---
title: "C2 zone in Prince George: Regional Commercial"
place: Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/prince-george
zone: C2
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007 (consolidated version, revised October 5, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/c2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/c2.json"
---

# C2 zone in Prince George: Regional Commercial

Provide for major shopping centres and complementary residential uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Provide for major shopping centres and complementary residential uses.
- **Main uses:** auction, minor; brewery & distillery, minor; building & garden supply; community care facility, major; community care facility, minor; education, commercial; emergency service; greenhouse & plant nursery; health service, minor; library & exhibit; liquor primary establishment, minor; office; parking, non-accessory; recreation, indoor; recycling centre, minor; restaurant; retail, adult-oriented; retail, convenience; retail, cannabis (only in C2c); retail, farmers market; retail, flea market; retail, general; retail, liquor; service, business support; service, dating or escort; service, financial; service, funeral; service, household repair; service, massage; service, massage therapy; service, personal; service, pet grooming & day care; service station, major; transportation depot; vehicle rental, minor; vehicle wash, minor; service station, minor
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** home business 1; housing, apartment; housing, congregate
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** entertainment, spectator only involving the showing of motion pictures on Lot 1, District Lot 343, CD, Plan PGP40918
- **Minimum lot area:** 1.0 ha
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 75%
- **Maximum density:** 60 dwellings/ha
- **Maximum height:** 20.0 m
- **Front setback:** 6.0 m
- **Rear setback:** 6.0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 3.0 m (side yard)
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 m (side yard)
- **Other rules:** Dwellings may only be located above the first storey of a principal building; Office use: maximum 280 m² per tenancy and 2,800 m² total for any site; Service, financial uses: maximum 300 m² gross leasable floor area per tenancy unless a larger branch of the same company is in the C1 zone; Outdoor use is not permitted except for a listed set of uses (e.g. farmers market, restaurant, greenhouse & plant nursery, service station), with outdoor storage screened

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007 (consolidated version, revised October 5, 2026), s. 11.2](https://www.princegeorge.ca/sites/default/files/2026-10/BL7850_CONSOLIDATED_2026-10-05.pdf#page=160) (read 2026-11-07)

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