{"title":"C-2 zone in Quesnel: West Quesnel Business District Commercial","code":"C-2","slug":"c-2","name":"West Quesnel Business District Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"20","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Development of community commercial centres in the Downtown and West Quesnel area.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Development of community commercial centres in the Downtown and West Quesnel area.","quotes":["The purpose is to provide a zone for the development of community commercial centres in the","Downtown and West Quesnel area."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Animal clinic","Apartment dwelling, subject to Section 21.4","Art gallery or art studio","Assembly","Automotive sales/rentals","Cannabis retail sales","Community care facility","Civic use","Eating and drinking establishments","Financial institutions","Fleet services","Funeral parlour","Gas bars","Group day care","Group home dwelling","Health services","Hotels","Liquor retail store","Mini-storage facility","Motels","Office","Personal care","Personal service establishments","Recycled materials drop-off centres","Recreation and entertainment facility","Retail stores","Townhouse dwelling","Microbrewery or microdistillery","Craft production"],"quotes":["animal clinic","apartment dwelling, subject to Section 21.4","art gallery or art studio","assembly","automotive sales/rentals","cannabis retail sales","community care facility","civic use","eating and drinking establishments","financial institutions","fleet services","funeral parlour","gas bars","group day care","group home dwelling","health services","hotels","liquor retail store","mini-storage facility","motels","office","personal care","personal service establishments","recycled materials drop-off centres","recreation and entertainment facility","retail stores","townhouse dwelling","microbrewery or microdistillery","craft production"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory buildings or structures","Minor home based business","Product assembly"],"quotes":["accessory buildings or structures","minor home based business","product assembly"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Lot A District Lot 704 Cariboo District Plan PGP39604 (605 Doherty Drive) only: dwelling units may be on the ground floor of the building in which the commercial activity takes place.","LOT F DISTRICT LOT 704 CARIBOO DISTRICT PLAN 5008: apartment is permitted as a principal use, with a maximum of 17 dwelling units."],"quotes":["as Lot A District Lot 704 Cariboo District Plan PGP39604 (605 Doherty Drive),","may dwelling units be located on the ground floor of the building in which the","commercial activity is taking place.","The use of apartment is permitted as a principal use on LOT F DISTRICT LOT","704 CARIBOO DISTRICT PLAN 5008 with a maximum unit number of 17","dwelling units."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"232 m² (2,497 sq. ft.)","quotes":["232 m2 (2,497 sq. ft.)","Minimum lot size"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"7.5 m (25 ft)","quotes":["7.5 m (25 ft)","Minimum lot frontage"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"100%, including buildings, driveways and parking areas","quotes":["100% including buildings, driveways","and parking areas","Maximum lot coverage"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 1.0; an additional 0.3 is permitted for residential use, for a total FAR of 1.3","quotes":["Maximum density","1.0","Aan additional floor area ratio of 0.3 is","permitted for residential use for a total","FAR of 1.3"]},"max_height":{"value":"12 m (39 ft) or 3 storeys","quotes":["12 m (39 ft) or 3 storeys for a"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m (15 ft)","quotes":["4.5 m (15 ft) for accessory building"]},"setback_front":{"value":"0.0 m","quotes":["(a) front lot line 0.0 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"0.0 m with a lane; 3.0 m (10 ft) without a lane","quotes":["(d) rear lot line with a lane 0.0 m","(e) rear lot line without a lane 3.0 m (10 ft)"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"0.0 m","quotes":["(b) interior side lot line 0.0 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"0.0 m","quotes":["(c) exterior side lot line 0.0 m"]},"other":{"value":["An apartment dwelling is permitted only if the dwelling units are above the ground floor of the building where the commercial activity takes place and have a separate ground level entrance."],"quotes":["An apartment dwelling shall be permitted only if:","(a) the dwelling units are located above the ground floor of the building in","(b) the dwelling units are provided with a ground level entrance separate"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 1980","url":"https://quesnel.civicweb.net/document/164372/","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City's Zoning & Land Use page also links an excerpted zoning map PDF (Schedule B). The Schedule B pages inside this PDF are headed \"Zoning Bylaw No. XXXX of 2025\". Table 6.1 of the bylaw omits zone C-4A, but section 25 of the bylaw establishes it."},"source_url":"https://quesnel.civicweb.net/document/164372/#page=92","place":{"path":"ca/bc/quesnel","name":"Quesnel","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/c-2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/c-2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/c-2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/index.json"}}