C-2 Zoning in Oklahoma City — Setbacks, Height, and Use Rules

C-2 is Oklahoma City's general commercial district — the workhorse commercial zoning for shopping centers, strip retail, restaurants with drive-throughs, and larger service businesses. It is mapped along most major arterials in OKC including Memorial, Western, May, Northwest Expressway, and South Penn.

C-2 allows virtually all non-heavy-industrial commercial uses by right. Auto service (not body shops or salvage), quick-service restaurants with drive-throughs, grocery stores, larger retail anchors, and medical office buildings are all permitted without conditional review, provided site plan standards are met.

Site design in C-2 is about managing the interface between intense commercial activity and surrounding residential. Landscape buffers, lighting standards (no spillover onto residential), signage limits, and parking screening all matter.