---
title: "CB2 zone in Summerland: Shopping Centre Zone"
place: Summerland, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/summerland
zone: CB2
bylaw: "Zoning Bylaw 2000-450 (Schedule \"A\" to Bylaw 2000-450, adopted September 12, 2011; consolidated copy: file named consolidated to March 3, 2026, cover text says Consolidated Up to March 3, 2025)"
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/summerland/zoning/cb2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/summerland/zoning/cb2.json"
---

# CB2 zone in Summerland: Shopping Centre Zone

Retail, business, entertainment and personal service uses in a shopping centre; lands must be designated Downtown Commercial.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Retail, business, entertainment and personal service uses in a shopping centre; lands must be designated Downtown Commercial.
- **Main uses:** Amusement Establishment; Animal Shelter, Minor; Business support services; Education Services; Club; Convenience Store; Apartment Housing; Eating & Drinking Establishment; Financial Services; Gas Bar; Health Services; Office; Personal Service Establishment; Protective & Emergency Services; Recreational Services, Indoor; Retail Store, General; Theatre; Veterinary Clinic; Retail Store, Licensed Cannabis
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Buildings & Structures; Recycle Drop-Off Centre; Recreational Services, Outdoor
- **Minimum lot area:** 1,300 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 25.0 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 35 percent
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 0.7
- **Maximum height:** The lesser of 9.5 m or 2 storeys
- **Front setback:** 6.0 m
- **Rear setback:** 3.5 m (6.0 m where the lot abuts an urban residential zoned lot)
- **Interior side setback:** 3.5 m (3.0 m where the lot abuts an urban residential zoned lot)
- **Street side setback:** 2.4 m
- **Other rules:** Minimum lot depth is 40.0 m; Apartments need a separate at-grade entrance (no wider than 5.0 m where it fronts a public street); Apartments may take no more than 40 percent of the first storey floor area and may not face Highway #97 or Prairie Valley Road

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw 2000-450 (Schedule "A" to Bylaw 2000-450, adopted September 12, 2011; consolidated copy: file named consolidated to March 3, 2026, cover text says Consolidated Up to March 3, 2025), s. 11.6](https://www.summerland.ca/docs/default-source/your-city-hall/bylaws---policies/district-bylaws/schedule-'a'---consolidated-to-march-3-2026e705a85cf68d6e33909cff00007e7f94.pdf?sfvrsn=ee88c6fb_0#page=110) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Summerland: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/summerland/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/summerland/zoning/cb2/_