---
title: "C2 zone in Powell River: Service Commercial"
place: Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/powell-river
zone: C2
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw 2100, 2006 (consolidated May 15, 2025)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/powell-river/zoning/c2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/powell-river/zoning/c2.json"
---

# C2 zone in Powell River: Service Commercial

Service commercial development oriented to automobile access along major streets

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Service commercial development oriented to automobile access along major streets
- **Main uses:** Retail sales, service, or rental of garden supplies, building supplies, hardware, vehicles, trucks, boats, recreational vehicles, and small equipment; Automotive repair shop; Assembly use; Civic use; Offices; Entertainment use; Service station; Veterinary clinic; Printing shop; Convenience store; Window manufacturing; Parking lot; Mushroom sorting, grading and packaging depots; Accessory residential dwelling unit within a commercial or other principal use building; Wholesale use accessory to retail; Restaurant
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 6530 Sutherland (Lot 4, District Lot 4169, Block 4, NWD Group 1, Plan 14654): warehousing and storage use
- **Minimum lot area:** 550 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 15 m (lot depth at least 30 m)
- **Maximum height:** 13.5 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 6 m
- **Interior side setback:** 3 m on each side
- **Other rules:** All business conducted within a completely enclosed building (limited exceptions); Exterior storage areas must be fenced (view-obscuring, at least 2 metres high) and stored material no higher than 3 metres; Accessory dwelling unit must not be in the basement and needs a separate main entrance to a street

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw 2100, 2006 (consolidated May 15, 2025), s. 10.2](https://powellriver.civicweb.net/document/876#page=83) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Powell River: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/powell-river/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/powell-river/zoning/c2/_