{"title":"O2 zone in Surrey: City Centre Office Employment Zone","code":"O2","slug":"o2","name":"City Centre Office Employment Zone","group":"Commercial","section":"Part 50A","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"High-density mid-rise to high-rise office, institutional or employment buildings with optional lower level commercial, inside City Centre, developed under a comprehensive design.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"High-density mid-rise to high-rise office, institutional or employment buildings with optional lower level commercial, inside City Centre, developed under a comprehensive design.","quotes":["This Zone is intended to accommodate and regulate the development of high-density mid-rise to","high-rise office, institutional, or employment buildings with optional lower level commercial,"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Office uses (excluding social escort services)","Hospitals","Private surgical centres and associated diagnostic and imaging services, and recovery facilities with overnight stays","Care facilities","Universities","Colleges and Institutes","Private Schools"],"note":"Applies to land located inside City Centre and must be part of a comprehensive design.","quotes":["1. Office uses excluding social escort services.","2. Hospitals under the Hospital Act.","3. Private surgical centres and associated diagnostic and imaging services, and recovery","4. Care facilities.","5. Universities under the University Act.","6. Colleges and Institutes under the College and Institute Act.","7. Private Schools."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Student housing managed by a University or a Colleges and Institute","Retail stores (excluding adult entertainment stores, secondhand stores and pawnshops)","General service uses (no drive-through banks)","Personal service uses (no body rub parlours)","Eating establishments (no drive-through restaurants)","Neighbourhood pubs","Liquor stores","Community services","Child care centres","Tourist Accommodation"],"quotes":["8. Student housing managed by a University or a Colleges and Institute.","9. Retail stores excluding adult entertainment stores and secondhand stores and","10. General service uses excluding drive-through banks.","11. Personal service uses excluding body rub parlours.","12. Eating establishments excluding drive-through restaurants.","13. Neighbourhood pubs.","14. Liquor stores.","15. Community services.","16. Child care centres subject to Section J.1.","17. Tourist Accommodation."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"2,000 m²","quotes":["Lot Area 2,000 sq. m"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"36 m","quotes":["Lot Width 36 m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"100%","quotes":["1. The maximum lot coverage for all buildings and structures is 100%."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 7.5 (up to 10 with bonus density if Schedule G conditions are met)","quotes":["The permitted floor area ratio is 7.5.","The floor area ratio in Section D.1 may be increased by 2.5, up to a maximum of 10 if the"]},"max_height":{"value":"Not applicable (no height limit stated)","quotes":["Not applicable to this Zone."]},"setback_front":{"value":"4.5 m from all lot lines","quotes":["1. All buildings and structures must be sited not less than 4.5 m from all lot lines."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"4.5 m from all lot lines","quotes":["1. All buildings and structures must be sited not less than 4.5 m from all lot lines."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"4.5 m from all lot lines","quotes":["1. All buildings and structures must be sited not less than 4.5 m from all lot lines."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m from all lot lines","quotes":["1. All buildings and structures must be sited not less than 4.5 m from all lot lines."]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"4.5 m from all lot lines (all buildings and structures)","quotes":["1. All buildings and structures must be sited not less than 4.5 m from all lot lines."]},"other":{"value":["Interior lot line setbacks for lots created by an air space subdivision may be 0.0 m","Child care centres limited to a total area of 3.0 m² per dwelling unit"],"quotes":["buildings and structures for interior lot lines for lots created by an air space subdivision","(c) Do not exceed a total area of 3.0 sq. m per dwelling unit.","may be 0.0 m."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000 (consolidation includes amendments up to By-law 22120, adopted 09/21/2026)","url":"https://www.surrey.ca/sites/default/files/bylaws/BYL_Zoning_12000.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"Each Comprehensive Development (CD) zone is a separate site-specific by-law attached to Part 52 (listed on the Surrey map by lot as \"CD\" with its by-law number); those by-laws are not written out in this PDF."},"source_url":"https://www.surrey.ca/sites/default/files/bylaws/BYL_Zoning_12000.pdf#page=347","place":{"path":"ca/bc/surrey","name":"Surrey","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/o2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/o2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/o2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/index.json"}}