{"title":"C-2 zone in Smithers: Service Commercial","code":"C-2","slug":"c-2","name":"Service Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"5.3","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"To accommodate a wide variety of auto-oriented commercial services.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"To accommodate a wide variety of auto-oriented commercial services.","quotes":["The purpose of the C-2 zone is to accommodate a wide variety of commercial services which","are auto-oriented."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Automobile, motorcycle, snowmobile, boat, manufactured home, and recreational trailer and vehicle sales and rentals, repair shops, and auto body shops","Vehicle washing establishment","Document and parcel delivery depot","Sales of fresh fruits, vegetables, and seafood in open air market","Sales and service of tires, mufflers, brakes and automotive transmissions,","Plant nursery and sale of farm and garden supplies","Passenger transport depot","Sales, service, repair and rental of tools and appliances when fully enclosed within","Auctions other than of livestock when fully enclosed within a building","Laundromat, laundry, and dry cleaning serving commercial, industrial, and","Warehouses","Wholesale sales","Building materials supply and sales","Trucking and freight depot","Soil and rock sample preparation facility","Microbrewery"],"quotes":["automobile, motorcycle, snowmobile, boat, manufactured home, and recreational","vehicle washing establishment","document and parcel delivery depot","sales of fresh fruits, vegetables, and seafood in open air market","sales and service of tires, mufflers, brakes and automotive transmissions,","plant nursery and sale of farm and garden supplies","passenger transport depot","sales, service, repair and rental of tools and appliances when fully enclosed within","auctions other than of livestock when fully enclosed within a building","Laundromat, laundry, and dry cleaning serving commercial, industrial, and","warehouses","wholesale sales","building materials supply and sales","trucking and freight depot","soil and rock sample preparation facility","microbrewery"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Office use","Residential use (front part of ground floor used only for permitted principal uses)","Fuel pumps auxiliary to","Auction use of goods sold in respect of the principal use","Commercial bathrooms and showers","Retail sales of goods not otherwise permitted (limited to 4 days per parcel per calendar year)","Minor group home (front part of ground floor used only for permitted principal uses)"],"quotes":["office use","residential use, provided that the portion of the ground floor","fuel pumps auxiliary to","auction use of goods sold in respect of the principal use","commercial bathrooms and showers","retail sales of goods not otherwise permitted as a principal use","minor group home, provided that the portion of the ground floor"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1,050 m²","quotes":["Parcel Area 1,050 m2 minimum"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"25 metres","quotes":["Parcel Width 25 metres minimum"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50% for all buildings and structures","quotes":["Parcel Coverage 50% maximum for all buildings and structures"]},"max_height":{"value":"3 storeys or 12 metres, whichever is less","quotes":["Height 3 storeys or 12 metres maximum, whichever is less"]},"setback_front":{"value":"3 metres","quotes":["front yard 3 metres minimum"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.5 metres","quotes":["exterior 3.5 metres minimum"]},"other":{"value":["Ground-floor dwelling limited to one unit, at the rear of the principal building","All storage areas must be in the rear or side yards","Every business must be in a completely enclosed building, except parking and loading, screened storage yards, and outdoor display, rental or sales areas"],"quotes":["shall be is limited to one","All storage areas shall be located in the rear or side yard areas of a parcel.","Every business and undertaking shall be conducted within a completely enclosed","(c) outdoor display, rental, or sales areas"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 1987 (adopted June 17, 2025)","url":"https://www.smithers.ca/sites/default/files/2025-06/Town%20of%20Smithers%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%201987_Deepa%20Chandran.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The Town posts the bylaw as adopted on 17 June 2025; no later amendments are folded into this PDF. Schedule A (the zoning map) is a separate PDF."},"source_url":"https://www.smithers.ca/sites/default/files/2025-06/Town%20of%20Smithers%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%201987_Deepa%20Chandran.pdf#page=55","place":{"path":"ca/bc/smithers","name":"Smithers","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/c-2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/c-2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/c-2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/index.json"}}