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title: "WUC2 zone in West Kelowna: Westbank Urban Centre – Commercial Core Zone"
place: West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/west-kelowna
zone: WUC2
bylaw: "Zoning Bylaw No. 0320, 2024 (consolidated to Bylaw 320.16, 2026; effective date of original April 22, 2025)"
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/west-kelowna/zoning/wuc2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/west-kelowna/zoning/wuc2.json"
---

# WUC2 zone in West Kelowna: Westbank Urban Centre – Commercial Core Zone

Support a higher-density urban core outside the Mixed-Use Corridor with a mix of uses providing a variety of services in the Westbank Urban Centre Commercial Core.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Support a higher-density urban core outside the Mixed-Use Corridor with a mix of uses providing a variety of services in the Westbank Urban Centre Commercial Core.
- **Main uses:** Agricultural market; Apartment; Alcohol production facility; Broadcasting studio; Cabaret, bar or lounge; Care facility, major in apartment form only; Child care, major (centre/facility); Commercial school; Community or assembly hall; Congregate housing; Education facility; Extended medical treatment facility; Entertainment facility, indoor; Food bank; Funeral establishment; High technology business; Hotel; Library, museum or art gallery; Live/work unit; Neighbourhood pub; Office; Parks and Open Space; Personal service establishment; Postal or courier service; Printing or publishing; Recreation services, indoor; Restaurant; Retail, convenience; Retail, general; Transportation station; Vehicular parking areas or structures
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory uses, buildings and structures; Home based business, minor
- **Minimum lot area:** 400 m2 (4,305.6 ft2)
- **Minimum lot width:** 7.5 m (24.6 ft) frontage
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 100% with consideration of public amenity space guidelines in the Official Community Plan
- **Maximum density:** Base 2.6 FAR; 5.1 FAR with density bonusing
- **Maximum height:** 56.0 m (183.7 ft) to a maximum of 15 storeys (with density bonusing); building podium 12.0 m (39.4 ft) to a maximum of 3 storeys
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5.0 m (16.4 ft)
- **Front setback:** 4.5 m (14.8 ft); 0.0 m on Elliott Road and Hoskins Road; 3.0 m (9.8 ft) on Main Street with vehicular access from a highway other than a Provincial Highway; 6.2 m (20.3 ft) for a garage, parkade door or gate with vehicle entry from the front
- **Rear setback:** 0.0 m (0.0 ft); 6.0 m (19.7 ft) when abutting Low Density Residential Land Use Designation in the Official Community Plan
- **Interior side setback:** 0.0 m (0.0 ft); 6.0 m (19.7 ft) when abutting Low Density Residential Land Use Designation in the Official Community Plan
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m (14.8 ft); 0.0 m on Elliot Road and Hoskins Road; 3.0 m (9.8 ft) on Main Street with vehicular access from a highway other than a Provincial Highway; 6.2 m (20.3 ft) for a garage, parkade door or gate with vehicle entry from the exterior side
- **Other rules:** Commercial or institutional uses are required along the entire ground floor frontage; residential or hotel uses only above the ground floor; Podium stepback: 3.0 m (9.8 ft) required above 3 storeys or 12.0 m (39.4 ft), whichever is less, for buildings of 5 storeys or greater; Towers (7 storeys or greater): 20.0 m (65.5 ft) to towers on adjacent site, 15.0 m (49.2 ft) between towers on the same site, 10.0 m (32.8 ft) to adjacent property line of potential future high rise site

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 0320, 2024 (consolidated to Bylaw 320.16, 2026; effective date of original April 22, 2025), s. 12.2](https://media-003-ca.cdn.govstack.com/westkelownacity-ca/media/ueqphuxz/b0320-zoning-bylaw-consolidated.pdf#page=135) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in West Kelowna: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/west-kelowna/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/west-kelowna/zoning/wuc2/_