---
title: "C2 zone in Telkwa: Service Commercial"
place: Telkwa, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/telkwa
zone: C2
bylaw: Village of Telkwa Zoning Bylaw No. 747, 2022 (adopted March 22, 2022)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/telkwa/zoning/c2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/telkwa/zoning/c2.json"
---

# C2 zone in Telkwa: Service Commercial

A range of commercial, institutional and residential uses along Highway 16 that support the local and regional economy.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** A range of commercial, institutional and residential uses along Highway 16 that support the local and regional economy.
- **Main uses:** Agricultural Feed Store; Apartment; Art Gallery; Body Repair Shop; Campground; Cannabis Retail; Community Care Facility; Convenience Retail Store; Day Care; Dwelling, Duplex; Dwelling, Fourplex; Dwelling, Rowhouse; Dwelling, Single Detached; Dwelling, Triplex; Emergency Services; Farmer’s Market; Financial Services; Food Processing; Heavy Equipment Repair and Sales; Hotel; Industrial, Light; Institutional; Kennel; Licensed Establishment; Light Equipment Repair and Sales; Manufactured Home Dealer; Mini Storage; Motel; Motor Vehicle Dealer; Motor Vehicle Rentals; Motor Vehicle Repair; Motor Vehicle Wash; Office; Personal Service; Recreational Vehicle Storage; Recreation, Community; Restaurant; Retail Store; Service Station; Transportation Terminal; Veterinary Clinic; Visitor Information Centre; Artist Live-Work Studio
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Buildings and Structures; Accessory Dwelling Unit; Bed and Breakfast; Beekeeping; Day Care; Hen Keeping; Home Business; Home Industry; Short-Term Rental Accommodation; Suite, Attached; Suite, Detached
- **Minimum lot area:** 280 m² (non-residential); 2000 m² (hotels and motels); 400 m² (single detached, duplex); 150 m² per unit (row house); 1000 m² (tri-plex/four-plex, apartment); 2 ha when not connected to community water and wastewater
- **Minimum lot width:** 20.0 m (non-residential, single detached, duplex); 50.0 m (row house, tri-plex/four-plex, apartment)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50% (non-residential, single detached, duplex); 60% (row house, tri-plex/four-plex, apartment)
- **Maximum density:** Single detached: 1 principal dwelling unit per parcel; duplex: 2 per parcel; row house and tri-plex/four-plex: 40 dwelling units per hectare; apartment: 60 dwelling units per hectare; other: 1 principal building per parcel
- **Maximum height:** 10.0 m
- **Front setback:** 3.0 m (non-residential); 5.0 m (single detached, duplex, row house); 7.5 m (tri-plex/four-plex, apartment)
- **Rear setback:** 3.0 m (non-residential); 5.0 m (single detached, duplex, row house); 7.5 m (tri-plex/four-plex, apartment)
- **Interior side setback:** 2.0 m (non-residential, row house, tri-plex/four-plex, apartment); 1.5 m (single detached, duplex)
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 m
- **Other rules:** Where a side-by-side duplex, triplex or rowhouse is split into separate parcels, the interior side setback does not apply at shared walls; parcel width 10 m per unit (duplex) or 7.5 m (triplex, rowhouse)

## Source

- [Village of Telkwa Zoning Bylaw No. 747, 2022 (adopted March 22, 2022), s. 9](https://www.telkwa.ca/_files/ugd/a93d86_9bedd68db9be4179adca3b8b55fb8789.pdf#page=47) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Telkwa: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/telkwa/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/telkwa/zoning/c2/_