercial and residential complexes","Contractor's offices (no outside storage of materials or equipment)","Convenience stores","Gasoline service stations","General automotive repair services","Hotels and motels","Neighbourhood shopping centre","Personal service establishments","Printing and publishing","Restaurants","Retail sales of building supplies","Retail sales of garden supplies, nursery items, and greenhouses","Sale, rental, or lease of motor vehicles","Undertaking parlor or funeral home","Mobile vendors"],"quotes":["combined commercial and residential complexes;","contractor's offices provided that there shall be no outside storage of materials","convenience stores;","gasoline service stations;","general automotive repair services;","hotels and motels;","neighbourhood shopping centre;","personal service establishments (i.e. barbers, beauty salons, shoe repair, travel","printing and publishing;","restaurants;","retail sales of building supplies;","retail sales of garden supplies, nursery items, and greenhouses;","sale, rental, or lease of motor vehicles;","undertaking parlor or funeral home.","mobile vendors;"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory buildings and structures","Accessory dwelling unit (on parcels serviced by the municipal sewer system)","Bed and breakfast establishment","Boarding house","Childcare program","Short term rental","Single family dwelling (per R-1 requirements)"],"quotes":["accessory buildings and structures;","accessory dwelling unit (1) on parcels serviced by the municipal sewer system;","bed and breakfast establishment (1);","boarding house (1);","childcare program;","short term rental (1);","single family dwelling (1), according to requirements under Residential Urban"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"558 m² (parcels created by subdivision; site area also 558 m²)","quotes":["558 m2 parcel size; and","the site area shall be 558 m2."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"Frontage of 1/10 of the perimeter of the parcel that fronts on the highway","quotes":["frontage of 1/10 of the perimeter of the parcel that fronts on the highway."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"60 % of the site, including buildings, structures and accessory buildings","quotes":["and accessory buildings shall not exceed 60 % of the site."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio of 1:1","quotes":["the density shall not exceed a floor area ratio of","1:1."]},"max_height":{"value":"9.0 m","quotes":["Principal building shall not exceed 9.0 m; and"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"3.6 m","quotes":["Accessory buildings or structures shall not exceed 3.6 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["front setback from a road 7.5 m;"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["rear setback from a road 6.0 m; and"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3.0 m (from an adjacent parcel or road); 6.0 m where the abutting parcel is zoned residential","quotes":["side setback from an adjacent parcel or road 3.0 m except where the abutting","parcel is zoned for residential uses in which case the side setback shall be","6.0 m."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 m (from an adjacent parcel or road)","quotes":["side setback from an adjacent parcel or road 3.0 m except where the abutting"]},"other":{"value":["Combined commercial and residential: residential use must be in the principal building, on upper floors or behind the commercial use, with a separate private entrance to the street","Outdoor recreational space of 5.5 m² is required for each dwelling unit","Floor area for each use is 55 m²"],"quotes":["the residential use shall be contained in the principal building;","the residential use shall have a separate, private entrance leading directly to","outdoor recreational space equal to 5.5 m2","the floor area for each use shall be 55 m2."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Village of Port Clements Zoning Bylaw No. 444, 2024 (adopted February 17, 2026)","url":"https://portclements.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/February-17-2026-Regular-Council-Meeting-Agenda-Package.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-08","note":"The text is from the Feb 17, 2026 Council agenda package (item G-1, pages 48-116 of the package PDF) because the posted bylaw (https://portclements.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Zoning-Bylaw.pdf) is a scan with no text layer. The bylaw was read a third time and adopted on February 17, 2026. pdf_page numbers below are page numbers of the agenda package."},"source_url":"https://portclements.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/February-17-2026-Regular-Council-Meeting-Agenda-Package.pdf#page=92","place":{"path":"ca/bc/port-clements","name":"Port Clements","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-clements/zoning/c-2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-clements/zoning/c-2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-clements/zoning/c-2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-clements/zoning/index.json"}}