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title: "P-2 zone in Revelstoke: Public Use – Institutional Zone"
place: Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/revelstoke
zone: P-2
bylaw: "Zoning Bylaw No. 2406, 2025 (consolidated copy including amendment bylaws 2416 to 2449; latest amendment adopted September 22, 2026)"
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/revelstoke/zoning/p-2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/revelstoke/zoning/p-2.json"
---

# P-2 zone in Revelstoke: Public Use – Institutional Zone

Areas and uses for health, social, educational and other services and amenities, generally provided by government or non-profit organizations.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Areas and uses for health, social, educational and other services and amenities, generally provided by government or non-profit organizations.
- **Main uses:** Community care facility; Dwelling, multi-unit; Dwelling, single-detached; Dwelling, two-unit; Educational facility; Emergency and protective services; Hospital; Information centre; Library; Office; Place of worship; Public assembly; Professional service establishment
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory building; Accessory use; Group home
- **Minimum lot area:** 1,000.0 sq. m
- **Minimum lot width:** 15.0 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50% (building)
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 1.2; one single-detached or two-unit dwelling per lot
- **Maximum height:** 12.0 m (10.0 m for single-detached and two-unit dwellings)
- **Front setback:** 3.0 m
- **Rear setback:** 3.0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 3.0 m
- **Other rules:** Community care facility: maximum two persons per sleeping unit; not allowed on a lot with a group home; Group home: only in a single-detached or two-unit dwelling; maximum ten persons, with at most six in care on the premises at any time

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 2406, 2025 (consolidated copy including amendment bylaws 2416 to 2449; latest amendment adopted September 22, 2026), s. 9.3](https://revelstoke.civicweb.net/document/193929#page=180) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Revelstoke: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/revelstoke/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/revelstoke/zoning/p-2/_