---
title: "C2 zone in Princeton: Central Business"
place: Princeton, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/princeton
zone: C2
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/c2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/princeton/zoning/c2.json"
---

# C2 zone in Princeton: Central Business

Serve as the town centre of Princeton, providing a location for restaurants, offices, retail, entertainment, government, cultural, residential and other uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Serve as the town centre of Princeton, providing a location for restaurants, offices, retail, entertainment, government, cultural, residential and other uses.
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory uses, buildings and structures
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** N1/2, Lot 6, Block 25, KAP55, DL 706, YDYD (255 Vermilion Avenue): Cannabis Retail Sales Establishment is also permitted
- **Minimum lot area:** 1,700 m² (18,300 ft²) for motels and hotels; 200 m² (2,150 ft²) for all other uses
- **Minimum lot width:** 7 m (23 ft)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 100%
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 3.0; 2 principal buildings per parcel
- **Maximum height:** 10.5 m (34 ft)
- **Front setback:** 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)
- **Rear setback:** 0 m (0 ft) with lane; 6 m (20 ft) without lane or adjacent to Residential zones
- **Interior side setback:** 0 m (0 ft)
- **Street side setback:** 0 m (0 ft)
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw Number 880, 2013 (consolidated for convenience, including amending bylaws up to and including Bylaw No. 1032, 2022), s. 18](https://princeton.civicweb.net/document/11311#page=59) (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/c2/_