{"title":"C2 zone in Princeton: Central Business","code":"C2","slug":"c2","name":"Central Business","group":"Commercial","section":"18","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Serve as the town centre of Princeton, providing a location for restaurants, offices, retail, entertainment, government, cultural, residential and other uses.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Serve as the town centre of Princeton, providing a location for restaurants, offices, retail, entertainment, government, cultural, residential and other uses.","quotes":["Intent: To serve as the town centre of Princeton, providing a location for restaurants, offices,","retail, entertainment, government, cultural, residential and other uses."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Assembly","Automobile sales and repairs within a building","Business service establishment","Commercial amusement or recreation enterprise","Commercial or professional business office","Convenience store","Craft brewery/distillery","Daycare centre","Dwelling unit","Funeral parlour","Hotel","Institution, excluding storage, repair or manufacturing","Library, museum or art gallery","Liquor primary licenced premises","Liquor sales, primary","Motel","Open air markets on vacant lots or parking areas, provided the property owners grant permission","Personal service establishment","Post office","Public parking lot","Restaurant","Retail establishment, minor and major","Small equipment motor sales and repairs within a building"],"quotes":[".1 assembly;",".2 automobile sales and repairs within a building;",".3 business service establishment;",".4 commercial amusement or recreation enterprise;",".5 commercial or professional business office;",".6 convenience store;",".7 craft brewery/distillery;",".8 daycare centre;",".9 dwelling unit;",".10 funeral parlour;",".11 hotel;",".12 institution, excluding storage, repair or manufacturing;",".13 library, museum or art gallery;",".14 liquor primary licenced premises",".15 liquor sales, primary;",".16 motel;",".17 open air markets on vacant lots or parking areas, provided the property owners grant",".18 personal service establishment;",".19 post office;",".20 public parking lot;",".21 restaurant;",".22 retail establishment, minor and major;",".23 small equipment motor sales and repairs within a building; and,"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory uses, buildings and structures"],"quotes":[".24 accessory uses, buildings and structures."]},"site_specific":{"value":["N1/2, Lot 6, Block 25, KAP55, DL 706, YDYD (255 Vermilion Avenue): Cannabis Retail Sales Establishment is also permitted"],"quotes":["in the case of lands described as N1/2, Lot 6, Block 25, KAP55, DL 706, YDYD (255","1. Cannabis Retail Sales Establishment"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1,700 m² (18,300 ft²) for motels and hotels; 200 m² (2,150 ft²) for all other uses","quotes":["motels and hotels 1,700 m2 (18,300 ft2)","all other uses 200 m2 (2,150 ft2)"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"7 m (23 ft)","quotes":["Minimum parcel frontage 7 m (23 ft)"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"100%","quotes":["Maximum parcel coverage 100%"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 3.0; 2 principal buildings per parcel","quotes":["Maximum floor area ratio 3.0","2 per parcel"]},"max_height":{"value":"10.5 m (34 ft)","quotes":["buildings 10.5 m (34 ft)"]},"setback_front":{"value":"0 m (0 ft), except as outlined in 'other regulations' (parking spaces must be at least 3 m (10 ft) from the front parcel line)","quotes":["front parcel line, except as outlined in 0 m (0 ft)","The minimum setback of parking spaces from the front parcel line is 3 m (10 ft)."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"0 m (0 ft) with lane; 6 m (20 ft) without lane or adjacent to Residential zones","quotes":["rear parcel line with lane 0 m (0 ft)","rear parcel line without lane or 6 m (20 ft)"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"0 m (0 ft)","quotes":["interior side parcel line 0 m (0 ft)"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"0 m (0 ft)","quotes":["exterior side parcel line 0 m (0 ft)"]},"other":{"value":["Dwellings must be at the rear of the building on the ground floor, or above the first storey","Dwellings must have separate entrances from the exterior and not share a common hallway with commercial uses","No mobile home or mobile building is permitted"],"quotes":["Dwellings shall be located at the rear of the building on the ground floor, or above","Residential dwellings shall have separate entrances from the exterior of the building","No mobile home or mobile building shall be permitted on any parcel in this zone."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw Number 880, 2013 (consolidated for convenience, including amending bylaws up to and including Bylaw No. 1032, 2022)","url":"https://princeton.civicweb.net/document/11311","accessed":"2026-11-08","note":"The consolidation has no legislative sanction; the original bylaw must be consulted for interpreting and applying the law. Later amending bylaws (for example 1039/2023 and 1040/2023 CD3 Culbertson Way, 1048/2024, 1049/2024 Business Park, 1051/2024, 1064/2025) are posted separately and are not in this consolidation, so zones created only by them (such as CD3) are not listed."},"source_url":"https://princeton.civicweb.net/document/11311#page=59","place":{"path":"ca/bc/princeton","name":"Princeton","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/princeton/zoning/c2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/princeton/zoning/c2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/princeton/zoning/c2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/princeton/zoning/index.json"}}