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title: "BP2 zone in Princeton: Business Park: General"
place: Princeton, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/princeton
zone: BP2
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw Number 880, 2013 (consolidated for convenience, including amending bylaws up to and including Bylaw No. 1032, 2022)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/princeton/zoning/bp2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/princeton/zoning/bp2.json"
---

# BP2 zone in Princeton: Business Park: General

Accommodate a mix of commercial and industrial uses appropriate in a business park setting; allows more land intensive uses than BP1 such as construction material storage, manufacturing, greenhouses and fire department training.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Accommodate a mix of commercial and industrial uses appropriate in a business park setting; allows more land intensive uses than BP1 such as construction material storage, manufacturing, greenhouses and fire department training.
- **Main uses:** Auction service; Automobile repair shops; Bottle collection and recycling depot; Cannabis production and distribution facility; Caretaker or security dwelling units in conjunction with an industrial use; Cartage, freighting and trucking yard; Commercial business office; Construction material sales and storage, including concrete mixing plant, lumber yard, log home manufacturing, and construction office; Distribution outlet; Equipment and product storage; Fire department training site; High technology industry; Kitchen supplies; Lawn and garden shop, including greenhouses; Machine shops, cabinetry operations, and manufacturing plants (noise below 60 dB (A) at any property line; no odour, smoke, dust or electrical interference at the property line; outdoor storage not visible outside the property line); Nursery and greenhouse; Off-street parking and loading facilities; Offices, storage facilities and shops for building, developing, general and trade contracting industry; Print shop; Retail trade with on-site warehouse space; Retail sale or products associated with one of the permitted uses for this zone; Sale, rental and repair of light equipment and appliances; Sales and service, rental and repair of automobiles, boats, recreation vehicles, motorcycles, snowmobiles, and manufactured homes; Service industries; Storage facilities; Taxidermy shop; Training facility for trade related occupations, but not including training for heavy equipment operation or other heavy industrial trades; Veterinary clinic; Warehouse; Works yard
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory uses, buildings and structures
- **Minimum lot area:** 0.405 ha (1 acre)
- **Maximum height:** 15 m (49 ft)
- **Front setback:** 6 m (20 ft)
- **Rear setback:** 3 m (10 ft)
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m (5 ft)
- **Street side setback:** 3 m (10 ft)
- **Other rules:** Where BP2 abuts any other zone (except FG, I1 and I2), setbacks are 7.5 m (24.6 ft) and a landscape screen is required; Outside storage must be enclosed by a fence at least 1.8 m (6 ft) tall or a landscape screen that hides the storage; A landscape area 3 m (10 ft) wide is required along the front property line

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw Number 880, 2013 (consolidated for convenience, including amending bylaws up to and including Bylaw No. 1032, 2022), s. 23](https://princeton.civicweb.net/document/11311#page=75) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Princeton: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/princeton/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/princeton/zoning/bp2/_