P2: Administration, Public Service and Assembly

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

No house: congregate housing (sleeping units with shared living space, meals, laundry and cleaning), a major group home and temporary shelters are listed, and one residential security operator unit (a home for a caretaker, operator or staff on the site) as a secondary use, at most one a site (s. 18.2; definitions in s. 3.3)

Main uses

Assembly, care centres, community recreation, congregate housing, emergency and protective services, extended medical treatment, government services, a major group home, health services, indoor recreation, private and public education, public libraries and cultural exhibits, a recycling drop-off, religious assemblies, temporary shelters; restaurants, a minor pub, public parks, a residential security operator unit, general retail and minor utility services as secondary uses (s. 18.2)

Smallest lot for a subdivision

700 m², 18.0 m wide, 30.0 m deep (s. 18.2)

Lot coverage

50% for buildings, 75% with parking and roads; floor area ratio 2.0 (s. 18.2)

Height limit

13.5 m or 3 storeys (s. 18.2)

Setbacks

Front 6.0 m, sides 3.0 m (6.0 m to a flanking street), rear 7.5 m (s. 18.2)

The zone is for administrative, institutional, public service and assembly uses (s. 18.2): schools, churches, halls, care homes and government buildings (our reading). Ask the District what a lot here may be used for before you buy.

Accessory buildings for maintenance or storage need a level 3 landscape buffer, and nothing may be stored outdoors (s. 18.2).

The zone's other rules allow a cemetery and a crematorium together or apart, though neither is on its list of uses (s. 18.2): whether they are allowed is unclear, so ask the District.

Short term vacation rental isn't a listed use in P2 (s. 10.15 applies only where a zone lists it).

Sections 7 (general development rules), 8 (landscaping and fencing), 9 (parking), 10 (specific uses) and 11 (signs) also apply.

Site-specific exceptions listed in the bylaw by legal description can add or change uses for one property, and development permit areas, the ALR and building rules apply on top. Confirm with the District of Lake Country's community services department before you buy or build.

Source: Section 18.2 of District of Lake Country Zoning Bylaw 561, 2007 (summarised in our words, checked 2026-10-06); zone map: Open Government Licence – District of Lake Country.