---
title: "MU-2 zone in Williams Lake: Commercial Mixed-use"
place: Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/williams-lake
zone: MU-2
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 2430, 2025 (December 2025)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/williams-lake/zoning/mu-2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/williams-lake/zoning/mu-2.json"
---

# MU-2 zone in Williams Lake: Commercial Mixed-use

A range of commercial and public facility uses with mixed residential, creating pedestrian oriented urban development in the downtown core.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** A range of commercial and public facility uses with mixed residential, creating pedestrian oriented urban development in the downtown core.
- **Main uses:** Retail Sales, Convenience; Retail Sales; Retail Sales, Beer and Wine; Personal Services; Food Establishment; Food Establishment, Licensed; Office Use; Recreation Facility; Entertainment; Hotel; Health Services, Minor; Retail Sales, Cannabis; Art and Culture; Community Care Facility; Dwelling Unit, Multi-plex; Dwelling Unit, Apartment; Childcare, Commercial; Civic; Drive-Through
- **Minimum lot area:** 270 m²
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 75%
- **Maximum density:** FAR 4.5
- **Maximum height:** 30 m (8 storeys)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 9 m (2 storeys)
- **Front setback:** 0 m
- **Rear setback:** 0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 0 m
- **Street side setback:** 0 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 0 m, side 0 m, rear 0 m
- **Other rules:** Minimum building width 9 m; Minimum building separation 3 m (accessory buildings 1.2 m); Cannabis retail is subject to Section 3.5 of the bylaw

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 2430, 2025 (December 2025), s. 4I](https://williamslake.civicweb.net/document/178601#page=41) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Williams Lake: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/williams-lake/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/williams-lake/zoning/mu-2/_