TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL 
ZONING BYLAW NO. 900, 2014 
AMENDMENT BYLAWS 
 
Bylaw #  
Description  
 
907 
 
Section 13.1.1- Principal Uses – Daycare, Large – adopted October 2014 
 
 
Section 13.1.2– Conditions of Use – Daycare, Large – adopted October 2014 
912 
 
Section 13.18.213.19.2– Principal Use – Residential, Duplex – adopted February 2015 
913 
 
Schedule 2 – CD-9CS Zone – adopted February 2015 
918 
 
Schedule A – CD-21 Zone – adopted June 2015 
 
 
Section 13.21– CD-21 Zone table – adopted June 2015 
 
 
Schedule B – CD-21 Zone – adopted June 2015 
925 
 
Schedule A – RM-3 Zone – adopted June 2015 
927 
 
Schedule B – R-1B Zone – adopted June 2015  
928 
Section 13.10.5– CD-9D – Lakeside Village Mixed Commercial Zone – adopted July 
2015 
 
 
Schedule B – CD-9D Zone – adopted July 2015 
929 
 
Section 11.4.4 – Density – adopted September 2015 
 
 
Section 11.4.5 – Siting of Buildings and Structures – adopted September 2015 
932 
 
Section 13.20– CD-20 Zone – adopted November 2015 
934 
 
Schedule B – A-1, CD-16 and P-3 Zone – adopted November 2015 
936 
 
Definition – Drug Paraphernalia – adopted November 2015 
944 
 
Definition – Manufactured Homes – adopted June 2016 
 
 
Definition – Floor Area – adopted June 2016 
Sections 3.3.2.i, 3.3.2.k, 3.4.1, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.8.2, 4.2.1, 4.2.3.a, 4.2.4.a, 4.2.5.a, 4.2.4.g, 
4.2.5.h, 4.8.11, 4.8.12, 5.5.1, 5.5.5, 5.8, 11.1.1, 11.5.1, 11.5.5, 11.19.1,  – adopted June 
2016 
Schedule B – P-5 Zone – adopted June 2016 
962 
 
Section 12.20.1 – Comprehensive Development – Eagle Creek – adopted July 2017 
964 
 
Schedule B – R-1 Zone – adopted July 2017 
973 
 
Schedule B – RT-1 Zone – adopted July 2017 
974 
 
Schedule B – RM-3 Zone – adopted July 2017 
976 
 
Section 12.22 – Comprehensive Development – Christie Point Residential – adopted 08/17 
 
 
Schedule B – CD-22 Zone – adopted August 2017 
979 
 
Section 12.23 – Comprehensive Development (Thetis Lake) 
 
 
Schedule B – CD-23 Zone – adopted October 2017 
983 
 
Schedule A – C-8 Zone – adopted April 2021 
993 
 
Section 3.3.2.k – adopted July 2018 
997 
 
Schedule B – CD-16 Zone – adopted July 2018 
1000 
 
Definition – Commercial Kitchen – adopted July 2018 
 
 
Definition – Craft and Artisan Trades – adopted July 2018 
 
 
Definition – Market Garden – adopted July 2018 
 
 
Definition – Therapeutic Recovery Community – adopted July 2018 
 
 
Sections 11.4.1, 11.4.2, 4.4.2, 3.8.3 – adopted July 2018 
 
 
Table 5.2 – adopted July 2018 
1001 
 
Section 12.6.1 – adopted July 2018 
1002 
 
Schedule B – RM-3 Zone – adopted July 2018 
1004 
 
Schedule B – A-1 Zone – adopted September 2018 
1005 
 
Definition – Liveaboard Vessel – adopted July 2018 
 
 
Section 3.3.2.d – adopted July 2018 
 
 
Section 3.3.2.l and 3.3.2.m – adopted July 2018 
1013 
 
Section 11.9 – adopted March 2019 
 
 
Schedule B – P-9 Zone – adopted March 2019  

 
 
 
 
 
 
1034 
 
Definition – Cannabis – adopted February 2020 
 
 
Definition – Cannabis Plant – adopted February 2020 
 
 
Definition – Cannabis Retail Store – adopted February 2020 
 
 
Definition – Retail Store – adopted February 2020 
 
 
Definition – Cannabis Production Facility – adopted February 2020 
 
 
Section 3.3.2.k – adopted February 2020 
 
 
Section 4.8.6.c – adopted February 2020 
 
 
Section 10.1.1.g – adopted February 2020 
  
1041 
 
Section 12.1.1.c – adopted April 2020 
 
 
Section 12.1.2.c – adopted April 2020 
 
 
Section 12.1.2.f – adopted April 2020 
1033 
 
Schedule B – adopted May 2020 
1050 
 
Schedule B – adopted July 2020 
 
 
CD-24: Burnside Helmcken Residential zone – adopted July 2020 
1053 
 
Schedule B – adopted July 2020 
1057 
 
Section 1 – adopted November 2020 
 
 
Section 2.2 – adopted November 2020 
 
 
Section 3.3.2 – adopted November 2020 
 
 
Section 3.9.2 – adopted November 2020 
 
 
Section 3.10.7 – adopted November 2020 
 
 
Section 5.14 – adopted November 2020 
 
 
Section 6.0 – adopted November 2020  
 
 
Section 9.1.1 – adopted November 2020 
 
 
Section 9.6.1 – adopted November 2020 
 
 
Section 4.2.5 – adopted November 2020 
 
 
Sections 7.1.3, 7.2.3, 7.3.3, 7.4.3, 7.5.3 and 12.21.3 – adopted November 2020 
1059 
 
CD-25: Erskine Lane Residential zone – adopted January 2021 
 
 
Schedule B – adopted January 2021 
 
1061 
 
Section 2.2 – adopted April 2021 
 
 
Section 12.26 – adopted April 2021 
1062 
 
Definition – Energized Electric Bicycle (EB) Outlet – adopted February 2021 
 
 
Definition – Energized Electric Bicycle (EB) Space – adopted February 2021 
 
 
Definition – Energized Electric Vehicle (EV) Outlet – adopted February 2021 
 
 
Definition – Energized Electric Vehicle (EV) Space – adopted February 2021 
 
 
Section 5.13 – adopted February 2021  
1083 
 
Section 13.27 – adopted April 2022 
1093 
 
Section13.12 – adopted July 2022 
1101 
 
Section 13.28 – adopted June 2022 
 
 
Schedule B – adopted June 2022 
1105 
 
Definition – Dwelling Unit – adopted November 2022 
 
 
Definition – Home Occupation – adopted November 2022 
 
 
Definition – Transient Accommodation – adopted November 2022 
 
 
Section 3.3.2.e – adopted November 2022 
 
 
Section 4.2.1.m – adopted November 2022 
1117 
 
Section 13.1.1 – adopted June 2023 
1124 
 
Section 4.1.4 – adopted November 2023 
 
 
Section 4.1.7 – adopted November 2023 
1130  
 
CD-29: Comprehensive Development (Eltham Road Townhouses) – adopted October 2024 
 
 
Schedule B – adopted October 2024 
 
 
Schedule 1 – adopted October 2024 
1134 
 
Schedule C – adopted May 2024 
1128 
 
Schedule B – adopted June 2024 
1131  
CD-30: Comprehensive Development (Helmcken and Camden Townhouse) – adopted 
April 2025 
 
Schedule B – adopted April 2025 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
1135 
 
Small-Scale, Multi-Unit Housing – adopted June 2024 
1143 
 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage heading – adopted July 2024 
1161 
 
Section 6.8 (delete) – adopted December 2025 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL 
 
BYLAW NO.  900 
 
Consolidated for Convenience to December 2025 
 
Amendment Bylaws No. 907, 912, 913, 918, 925, 927, 928, 929, 932, 934,  936,  944, 962, 964, 973, 974, 976, 979, 
983, 993, 997, 1000, 1001, 1002, 1004, 1005, 1013, 1033, 1034, 1041, 1057, 1059, 1061, 1062, 1083, 1093, 1101, 1105 
1117, 1124, 1128, 1131, 1134, 1135, 1143, and 1161 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A BYLAW TO ESTABLISH ZONING, OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING, AND SCREENING 
AND LANDSCAPING REGULATIONS FOR THE TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Council of the Town of View Royal, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows: 
1. 
This Bylaw may be cited as "Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 2014”. 
 
2. 
The following text and map schedules are attached to, form an integral part of, and are hereby 
adopted as the Town of View Royal Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 2014: 
 
a. Schedule A – Zoning Text for the Town of View Royal; 
b. Schedule B – Zoning Map for the Town of View Royal. 
c. Schedule C – Transit-Oriented Area (TOA) Designation 
d. Schedule D – Garden Suite Regulations 
e. Schedule E – Small-Scale, Multi-Unit Housing Regulations 
 
3. 
This Bylaw comes into force and effect upon its adoption. 
 
 
READ A FIRST TIME THIS 15th DAY OF JULY, 2014. 
 
READ A SECOND TIME THIS 15th DAY OF JULY , 2014. 
 
APPROVED BY THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE THIS 16th DAY OF 
SEPTEMBER, 2014 
 
PUBLIC HEARING HELD THIS 16th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2014. 
 
READ A THIRD TIME THIS 16th  DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2014. 
 
 
ADOPTED BY COUNCIL, SIGNED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CLERK AND SEALED WITH THE SEAL 
OF THE TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL THIS 16th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2014. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MAYOR 
 
 
 
 
 
CLERK 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
1.0 
APPLICATION AND ADMINISTRATION .......................................................................................................... 1 
1.1. 
APPLICATION OF THIS BYLAW .................................................................................................................... 1 
1.2. 
SEVERABILITY ............................................................................................................................................. 1 
1.3. 
INSPECTION ................................................................................................................................................ 1 
1.4. 
VIOLATION ................................................................................................................................................. 1 
1.5. 
PENALTIES .................................................................................................................................................. 1 
1.6. 
ZONING DESIGNATION ............................................................................................................................... 1 
1.7. 
EXTENT ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 
2.0 
DEFINITIONS .................................................................................................................................................... 4 
2.1. 
UNITS OF MEASURE ................................................................................................................................... 4 
2.2. 
DEFINITION ................................................................................................................................................ 4 
3.0 
GENERAL COMPLIANCE, PROHIBITIONS AND REGULATIONS ............................................................... 21 
3.1. 
GENERAL COMPLIANCE ............................................................................................................................ 21 
3.2. 
GENERAL PROHIBITIONS .......................................................................................................................... 21 
3.3. 
PERMITTED AND PROHIBITED USES AND STRUCTURES ........................................................................... 21 
3.4. 
DENSITY REGULATIONS ............................................................................................................................ 23 
3.5. 
SETBACKS AND SITING .............................................................................................................................. 24 
3.6. 
SIGHT LINE TRIANGLE ............................................................................................................................... 24 
3.7. 
PROJECTIONS INTO REQUIRED SETBACKS ................................................................................................ 25 
3.8 
SPECIAL SETBACKS.................................................................................................................................... 26 
3.9 
HEIGHT AND WIDTH OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES ................................................................ 26 
3.10 
SUBDIVISION OF LOTS .............................................................................................................................. 27 
4 
SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS FOR CERTAIN USES OR CIRCUMSTANCES ...................................... 29 
4.1 
SECONDARY SUITES .................................................................................................................................. 29 
4.2 
HOME OCCUPATION ................................................................................................................................ 29 
4.3 
BED AND BREAKFAST................................................................................................................................ 32 
4.4 
THE KEEPING OF CHICKENS AND BEES ...................................................................................................... 32 
4.5 
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT.......................................................................................................................... 33 
4.6 
ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES .................................................................................. 33 
4.7 
STORAGE .................................................................................................................................................. 34 
4.8 
FENCES AND RETAINING WALLS ............................................................................................................... 34 
4.9 
DRUG PARAPHERNALIA SALES ................................................................................................................. 36 
4.10 
LICENSED RETAIL STORE ........................................................................................................................... 36 
5 
PARKING AND LOADING .............................................................................................................................. 37 
5.1 
GENERAL PARKING REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................................................ 37 
5.2 
LOCATION AND DESIGN ........................................................................................................................... 37 
5.3 
SITING ...................................................................................................................................................... 37 
5.4 
NUMBER OF SPACES ON LOTS WITH MIXED USES .................................................................................... 38 
5.5 
SIZE ........................................................................................................................................................... 38 
5.6 
ACCESS ..................................................................................................................................................... 39 
5.7 
MANOEUVRING AISLES ............................................................................................................................ 39 
5.8 
SECONDARY SUITE AND GARDEN SUITE PARKING FACILITIES .................................................................. 39 
5.9 
PAYMENT IN LIEU OF PARKING ................................................................................................................ 40 
5.10 
PARKING AND LOADING SCHEDULE ......................................................................................................... 40 
5.11 
BICYCLE PARKING ..................................................................................................................................... 44 
5.12 
MOBILITY SCOOTER PARKING .................................................................................................................. 45 

 
 
 
 
 
 
5.13 
ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS ....................................... 46 
5.14 
ACCESSIBLE PARKING REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................... 46 
6 
SCREENING .................................................................................................................................................... 47 
7 
RURAL / AGRICULTURAL ZONES ................................................................................................................ 50 
7.1 
A–1: RURAL ................................................................................................................................................ 50 
7.2 
A–2: PIKE LAKE RURAL RESIDENTIAL ................................................................................................................ 52 
7.3 
A–3: RURAL RESIDENTIAL .............................................................................................................................. 54 
8 
DETACHED RESIDENTIAL ZONES ............................................................................................................... 57 
8.1 
R–1: DETACHED RESIDENTIAL (LARGE LOT) ....................................................................................................... 57 
8.2 
R-1A: DETACHED RESIDENTIAL........................................................................................................................ 59 
8.3 
R-1B: DETACHED RESIDENTIAL (MEDIUM LOT) .................................................................................................. 61 
8.4 
R-1C: DETACHED RESIDENTIAL (SMALL LOT) ..................................................................................................... 63 
8.5 
R-2: DUPLEX RESIDENTIAL .............................................................................................................................. 65 
9 
MULTIPLE UNIT RESIDENTIAL ZONES ........................................................................................................ 67 
9.1 
RT-1: ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL ........................................................................................................................ 67 
9.2 
RM-1: GROUND-ORIENTED MULTIPLE-UNIT RESIDENTIAL ................................................................................... 69 
9.3 
RM-2: APARTMENT RESIDENTIAL .................................................................................................................... 71 
9.4 
RM-3 ZONE: MIXED RESIDENTIAL ................................................................................................................... 73 
10 
COMMERCIAL ZONES ................................................................................................................................... 75 
10.1 
C-1: COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL ..................................................................................................................... 75 
10.2 
C-3: SERVICE COMMERCIAL ............................................................................................................................ 77 
10.3 
C-4: NEIGHBOURHOOD COMMERCIAL .............................................................................................................. 79 
10.4 
C-5: TOURIST COMMERCIAL (HOTEL) ............................................................................................................... 81 
10.5 
C-6: TOURIST COMMERCIAL (CAMPGROUND) .................................................................................................... 83 
10.6 
C-7: BUSINESS PARK COMMERCIAL .................................................................................................................. 85 
10.7 
C-7A:  BUSINESS PARK COMMERCIAL (AUTOMOTIVE) ......................................................................................... 87 
10.8 
C-8: BREW PUB COMMERCIAL ........................................................................................................................ 89 
11 
INDUSTRIAL ZONES ...................................................................................................................................... 91 
11.1 
I-1: LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ................................................................................................................................... 91 
12 
INSTITUTIONAL ZONES ................................................................................................................................. 93 
12.1 
P-1: COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONAL .................................................................................................................... 93 
12.2 
P-2: LOCAL INSTITUTIONAL ............................................................................................................................. 95 
12.3 
P-3: PARKS AND RECREATION ......................................................................................................................... 97 
12.4 
P-4: REGIONAL INSTITUTIONAL ........................................................................................................................ 99 
12.5 
P-5: TRANSPORTATION ................................................................................................................................ 101 
12.6 
P-6: THETIS LAKE PARK ................................................................................................................................ 103 
12.7 
P-7: UTILITY CORRIDOR ............................................................................................................................... 105 
12.8 
P-8: PUBLIC SAFETY .................................................................................................................................... 107 
12.9 
P-9: PARKS AND RECREATION CULTURAL FACILITY ZONE .................................................................................... 109 
13 
COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT ZONES .............................................................................................. 111 
13.1 
CD-1: COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT .......................................................................................................... 111 
13.2 
CD-3: COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT (MIXED USE) ....................................................................................... 113 
13.3 
CD-4: COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT (MULTIPLE HOUSING USE) ..................................................................... 115 
13.4 
CD-5: COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT (GIBRALTAR BAY) ................................................................................. 117 
13.5 
CD-5A: COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT (MIXED RESIDENTIAL – SMALL LOT) ....................................................... 119 
13.6 
CD-6: COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT (CASINO) ............................................................................................ 121 

 
 
 
 
 
 
13.7 
CD-7: COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT (BUSINESS PARK) .................................................................................. 123 
13.8 
CD-8: COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT (THETIS COVE WATERFRONT) ................................................................. 126 
13.9 
CD-9: COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT (LAKESIDE VILLAGE) .............................................................................. 131 
13.10 
SUB-ZONE CD-9A – MIXED TOURIST/RETAIL COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL ...................................................... 132 
13.11 
CD-10: COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT (BURNSIDE CORNER) ........................................................................... 136 
13.12 
CD-12: COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT (ERSKINE LANE).................................................................................. 139 
13.13 
CD-13: COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT (ISLAND HIGHWAY) ............................................................................. 141 
13.14 
CD-14: COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT (HALLOWELL) .................................................................................... 143 
13.15 
CD-15: COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT (CAMDEN / CONARD) .......................................................................... 144 
13.16 
CD-16: COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT (MILL HILL) ....................................................................................... 145 
13.17 
CD-17: COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT (254 ISLAND HIGHWAY) ...................................................................... 146 
13.18 
CD-18: COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT (TOWNHOUSE)................................................................................... 148 
13.19 
CD-19: COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT (MIXED RESIDENTIAL) ......................................................................... 149 
13.20 
CD-20: COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT (EAGLE CREEK VILLAGE) ....................................................................... 151 
13.21 
CD-21: DETACHED MULTIPLE-UNIT RESIDENTIAL (102 ATKINS ROAD) ................................................................ 154 
13.22 
CD-22: CHRISTIE POINT RESIDENTIAL ............................................................................................................. 156 
13.23 
CD-23: COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT (THETIS LAKE) .................................................................................... 157 
13.24 
CD-24: BURNSIDE HELMCKEN RESIDENTIAL .................................................................................................... 160 
13.25 
CD-25: ERSKINE LANE RESIDENTIAL ............................................................................................................... 161 
13.26 
CD-26: ISLAND HIGHWAY/HELMCKEN COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT ............................................................... 162 
13.27 
CD-27: COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT (ISLAND HIGHWAY - PORTAGE) ............................................................. 163 
13.28 
CD-28: COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT (GLENTANA VILLAGE) .......................................................................... 165 
13.29   
CD-29: COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT (ELTHAM ROAD TOWNHOUSE) .............................................................. 171 
13.30  
CD-30: COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT (HELMCKEN AND CAMDEN TOWNHOUSE) ............................................... 173 
SCHEDULE B – ZONING MAP ................................................................................................................................. 175 
SCHEDULE C: TRANSIT-ORIENTED AREA (TOA) DESIGNATION ....................................................................... 176 
SCHEDULE D: GARDEN SUITE REGULATIONS .................................................................................................... 178 
SCHEDULE E: SMALL-SCALE, MULTI-UNIT HOUSING REGULATIONS ............................................................. 179 
 
 
 

SCHEDULE A – ZONING TEXT 
1 
 
SCHEDULE A – ZONING TEXT 
1.0 
APPLICATION AND ADMINISTRATION 
1.1. APPLICATION OF THIS BYLAW 
1.1.1. This Bylaw applies to the entire geographical area of the Town of View Royal including 
water and to all uses, land, buildings and other structures therein. 
1.2. SEVERABILITY 
1.2.1. If any section, subsection, paragraph, clause or phrase of this Bylaw is for any reason 
held to be invalid by the decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision 
does not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Bylaw. 
1.3. INSPECTION 
1.3.1. The Municipal Building Inspector, Approving Officer, Bylaw Enforcement Officer or any 
other employee appointed by Council to administer this Bylaw are hereby authorized to 
enter, at all reasonable times, upon any properties subject to this Bylaw to ascertain 
whether this Bylaw is being obeyed. 
1.3.2. No person must prevent or obstruct, or attempt to prevent or obstruct, the entry of any 
authorized official upon the lot as authorized under this Bylaw. 
1.4. VIOLATION 
1.4.1. Any person who violates any provisions of this Bylaw, or who suffers or permits any act 
in contravention of this Bylaw, or who neglects to do or refrains from doing any act or 
thing to be done or thing which is required to be done by any provisions of this Bylaw, 
commits an offence against this Bylaw and is liable to the penalties imposed under this 
Bylaw. 
1.5. PENALTIES 
1.5.1. Any person who contravenes any provision of the Bylaw commits an offence 
punishable upon summary conviction and is liable to a fine not exceeding $10,000, or 
where information is laid by means of a ticket, in accordance with the procedure set out 
in the Offence Act, a fine is stipulated in the Town of View Royal Municipal Ticket 
Information Bylaw No. 643, 2007, as amended. 
1.6. ZONING DESIGNATION 
1.6.1. For the purposes of this Bylaw, the whole of the area within the boundary of the 
Municipality is hereby divided into the following zones: 

SCHEDULE A – ZONING TEXT 
2 
 
 
ZONING DESIGNATION 
ABBREVIATION 
 
 
RURAL / AGRICULTURE ZONES 
 
Rural 
A–1 
Pike Lake Rural Residential 
A–2 
Rural Residential 
A–3 
 
 
DETACHED RESIDENTIAL ZONES 
 
Detached Residential (Large Lot) 
R–1 
Detached Residential 
R–1A 
Detached Residential (Medium Lot) 
R–1B 
Detached Residential (Small Lot) 
R–1C 
Duplex Residential 
R–2 
 
 
MULTIPLE UNIT RESIDENTIAL ZONES 
 
Attached Residential 
RT–1 
Ground-Oriented Multiple Unit Residential 
RM–1 
Apartment Residential 
RM–2 
Mixed Residential 
RM–3 
 
 
COMMERCIAL ZONES 
 
Community Commercial 
C–1 
Apartment Commercial 
C–2 
Service Commercial 
C–3 
Neighbourhood Commercial 
C–4 
Tourist Commercial Hotel 
C–5 
Tourist Commercial Campground 
C–6 
Business Park Commercial 
C–7 
Business Park Commercial, Automotive 
C-7A 
Brew Pub Commercial 
C–8 
 
 
INDUSTRIAL ZONES 
 
Light Industrial 
I–1 
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL ZONES 
 
Community Institutional 
P–1 
Local  Institutional  
P–2 
Parks and Recreation 
P–3 
Regional Institutional 
P–4 
Transportation 
P–5 
Thetis Lake Park 
P–6 
Utility Corridor 
P–7 
Public Safety 
P-8 
 
 
COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT ZONES 
 
Comprehensive Development – 1 
CD–1 
Comprehensive Development – 3 (Mixed Use) 
CD–3 
Comprehensive Development – 4 (Multiple Housing Use) 
CD–4 
Comprehensive Development – 5 Gibraltar Bay 
CD–5 

SCHEDULE A – ZONING TEXT 
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Comprehensive Development – 5A (Mixed Residential-Small Lot) 
CD–5A 
Comprehensive Development – 6 (Casino) 
CD–6 
Comprehensive Development – 7 (Business Park) 
CD–7 
Comprehensive Development – 8 (Thetis Cove Waterfront) 
CD–8 
Comprehensive Development – 9 (Lakeside Village) 
CD–9 
Comprehensive Development – 10 (Burnside Corner) 
CD–10 
Comprehensive Development – 12 (Erskine Lane) 
CD–12 
Comprehensive Development – 13 (Island Highway) 
CD–13 
Comprehensive Development – 14 (Hallowell) 
CD–14 
Comprehensive Development – 15 (Camden / Conard) 
CD–15 
Comprehensive Development – 16 (Mill Hill) 
CD–16 
Comprehensive Development – 17 (254 Island Highway) 
CD–17 
Comprehensive Development – 18 (Townhouse) 
CD–18 
Comprehensive Development – 19 (Mixed Residential) 
CD–19 
Comprehensive Development – 20 (Eagle Creek Village) 
CD–20 
Comprehensive Development – 21 (102 Atkins Road) 
CD-21 
Comprehensive Development – 22 (2951 Craigowan Road) 
CD-22 
1.7. EXTENT 
1.7.1. The extent of each zone is shown on the zoning maps, which are attached to and form 
part of this Bylaw, and which are marked as Schedule B, hereinafter referred to as the 
“Zoning Map”. The location of the zone boundary conforms to the following: 
a) When the zone boundary is designated as following a roadway allowance or any 
watercourse, the centre line of each such roadway allowance or watercourse is the 
zone boundary. 
b) Where a zone boundary does not follow a legally defined line and where distances 
are not specifically indicated, the location of the boundary is determined by scaling 
from the Zoning Map. 

SCHEDULE A – ZONING TEXT 
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2.0 
DEFINITIONS 
2.1. UNITS OF MEASURE 
All dimensions and other measurements in this Bylaw are expressed in the Standard International Units 
(Metric) system. 
2.2. DEFINITION 
In this Bylaw, unless the context otherwise requires: 
“Accessory” means customarily incidental, subordinate and exclusively devoted to. 
“Accessory Use” means a use which is accessory to the principal use on the lot. 
“Adult Entertainment” means any use in which films, movies, videos or live shows of a pornographic 
nature are played or performed for the public. 
“Agriculture” means a use providing for growing, rearing, producing and harvesting of agricultural 
products on the same lot, and includes the storage and sale on an individual farm of the products 
harvested, reared, or produced on that farm and the storage of farm machinery, implements and supplies, 
and repairs to farm machinery and implements used on that farm. It specifically excludes all 
manufacturing, processing, storage and repairs not related to the uses on the same lot, and also excludes 
livestock and poultry processing, medical marihuana production facility, piggery use, feed lots, and mink 
farms. 
“Animal Hospital” means the use of a building or structure in which facilities are provided for the 
prevention, cure and alleviation of disease and injury to non-human domestic animals from a licensed 
veterinarian, veterinary surgeon and associated staff, and in conjunction with which there may be shelter 
provided, within the building or other structure, during the period of treatment. 
“Assembly Hall” means a non-commercial use of a building providing for the assembly of persons for 
religious, charitable, philanthropic, cultural or educational purposes and includes auditoriums, youth 
centres, social halls, and places of worship. 
“Attic” means the space above the ceiling of the uppermost building storey. 
“Automobile Repair, Major” means general repair, rebuilding or reconditioning of engines, motor 
vehicles or trailers such as collision service, body repair and frame straightening; painting and 
upholstering; vehicle steam cleaning, and undercoating. 
 “Automobile Repair, Minor” means minor repairs, incidental replacement of parts and motor service to 
passenger automobiles and trucks not exceeding 1.5 tons’ capacity. 
 “Automotive Sales, New” means the use of a lot, building or other structure for the sale of new 
vehicles, including the use of up to 10% of the lot area for the sale and rental of used vehicles. 
“Bakery” means a factory for producing, mixing, compounding, or baking bread, biscuits, ice cream 
cones, cakes, pies, buns, or any other bakery product of which flour or meal is the principal ingredient, 
but does not include a restaurant or other lot where any such product is made for consumption on the lot 
or a bake shop. 

SCHEDULE A – ZONING TEXT 
5 
 
“Balloon Structure” is typically inflatable, decorative object tethered to a building’s roof or to the ground, 
used primarily for advertising or attracting attention to an enterprise.  
“Basement” means any part of a building that is partially below grade.  
“Bed and Breakfast” means the provision of nightly accommodation and breakfast only for transient 
accommodation, as an accessory use within a detached residential dwelling unit.  
“Boulevard” means that portion of a highway between the curb lines or the lateral boundary lines of a 
roadway and the adjoining lot or between curbs on median strips or islands, but does not include curbs, 
sidewalks, ditches or driveways. 
“Breezeway” means roofed open passage or roofed enclosed space that is used primarily for the 
purpose of connecting one or more buildings to another, or to one or more secondary and subordinate 
structures, the width of which is less than the minimum required building width specified in a zone within 
this Bylaw.  
“Brewery” means the use of a lot, building or other structure for the brewing of beer, cider and wine.  
“Buffer Zone” means a naturally-vegetated strip of land to screen view and sound. 
“Building” means a structure wholly or partly covered by a roof or roofs supported by walls or columns. 
located on, above, or below the ground on a lot which is used or intended for supporting or sheltering any 
use, excluding landscaping, driveways, fences, retaining walls, decks, patios, docks, wharfs and piers. 
For the purpose of this Bylaw, vehicles must not be considered to be a building. 
“Building Bylaw” means Town of View Royal Building Bylaw, No. 786, 2010, as amended or replaced 
from time to time. 
“Building Inspector” means the person duly appointed as such from time to time by the Council and 
includes any person designated by the Inspector to act on his or her behalf. 
“Building Permit” means a permit issued pursuant to the Building Bylaw. 
“Building Width” means the shortest horizontal dimension of a building and in the case of a mobile 
home means the width of the mobile home exclusive of any structural additions attached thereto which 
were not a part or intended to be a part of the mobile home when it was manufactured. 
“Café” means the use of a building primarily for the sale of coffee, tea and light refreshments, but may 
include a limited selection of pre-prepared or rapidly prepared food served directly to customers at a walk-
up counter for consumption on or off lot. 
“Campground” means the use of a lot, building or other structure for the provision of transient 
accommodation, for periods not to exceed 60 days in a calendar year,  to the traveling public in tents and 
recreational vehicles and may include, as accessory uses only, the provision of laundry facilities, 
washrooms, shower facilities, recreational facilities and a convenience store. A campground specifically 
excludes a Mobile Home Park.  
”Cannabis” means the same meaning as the Cannabis Act (Canada) and includes any products 
containing cannabis.  
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“Cannabis Production Facility” means the use of land, buildings and structures for the federally-
licensed research and development, testing, production, administration, packaging and labelling, and 
distribution of cannabis and related substances, including temporary storage and destruction of cannabis 
plants, or any component thereof, in accordance with the conditions of use identified in the applicable 
zone.  
“Cannabis Retail Store” means the use of a building for selling of cannabis directly to the consumer, 
and includes the enclosed storage of limited quantities of such items sufficient only to service such a 
store, including a corporation or other form of business, who holds a valid and sustaining provincial 
license to sell cannabis through the retail market in British Columbia. 
“Carport” means the accessory use of a building or other structure, or part thereof for the parking or 
storage of a motor vehicle, that is not enclosed on all sides inclusive of the roof, doors and windows, 
whether attached to the principal building or not. 
 “Casino” means a building used for gaming activities, for which a license has been issued by the BC 
Gaming Commission. 
“Cellar” means that portion of a building which is wholly below grade. 
“Civic Use” means the use of a lot, building or other structure for municipal offices and services, and 
which may include cultural, recreational, athletic, convention and entertainment facilities owned or 
operated by a government agency. 
“Club” means the use of a lot, building or other structure, for a social, service, or recreational group. 
“Cold Storage Plant” means the use of a building for the purpose of the storage of frozen food. 
“Commercial” means the use of a lot, building or other structure, for retail store, wholesale sales, service 
store, office or other business use. 
“Commercial Kitchen” means producing food products, including baked goods, for sale at markets, to 
restaurants, directly to consumers or in retail establishments. 
“Common Access Roadway” means any private roadway providing access to multiple dwelling units 
other than a common property access route. 
“Common Amenity Area” means indoor or outdoor space designed for active or passive recreational 
use within the boundaries of a residential development lot, and may include natural greenspace, 
landscaped greenspace, patios, communal lounges, play area and similar uses, but does not include any 
area occupied at grade by a building’s service areas, parking lot, manoeuvring aisles or access 
driveways. 
“Communications Tower” is a structure supporting communications transmitters, receivers, and 
associated hardware for commercial or institutional use.  
“Community Care Facility” means the use of a lot, building or other structure licensed pursuant to the 
Community Care and Assisted Living Act. 
“Community Garden” means a public or private facility for cultivation of fruits, flowers, vegetables, or 
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“Concession Stand” means a structure or building devoted to the sale of confections, snacks, or other 
light meals and providing no indoor seating. 
“Conference Centre” means the use of a building for the purpose of hosting conventions, seminars or 
workshops, including dining facilities for the use of participants. 
“Corner Lot” means a lot abutting a combination of two or more roadways or common property access 
routes, where the lot lines form an interior angle of less than 135°. 
“Council” means the Municipal Council of the Town of View Royal. 
“Craft and Artisan Trades” means creating and making items by hand that may be functional or strictly 
decorative and includes, but is not limited to, such items as furniture, decorative arts, jewelry, household 
items, sculptures, paintings, clothing and tools. 
“Crawl Space” means the space immediately above the finished grade: 
• 
with a ceiling not more than 1.2m above grade; 
• 
a floor to ceiling height, as measured from the finished grade to underside of the floor joists of the 
storey above, not more than 1.5m high for at least 20% of the crawl space; and 
• 
where crawl space floor to ceiling height exceeds 1.5m the floor must be sloping a minimum of 
10% and the floor must be at existing grade. 
“Daycare, Large” means a place that provides for the care of more than 8 people. 
“Daycare, Small” means a place that provides for the care of 8 or fewer people. 
“Drug Paraphernalia” means any product, good, ware, merchandise, equipment, thing or material of any 
kind primarily used to produce, process, package, store, inject, ingest, inhale or otherwise introduce into 
the human body a controlled substance as defined in the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. 
“Distillery” means the use of a lot, building or other structure for the distilling of alcoholic liquors. 
“Driveway” means that portion of a lot that provides access to parking or loading spaces within the lot 
and is considered to be the extension of the lot’s  highway access. 
“Drive-Thru” means the use of a building to provide the ability to purchase commercial goods and 
services without the need to exit one’s vehicle.  
“Dwelling Unit” means one or more rooms which constitute a self-contained residential unit that is used 
or intended to be used by one household for living and sleeping purposes, and includes only one room 
equipped for the preparation of food and at least one bathroom, and specifically excludes commercial 
overnight accommodation; for greater certainty, this is where an individual lives, makes their home, 
conducts their daily affairs, and receives mail, with the residential address used on documentation related 
to billing, identification, taxation, and insurance purposes including income tax returns, driver’s licenses, 
vehicle registration and utility bills.  
“Electric Vehicle Charging Station” means a public or private parking space that is served by battery 
charging station equipment that has as its primary purpose the transfer of electric energy (by conductive 
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“Energized Electric Bicycle (EB) Outlet” means a connected point in an electrical wiring installation at 
which sufficient current may be taken to supply a Level 1 (120v outlet) charging capability. 
“Energized Electric Bicycle (EB) Space” means a bicycle parking space that is equipped with a 
dedicated Energized Electric Bicycle Outlet.  
“Energized Electric Vehicle (EV) Outlet” means a connected point in an electrical wiring installation at 
which sufficient current may be taken to supply a Level 2 (240v outlet) charging capability.  
“Energized Electric Vehicle (EV) Space” means a vehicle parking space that is equipped with a 
dedicated Energized Electric Vehicle Outlet.  
“Environmental Protection Area” means land protected from development for environmental protection 
reasons by any municipal, provincial or federal enactment or agreement. 
 “Fence” means a structure that encloses or provides a visual and physical barrier for all or part of an 
area on a lot, but does not include a retaining wall. 
“Financial Institution” means the use of a building for the provision of banking and other financial 
services, specifically excluding pay-day loan services.   
“Float Home” means a house-like structure on a floatation system, not primarily intended or usable for 
navigation on water but intended for human habitation. 
“Floor Area” or “Floor Space” means the area of all basements, cellars, storeys, and half-storeys of all 
enclosed portions of all principal and accessory buildings on a lot as measured to the interior of the 
outside wall. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amendment Bylaw No. 944 
Floor space does not include: 
• 
Any space or storage room located within the framing of the roof where the floor to ceiling or roof 
rafter height is not more than 1.5m throughout the entire space or storage room; 
• 
Open spaces within a building that occur in association with lofts, stairways, vaulted ceilings, 
rooms or hallways that are open to above, or other similar open areas; 
• 
Carports, elevator shafts, rooftop stairwells or rooftop enclosures for heating, ventilation or air 
conditioning equipment; or 
• 
Underground or concealed parking. 
Floor space within a half-storey is measured to the interior face of pony walls. 
“Floor Space Ratio (FSR)” means the ratio which the total floor space of all buildings on a lot bear in 
relation to the area of the lot on which the buildings are located. It may customarily be referred to as 
‘Floor Area Ratio’ and for the purpose of this bylaw the definitions mean the same. 
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“Food Cart” means the use of a mobile cart, mobile trailer or vehicle for the preparation and sale of food 
and drinks to pedestrians located outside, but does not include the sale of alcohol. 
“Frontage” means that length of a lot boundary which immediately adjoins a highway other than a lane 
or walkway. 
“Gaming” means any banking or percentage game of chance played with cards, dice or any mechanical 
device or machine for money or other items of value, and located exclusively within a casino. 
“Garage” means the accessory use of a building or other structure, or part thereof, for the parking or 
storage of a motor vehicle, that is enclosed on all sides inclusive of the roof, doors and windows, whether 
attached to the principal building or not.  
“Garden Centre” means the use of a lot, building or other structure for the purpose of selling, lawn and 
garden equipment, furnishings and supplies including the retail sales of plant materials and trees. 
“Garden Suite” means a detached, self-contained dwelling unit, attached to a foundation, that is 
accessory to and located on the same lot as a residential detached dwelling, and does not include a 
strata lot. 
“Grade” means the weighted average of the existing grade or finished grade, whichever is lower, 
immediately adjoining or immediately below each exterior wall of a building, except: 
• 
localized natural depressions, 
• 
localized depressions no wider than 10m for vehicle entrances, or 
• 
localized depressions no wider than 5m for pedestrian entrances  
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“Grade, Finished” means the elevation of the ground surface after development. 
“Grade, Existing” means the elevation of the ground surface  prior to any disturbance, alteration, 
excavation or filling. 
“Green Roof” means a layered roofing system that includes approved waterproof and root-resistant 
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system with natural vegetation. 
“Greenhouse” means the use of an accessory building where flowers, shrubbery, vegetables, tress, and 
other horticultural and floricultural products are grown in an enclosed area. 
“Greenspace” means either Landscaped Greenspace or Natural Greenspace 
“Greenspace, Landscaped” means any unobstructed permeable area which is suitable for the growing 
and maintenance of grass, flowers, shrubs and trees, but does not contain any of the following: 
• 
buildings or structures; 
• 
private driveways or roadways; 
• 
off-street parking area; 
• 
garbage pick-up or loading area; 
• 
surface drainage facilities; and 
• 
surface material comprised of asphalt, concrete, tile, metal, wood or similar materials. 
“Greenspace, Natural” means any area retained in a natural state such that existing trees, vegetation 
and soil remain undisturbed by development. 
 “Half Storey” means that portion of any building wholly or partly within the framing of the roof, where the 
floor area of the storey is not more than 70% of the floor area of the first storey. 
“Height” means the vertical distance of a building or other structure measured from grade to a defined 
point on a building in accordance with Section 3.9 of this Bylaw. 
For guidance, the illustration below is for calculating height for various roof types in a zone with a 
maximum permitted height of 7.5m: 
 
“Highway” or “Street” includes the width of a public right of way including roadway, boulevard, curb and 
sidewalk open to public use, but does not include a private right-of-way on private property. 
“Home Craft” is a hand made or hand assembled finished good produced by a resident or permitted 
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“Home Occupation” means the accessory use of a residential dwelling unit by its resident for 
commercial purposes, provided that the use is secondary to the use of the dwelling unit for residential 
purposes and that it does not change the residential character, and is in accordance with Section 4.2 of 
this Bylaw. 
“Hospital Hostel” means the use of a building to provide transient accommodation available only to 
those persons visiting or accompanying friends or relatives receiving care and treatment at a Hospital. 
“Hotel” means the use of a building with a common entrance lobby and shared corridors, which provides 
transient accommodation, for periods not exceeding 60 days in a calendar year, for the travelling public.  
“Houseplex” means a building having no less than three and no more than six self-contained dwelling 
units, with at least half of the dwelling units having direct access to the outside.   
“Impermeable Surface” means a surface, including the roof of a building or other structure, that does 
not allow precipitation to penetrate through to the natural ground underlying the artificial surface. For 
clarity, a green roof and a driveway constructed of gravel or unit pavers, do not constitute an 
impermeable surface. 
“Kennel” means the use of any building, structure, compound, group of pens or cages or land on a lot in 
which four or more dogs or cats are or are intended to be trained, cared for, bred, boarded, or kept for 
any purpose. A dog or cat means a member of the canine or feline species respectively which is four or 
more months of age. 
“Laboratory Facility” means the use of a building for conducting scientific or medical research, 
experimentation or diagnostic work. 
“Landscape Screen” means a visual barrier formed by a row of shrubs or trees, wood fence, masonry 
wall or other similar material or combination thereof. 
“Landscaping” means the planting of lawns, shrubs and trees, including the addition of fencing, walks, 
and driveways on a lot or highway. 
“Lane” means a highway more than 3m but not greater than 8m in width, intended to provide secondary 
access to a lot. 
“Leasable Area” means the total floor area designed for tenant occupancy and exclusive use. 
 “Licensed Retail Store” means the use of a building where beer, wine and liquor are offered for sale 
and includes the enclosed storage of limited quantities of such items sufficient only to service such a 
store. Licensed retail stores must be operated by the holder of an existing primary liquor licence issued in 
accordance with the Liquor Control and Licensing Act. 
“Light Manufacturing” means the manufacture and assembly of finished products for distribution to 
wholesale, service and retail store establishments. 
“Liveaboard Vessel” means any vessel designed for use in navigation on water and used for residential 
purposes, which may or may not be dependent on shore facilities. 
“Live/Work Studio” means a dwelling unit which includes space for an office, artist studio, repair shop, 
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“Livestock” means any animal customarily kept by humans for the purpose of providing food, clothing or 
work, including but not limited to: rabbits, goats, sheep, swine, horses, cattle, poultry kept for the purpose 
of providing meat, or fur bearing animals as defined in the Fur Farm Act, but specifically excludes cats 
and dogs or other household pets. 
“Lot” means any parcel, block or other area in which land is held or into which it is subdivided whether 
under the Land Title Act or the Bare Land Strata Regulations under the Strata Property Act and includes 
a water lot, but does not include a phase subdivision boundary.  
 
“Lot Coverage” means the percentage of the lot area covered by all buildings and other structures. 
“Lot Depth” means the horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines measured at their 
respective mid-points. 
“Lot Line” means the legally defined limits of any lot. 
“Lot Line, Front” means the shortest lot line on a corner lot, or any other lot that divides the lot from a 
highway or common property access route.  
In the case of a panhandle lot, the front lot line must be deemed to be any lot line adjoining and 
approximately perpendicular to the access strip, but excluding any lot line in the access strip. 
In the case of an irregular lot, front lot line must be deemed to be a line measured to the midpoint of the 
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“Lot Line, Rear” means the lot line opposite to and most distant from the front line, or in the case of a 
triangular shaped lot, a line 3m in a length entirely within the lot parallel to and at a maximum distance 
from the front lot line. In the case where the rear lot line flanks a roadway, the rear lot line is considered a 
flanking lot line. 
“Lot Line, Flanking” means the lot line, not being the front lot line that is common to the highway or 
roadway other than a lane or walkway. 
“Lot Line, Side” means the lot line or lot lines, not being the front lot line, rear lot line, or flanking lot line, 
common to more than one lot or to a lot and a lane or walkway. 
For guidance regarding lot lines, see illustration on the previous page. 
“Lot Width” means the horizontal distance between side lot lines measured at right angles to the lot 
depth and 6m from the front lot line to the rear lot line. 
 
“Marina” means the use of a lot, building or other structure for the temporary or permanent moorage of 
boats, and may include as accessory uses only, the sale or rental of boats, docking berths, and marine 
supplies. 
“Marine Commercial” means the use of the foreshore or water surface, either as a floating structure or 
fixed by way of pilings, for any combination of only the following uses:  
• 
Transient accommodation limited to two rental rooms; 
• 
Mixed commercial and residential use; 
• 
Retail Store; 
• 
Office space limited to businesses predominantly oriented to marine consulting; marine activities 
or marine tourism activities; and 
• 
Restaurant, excluding self-service restaurants. 
a)  
b) And specifically excluding vessel fuelling station or other petroleum product sales. 
c)  
d) “Market Garden” means production of fruits, vegetables and flowers for 
consumption on-site or sale, includes the storage of products harvested on-site and 
machinery, implements and supplies required for the market garden and the use of 
greenhouses or other small garden buildings, and may also include the keeping of 
chickens and bees. 
“Medical Clinic” means the use of a building where one or more members of the medical profession, 
including physicians, dentists, chiropractors, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, naturopaths, 
registered massage therapists, acupuncturists and veterinarians, provide diagnosis and treatment to the 
general public or household pets without overnight accommodation, and may include such accessory 
uses as reception areas, offices consultation rooms, coffee shops and pharmaceutical dispensary, 
providing that all such accessory uses have access only from the interior of the clinic building. 
 “Mixed Commercial and Residential Use” means one or more commercial uses permitted in the zone 
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“Mobile Business” means a commercial operation or office use (but not a food cart) which is established 
at a location on a temporary basis for a period of time exceeding one hour, and which may change 
location from time to time through the use of motorized transportation and which is not located in a 
permanent building or other structure. 
“Mobile Home” means a manufactured home constructed to the CAN/CSA Z240 MH (Mobile Home) 
standard, capable of being moved from place to place and installed with skirting to conceal the chassis 
and wheels of the dwelling. 
“Modular Home” means a manufactured home constructed to the CAN/CSA A277 (Modular Home) 
standard, built in two or more sections to be assembled on a permanent foundation. 
“Motel” means the use of a building or other structure which provides transient accommodation for the 
travelling public, with each unit having a separate exterior entrance and direct access to off-street 
parking. Motels may include, as accessory uses only, eating and drinking establishments and personal 
service establishments. The maximum length of stay is no more than 60 days.  
“Municipality” means the Town of View Royal or the entire area within the municipal boundaries thereof 
as the context may require. 
“Neighbourhood Grocery” means a grocery with a leasable floor area of less than 700m2. 
Neighbourhood Grocery may include, as an accessory uses only: bakery, café, and delicatessen. 
“Office” means the use of a building or part of a building for administrative or professional purposes. 
“Panhandle Lot” means any lot that has less than 10% of its perimeter adjoining a highway and gains 
access to said highway by means of a narrow strip of land, or access strip, which is an integral part of the 
lot.  
 “Park and Open Space” means any park, open space, or playground which is used or intended to be 
used for the recreation and enjoyment of the public, including accessory uses. 
“Parking Lot” means the use of a lot, building or other structure for the temporary parking of more than 
one vehicle by customers, employees, and the public. 
“Parking, Concealed” means a building that is used primarily for the parking and movement of motor 
vehicles where the ceiling height is above finished grade, and includes bicycle parking, storage rooms, 
garbage and recycling enclosures, mechanical rooms, stairwells, elevators and hallways. 
“Parking, Underground” means an enclosed portion of a building that is used primarily for the parking 
and movement of motor vehicles where the ceiling height is at or below finished grade, and may include 
bicycle parking, storage rooms, garbage and recycling enclosures, mechanical rooms, stairwells, 
elevators and hallways. 
“Pawnbroker” is a business which sells goods or chattels by way of security for money advanced on 
them; or which purchases, receives or takes in goods or chattels and pays, advances or lends on them a 
sum of money under an agreement expressed, implied or to be from the nature and character of the 
dealing reasonably inferred, that those goods or chattels may be afterwards redeemed or repurchased on 
any terms.  
“Personal Service Establishment” means the use of a building in which services are provided that are 
specifically related to the clothing or body of a person or household pet, but specifically excludes 

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massage parlours (unless such use is accessory to a licensed aesthetic care facility), tattoo parlours, 
brothels or other sex services, and escort services. 
“Pharmacy” means a retail outlet which dispenses drugs by prescription. 
“Place of Worship” means a use of a building wherein persons regularly assemble for religious worship 
and which is maintained and controlled by a religious body organized to sustain public worship. 
“Principal Building” means a building which: 
• 
Occupies the major or central portion of a lot; 
• 
Is the chief or main building on a lot; and 
• 
Is the primary purpose for which the lot is used. 
“Principal Structure” means a structure which: 
• 
Occupies the major or central portion of a lot; 
• 
Is the chief or main structure on a lot; and 
 “Principal Use” means a use which: 
• 
Occupies the major or central portion of a lot; 
• 
Is the chief or main use on a lot; and 
“Pub” means an establishment licensed as a neighbourhood pub under the Liquor Control and Licensing 
Act which provides for the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages and accessory food products. 
“Recreational Facility, Indoor” means the use of a building for the carrying on of sports or leisure 
activities, but specifically excluding amusement arcades, dance halls and pool halls. 
“Recreational Facility, Outdoor” means the use of a lot, outdoors, for the carrying on of sports or 
leisure activities. 
“Recreational Greenway” means a trail that links parks and other recreational spaces, and includes 
support facilities that are integral to recreational use. Recreational greenways may be single or multi-use 
and are intended to provide safe recreational opportunities for persons of all ages and abilities. 
“Recreational Vehicle” means any vehicle, coach, or portable structure designed to travel on highways 
and which is primarily designed as temporary living accommodation for recreational camping and travel 
use, including but not limited to travel trailers, truck campers and self-propelled motor homes. 
“Recycling Depot” means a facility used for the buying, collection, sorting and temporary storage of 
bottles, cans, newspapers and similar household goods for reuse where all buying, collecting, sorting and 
storage is contained within an enclosed building. 
“Residential Antenna” is an antenna installation at a residential location used in a residential context, 
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“Residential, Apartment” means a building divided into not less than three dwelling units with each 
dwelling unit having its principal access from a finished grade level entrance common to all dwelling units. 
When combined with a commercial use where permitted in this Bylaw, a building containing fewer than 
three dwelling units is an apartment, provided that it complies with the rest of this definition. 
“Residential, Attached” means a building having at least three self-contained dwelling units, each 
having a separate and private access to the outside at grade level.  
“Residential, Detached” means a building consisting of one dwelling unit, or two dwelling units if one of 
them is a Secondary Suite.  
“Residential, Duplex” means a building used or designed for use as two dwelling units each with direct 
access to the outside at finished grade level and the units are connected above and below each other or 
are side-by-side.  
“Residential, Rowhouse” means a building or buildings divided into not less than three dwelling units 
with each dwelling unit having direct access to finished grade level adjacent to a public highway. 
“Residential, Townhouse” means a building or buildings divided into not less than three dwelling units 
with each dwelling unit having direct access to finished grade level. 
“Resource Centre” means the use of a commercial or institutional building to provide counselling 
services, and includes offices and meeting space as accessory uses. 
“Restaurant, Self-Service” means the use of a building, where the principal business is the sale of pre-
prepared or rapidly prepared food, is served or provided directly to customers at a walk-up counter, and 
provides for its consumption within the building through the provision of seating, or for carry-out by the 
customer. 
“Restaurant, Full-Service” means the use of a building where the principal business is the sale of food 
and beverages to customers seated at tables either inside or outside the building for consumption on the 
lot, and, as an accessory use only thereto, may also be engaged in providing customers with take-out 
service of food and beverages. 
“Retail Store” means the use of a building for selling of goods, wares and other merchandise directly to 
the consumer, and includes the enclosed storage of limited quantities of such items sufficient only to 
service such a store, but must not include a Licensed Retail Store use or a Cannabis Retail Store use.  
“Retaining Wall” means a structure constructed to hold back, stabilize, or support a soil bank as a result 
of differences in grade. 
“Riding Stable” means the use of a lot, building or other structure to house horses and for their exercise 
and training may include a riding or equestrian school or boarding stables. 
“Roadway” means the portion of a highway that is constructed, improved, designed or used for vehicular 
traffic or bicycle traffic or both. 
“Screening” means a continuous fence, wall, compact evergreen hedge or combination thereof, 
supplemented with landscape planting that would effectively screen the area which it encloses, and is 
broken only for access pedestrian and motor vehicle access. 
“Secondary Suite” means an accessory dwelling unit located within a residential detached building. The 

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two dwelling units (the primary residence and the secondary suite) and any common spaces make up a 
single real estate entity that cannot be stratified or otherwise legally separated from the other.  
“Service Store” means the use of a lot, building or other structure to provide trade services, including: 
• 
establishments for trade contractors involved in building, electrical, painting, plumbing, 
refrigeration, signs, heating and air-conditioning, including ancillary storage and offices, but 
excluding roofing and septic system trades; 
• 
repair and servicing of articles, goods and materials as well as accessory retail store or rentals, 
storage and offices. 
“Service Station” means the use providing for the retail sale of motor fuels including gasoline, natural 
gas, diesel, lubricating oils, propane, hydrogen and high-voltage electricity. 
“Setback” means the required minimum or maximum distance, open and unobstructed to the sky, 
between a building or other structure and a lot line, excluding any exceptions permitted in this Bylaw.  
“Shopping Centre” means a group of commercial establishments in one or more buildings. 
“Shopping Centre, Neighbourhood” means a shopping centre having a leasable area of more than 
100m2 but less than 1,000m2. 
“Shopping Centre, Community” means a shopping centre having a leasable area 1,000m2  or more, but 
less than 6,000m2. 
“Shopping Centre, Regional” means a shopping centre having a leasable area of 6,000m2 or more. 
“Small-Scale, Multi-Unit Housing” means residential, attached; residential, apartment, residential, 
duplex with secondary suites; residential, houseplex; and residential, townhouse.  
“Soil” means soil, sand, gravel, rock, peat or other substance of which land is composed. 
“Storage Warehousing” means the provision of rental space for the storage of non-hazardous domestic 
goods. 
“Storage Yard” means an area outside of an enclosed building where construction materials and 
equipment, solid fuels, lumber and new building materials, monuments and stone products, public service 
and utility equipment are stored, baled, placed, piled or handled, whether a principal or an accessory use. 
A storage yard must not include a recycling depot, an automobile wrecking yard or a junk yard. 
“Storey” means the space between two floors or between any floor and the roof next above, but does 
not include a basement, cellar or crawl space. 
“Storey, First” means the storey above the slab on grade, basement, cellar or crawl space of the 
building, or the storey above the surface of the water.  
“Structure” means anything constructed or erected on a lot, the use of which requires location on the 
ground or attachment to something having location on the ground, but does not include landscaping, 
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“Subdivision” means any change in the existing size, shape, number or arrangement of a lot or lots, 
whether by plan, descriptive words or otherwise. 
“Therapeutic Recovery Community” means staffed facility providing residential rooms and mandatory, 
structured treatment by health care professionals, along with shared cooking and eating facilities and 
ancillary common areas, offices, meeting rooms, exercise space, workshops and may also include social 
enterprises.  A Therapeutic Recovery Community may be a licensed Community Care Facility or 
registered as an Assisted Living Residence under the Community Care and Assisted Living Act. 
“Transient Accommodation” means the use of a lot, building or other structure for the temporary 
commercial accommodation of visitors for recreational/vacation purposes only, and includes but is not 
limited to, hotel, motel, campground, bed and breakfast, and hospital hostel. 
“Use” means the purpose for which a lot or a building or a structure or any combination or portion 
thereof, is designed, arranged, intended, occupied or maintained; “used” has a corresponding meaning.  
“Vehicle” means any motor vehicle as defined in the Motor Vehicle Act.  
“Vehicles, New” means, in the case of automotive sales motor vehicles which have not been previously 
sold or leased. In the case of automotive rentals, “new” means vehicles which have been manufactured 
either in the present calendar year or in the immediately preceding two years. 
“Vehicles, Used” means motor vehicles which have been previously sold or leased. 
“Walkway” means the portion of a highway that is constructed, improved, designed or used for 
pedestrian traffic only, except that a walkway may be designed to permit emergency vehicle use.  
“Watercourse” means any natural drainage course or source of water, whether usually containing water 
or not, and includes any sea, lake, river, creek, spring, ravine, swamp, gulch, or source of ground water 
whether or not enclosed or in a conduit. 
“Wholesale Sales” means the use of a building or part thereof for activities related to the sale of goods 
to retail store establishments and customers on other lots, but which does not include retail store. 
“Yard, Front” means that portion of the lot extending across the full width of the lot from the front lot line 
to the face of the nearest exterior wall of the principal building on the lot but does not include that portion 
deemed to be the flanking yard. 
“Yard, Rear” means that portion of the lot extending across the full width of the lot from the rear lot line to 
the face of the nearest exterior wall of the principal building on the lot. 
“Yard, Side” means that portion of the lot extending from the front yard to the rear yard and lying 
between the side lot line and the face of the nearest exterior wall of the principal building on the lot. 
“Yard, Flanking” means that portion of the lot extending across the full width of the lot from the flanking 
lot line to the face of the farthest exterior wall of the principal building on the lot, but does not include that 
portion deemed to be the front yard or rear yard. 
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“Zone” means an area of land established under Section 6 of this Bylaw and the Schedule B Zoning Map 
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3.0 
GENERAL COMPLIANCE, PROHIBITIONS AND REGULATIONS 
3.1. GENERAL COMPLIANCE 
3.1.1. No person can use, occupy or permit any person to use or occupy any lot, building or 
other structure in contravention of this Bylaw. 
3.1.2. Nothing contained within this Bylaw relieves any person from the responsibility to seek 
and comply with other legislation applicable to that use, activity or other matter 
regulated under this Bylaw. 
3.1.3. Every use of lot, building or other structure permitted in each zone must conform to all 
the regulations of the applicable zone and all other regulations of this Bylaw. 
3.2. GENERAL PROHIBITIONS 
3.2.1. No lot, building or other structure can be used or occupied, or left with no use, except in 
conformity with this Bylaw. 
3.2.2. No building or other structure can be placed, constructed, sunk into, erected, moved, 
sited, altered or enlarged: 
a) except in conformity with this Bylaw; or 
b) so as to cause any existing building or structure on the same lot to violate the 
provisions of this Bylaw. 
3.2.3. No subdivisions may be approved: 
a) except in conformity with this Bylaw; or 
b) so as to cause any existing building or other structure to violate the provisions of this 
Bylaw. 
3.3. PERMITTED AND PROHIBITED USES AND STRUCTURES 
3.3.1. No lot, building or other structure may be used for a use that is not specifically listed 
under the heading “Principal Uses” or “Accessory Uses” in the Zone that the lot, 
building or other structure is located, and no building or other structure may be placed, 
constructed, sunk into, erected, moved, sited, altered or enlarged for any use other 
than a specifically permitted use in the Zone. Furthermore: 
a) Where a Zone includes a “Minimum Lot Size”, “Minimum Lot Frontage”, “Minimum 
Lot Width”, then a lot that does not satisfy all minimum requirements for the regulated 
use may not be used for that use, unless the lot was created prior to the adoption of 
the Bylaw and no other permitted use is available for the lot; 
b) A use listed under “Accessory Uses” is only permitted if a use under “Principal Uses” 
is lawfully established and ongoing. 
c) A use is only permitted if lawfully established and ongoing in accordance with: 
i) 
Any applicable “Conditions of Use”, as identified in each zone; and 
ii) Such further general regulations applicable to the use, as identified throughout 
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e) A use not specifically permitted in this Bylaw is prohibited in the municipality. 
f) 
Unless otherwise permitted, all uses must be contained within a building or other 
structure. 
3.3.2. The following uses and structures are prohibited in all areas within the municipality, 
except as noted: 
a) The keeping of livestock is prohibited except: 
i) 
on lots within Agriculture Zones with a minimum lot size of 4 ha; or 
ii) unless otherwise expressly permitted in this Bylaw. 
b) The operation of a food cart except on lots within the P-3: Parks and Recreation and 
P-6: Thetis Lake Park Use; 
Float homes; 
 
c) Live-aboard vessels; 
Amendment Bylaw No. 1005 
d) Vacation rentals, AirBNB and any other form of non-residential commercial overnight 
accommodation, whether as a principal or accessory use, and whether of a dwelling 
unit, a building or of land, excepting only the following when listed as a specifically 
permitted use in a Zone: Bed & Breakfast, Hotel, Motel, Campground or Hospital 
Hostel. 
Amendment Bylaw No. 1105  
e) Use of a recreation vehicle as a permanent dwelling; 
f) 
Mobile homes; 
g) Drive-thrus; 
h) Mobile business. For clarity, Intermunicipal Business License uses within Schedule B 
of Business License and Regulation Bylaw No. 580, 2004 are not mobile business 
uses; 
i) 
Storage use, except in the rear yard; 
 
j) 
Electrified fences, except on lots associated with an agricultural use. 
Amendment Bylaw No. 944 
k) Removed 
Amendment Bylaw No. 1034 
l) 
The anchoring or mooring of liveaboard vessels for a continuous period exceeding 48 
hours, except as permitted by a lease or license issued by a Federal or Provincial 
authority having jurisdiction.  
Amendment Bylaw No. 1005 
m) The anchoring or mooring of liveaboard vessels for more than 72 hours within 30-day 
period, except as permitted by a lease or license issued by Federal or Provincial 
authority having jurisdiction.  
Amendment Bylaw No. 1005 
n) Pawnbroker 
Amendment Bylaw No. 1057 
o) Balloon Structure 
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3.3.3. Unless otherwise expressly permitted in this Bylaw the following uses are permitted in 
all zones: 
a) Temporary buildings or other structures which are erected for the purposes of 
providing temporary office space or shelter for construction or maintenance crews or 
storage of materials for the construction or maintenance of any private or public 
utility, provided such temporary building or other structure is removed within 30 days 
of completion of such utility, building or other structure; 
b) Water, sanitary sewer, storm sewer and natural gas utilities; 
c) Electrical power, cable, communication, and fibre optic transmission lines, boxes, 
poles subject to setbacks and siting rules in this bylaw; 
d) Street lighting; 
e) Street furniture; 
f) 
Public highways; 
g) Railway lines, except private sidings; 
h) The temporary use of a building or part thereof as a polling station for government 
elections, referenda, or census, provided that the time period of such use does not 
exceed 60 days; 
i) 
The temporary use of a building or part thereof as campaign headquarters for political 
candidates; 
j) 
Municipal buildings and other structures, whether of a temporary or permanent 
nature; 
k) A geothermal heat exchange systems located within the building containing a 
principal use, or contained within a separate building subject to the accessory 
buildings and other structures regulations of that zone; 
l) 
Solar panels, subject to the height regulations and setbacks of its respective zone, 
which must be affixed to, and flush-mounted with, the roof of a building, and not 
project below the roofline; 
m) In Zones in which a detached residential dwelling is a permitted principal use, one 
community care facility is permitted in accordance with and so long as permitted by 
Section 20 of the Community Care and Assisted Living Act, S.B.C. 2002 c.7, being 
either: 
i) 
A daycare centre for no more than 8 persons in care; or 
ii) A residence for no more than 10 persons in care, not more than 6 of whom are 
persons in care. 
3.3.4. A garden suite and secondary suite are both permitted on one lot as accessory to a 
residential, detached building, unless it is prohibited in a zone or schedule in this 
Bylaw.  
3.4. DENSITY REGULATIONS 
3.4.1. Where a Zone includes a regulation entitled “Floor Space Ratio”, the floor area of all 
buildings on the lot divided by the total area of the lot must not exceed the ratio 
identified for the Zone in which the lot is located; 
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3.4.2. Where a Zone includes a regulation entitled “Lot Coverage”, the lot coverage of all 
buildings and other structures on the lot must not exceed the percentage specified for 
the Zone in which the lot is located; 
3.4.3. Where a Zone includes another density regulation: 
a) if an absolute number of units figure, no lot may be subdivided an no lot may be 
developed with more than the number of lots or units identified in the Zone in which 
the lot is located; 
b) if a units per hectare figure, no lot may be subdivided and no lot may be developed 
with more than the number of lots or units per hectare as determined by applying the 
figure for the zone in which the lot is located; 
c) if a square meter (m2) figure, no lot may be developed with more than the square 
footage noted for the Zone, in which the lot is located. 
3.4.4. For certainty, where more than one of the above density regulations apply to any 
particular lot, the most restrictive governs but all remain applicable. 
3.5. SETBACKS AND SITING 
3.5.1. Where a Zone includes a regulation entitled “Setbacks”, no building or structure may be 
placed, constructed, sunk into, erected, moved, sited, altered or enlarged nearer to the 
lot line than the distance specified for the Zone in which the building or structure is 
located, and for certainty: 
a) Setbacks may vary according to any combination of use, building, structure or 
location within a Zone or adjacent zone, or by lot dimensions, or to a specific 
highway, and the provisions of this Bylaw must be interpreted accordingly; 
b) Any portion of a building or structure located below the finished grade is subject to all 
setbacks for the Zone in which the building or structure is located, except 
underground parking structures wholly below finished grade and completely covered 
with landscaping are not subject to setback regulations within any Zone.  For greater 
clarity, above grade access/egress points and other exposed areas of such parking 
structures are subject to setback regulations within the applicable Zone and this 
section. 
c) Fences and retaining walls are not subject to setback regulations within any Zone. 
3.5.2 Buildings, mobile homes, fences, retaining walls and other structures are also subject 
to Special Setbacks regulations within Section 3.8.2 of this Bylaw.  
Amendment Bylaw No. 944 
3.6. SIGHT LINE TRIANGLE 
3.6.1 
A fence, wall, structure, hedge, bush, shrub, tree or other growth, must not be 
erected, maintained or allowed to grow, to a height greater than 1.2m so as to 
obstruct vision clearance in the area bounded by the intersection lot lines at a street 
corner and a line joining points along said lot line 6m from their points of intersection. 
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3.7. PROJECTIONS INTO REQUIRED SETBACKS 
3.7.1 
Antenna or satellite installation: 
a) An antenna or satellite installation must not be located in a front, side or flanking yard 
unless it is attached to a building or structure, where it may project up to 1m into any 
required setback provided the projection is located a minimum of 0.6m from any lot 
line.  
b) The height of any such installation must not exceed 2m.  
c) An antenna or satellite dish installation on the roof of a building must not exceed the 
maximum height permitted for the building on which it is located. 
3.7.2 
Permitted projections in required yards include the following: 
a) Cornice, leader, gutter, window well or eave may project up to 1m into any setback 
provided the projection is located a minimum 0.6m from any lot line. 
b) Chimneys, bay windows, heating or ventilation equipment, balconies, open porches 
or ornamental features may project up to 0.5m into any setback and must be limited 
to a maximum width of 2m per building face within a side yard setback or rear yard 
setback. 
c) Sunlight control projections may project up to 1m into any required setback, provided 
the projection is located a minimum 0.6m from any lot line, and must be limited to a 
maximum width  of 4m per building face within a side yard setback or rear yard 
setback. 
d) Notwithstanding section b), heat pumps may project into the required rear yard 
setback up to 1.5 meters. 
3.7.3 
In the case of parks and school grounds, backstops, rebound walls, goals and other 
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zoned lots, provided, however, that any such structure that is constructed in such a 
way as to form a solid fence or wall and which cannot be seen through must be at 
least 6m from any lot line. 
3.8 SPECIAL SETBACKS 
3.8.1 
For greater certainty, where a building is to be constructed on a lot which fronts on a  
Provincial Highway, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure requires a 
setback in excess of the requirement of the Bylaw, the requirements of the Ministry of 
Transportation and Infrastructure prevail. 
3.8.2 
No building, mobile home, recreational vehicle, or fence, retaining wall or other 
structure, nor any part thereof, can be constructed, moved, extended or located:  
a) within 15m from the natural boundary of the sea; or  
b) 30m from the natural boundary of any lake, pond, marsh or stream, subject to the 
Provincial Riparian Area Regulations. 
Amendment Bylaw No. 944 
3.8.3 
The keeping of chickens or bees is not permitted within: 
a) 15m from the natural boundary of the sea; or  
b)  30m from the natural boundary of any lake, pond, marsh or stream, subject to the 
Provincial Riparian Area Regulations. 
Amendment Bylaw No. 1000 
3.9 HEIGHT AND WIDTH OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES  
3.9.1 
Where a Zone includes a regulation entitled “Maximum Height”, no building or other 
structure may be placed, constructed, sunk into, erected, moved, sited, altered or 
enlarged in a manner that exceeds the height specified for the Zone in which the 
building or structure is located.  For certainty, maximum height in a Zone may vary 
according to the use of the building or other structure, as specified in the Zone. 
3.9.2 
The height of buildings and or structures permitted elsewhere in this Bylaw may be 
exceeded for industrial cranes, communication towers, spires, belfries and domes, 
chimneys, flag poles, apartment elevator shafts, stair and hose towers. 
3.9.3 
Where a building or other structure incorporates a dome (curved or barrel) roof, the 
curve of the roof must start at 80% of the maximum height permitted in the applicable 
Zone, and the highest point of the roof must not exceed 110% of the maximum height 
permitted in the applicable Zone.  
3.9.4 
Where a building or other structure incorporates a mansard roof, the height is 
measured to the top of the roof hip, and the highest point of the roof must not exceed 
110% of the maximum height permitted in the applicable Zone.  
3.9.5 
Where a building or other structure is of an irregular type where any part of the roof 
has a pitch less than 3:12, the height is measured to the top of the roof.  
3.9.6 
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which protrude above the surrounding roof line.  
3.9.7 
Notwithstanding the use of grade in determining height, the height of the face of any 
building or other structure from the adjacent finished grade must not be more than 
2.5m higher than the maximum height permitted in the applicable Zone. 
3.9.8 
For guidance, the illustration below is for calculating height for various roof types in a 
zone with a maximum permitted height of 7.5m: 
 
3.10 
SUBDIVISION OF LOTS 
3.10.1 Where a Zone includes a regulation entitled “Minimum Lot Size”, no lot may be 
created by subdivision that has an area less than the figure specified for the Zone in 
which the lot is located, or the applicable use within the Zone. 
a) For panhandle lots, the area within the access strip must not be included in the area 
of the lot for the purposes of calculating “minimum lot size” 
3.10.2 Where a Zone includes a regulation entitled “Minimum Lot Width”, no lot may be 
created by subdivision that has lot width less than the figure specified for the Zone in 
which the lot is located, or the applicable use within the Zone. 
3.10.3 Where a Zone includes a regulation entitled “Minimum Lot Frontage”, no lot may be 
created by subdivision that has a frontage less than the figure specified for the Zone 
in which the lot is located or the applicable use within the Zone. 
3.10.4 Where a lot created by subdivision fronts on a highway, and the Zone does not 
contain a “Minimum Lot Frontage”, then the minimum lot frontage must be 10% of the 
perimeter of the lot unless exempted by Council in accordance with the Local 
Government Act. 
3.10.5 No subdivision of land, whether under whether under the Land Title Act or the Strata 
Property Act including the Bare Land Strata Regulations, will be approved if any 
portion of the driveway, or common access roadway is closer than 9m to an existing 
side lot line on the lot being subdivided. For guidance, refer to the diagram on the 
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3.10.6 Consolidation Exception: Where two or more lots are to be re-subdivided after 
consolidation, and where the proposed subdivision will result in the same or in a 
lesser number of lots, the Approving Officer may approve the subdivision 
notwithstanding that the lots created are less than the “minimum lot size” or 
“minimum lot width” prescribed, provided that none of the lots to be created by the 
subdivision is less in area than the smallest of the existing lots of the land being 
subdivided. 
3.10.7 Property lines of parcels being created by subdivision which intersects a highway 
must be substantially at right angles unless the Approving Officer is satisfied that it is 
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SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS FOR CERTAIN USES OR 
CIRCUMSTANCES 
4.1 SECONDARY SUITES 
4.1.1 Not withstanding the regulations set out in Schedule E: Small-Lot, Multi-Unit Housing 
Regulations, only one secondary suite is permitted on a lot. 
4.1.2 Where a lot is not serviced by the Town’s sanitary sewer system, written confirmation 
from the applicable licensing body that the capacity of the lot’s sewer system will not 
be compromised by the presence of a secondary suite, is required.  
4.1.3 A secondary suite must not be subdivided from the dwelling unit to which it is 
accessory, whether under the provisions of either the Land Title Act or the Strata 
Property Act.  
4.2 HOME OCCUPATION 
4.2.1 All home occupations, where permitted by this Bylaw, are subject to the following 
conditions: 
a) be accessory to the principal use of the dwelling unit for residential purposes. 
b) be carried out wholly within the dwelling unit or within an accessory building. 
c) produce no offensive noise, smoke, dust, odour, glare or electrical interference. 
d) be carried on with no exterior indication of the home occupation as a result of outdoor 
storage, the display of goods or services or lighting; with the exception of signage 
which complies with regulations of this Bylaw and the Sign Bylaw. 
e) not use materials or processes that produce flammable or explosive vapours or 
gases under ordinary temperatures. 
f) 
not involve the sale or display of any goods, wares, merchandise or foodstuffs which 
are not produced or made on the lot. 
g) not involve storage of materials outside the dwelling unit or accessory building, which 
are used directly for the processing or result from the processing of any product of 
the home occupation. 
h) not require delivery of materials or commodities in such bulk or quantity as to require 
more than one delivery per week by commercial vehicles or trailers. 
i) 
not generate any increase in traffic or on-street vehicle parking in excess of that 
which is ordinarily generated by the residential use of the lot on which the home 
occupation is located. 
j) 
not involve alterations to the dwelling that would change the character of the building 
as a dwelling. 
k) not constitute an agriculture use for purposes of property assessment. 
l) 
not permitted on a lot with a small daycare, a large daycare use, or any facility 
licensed under the Community Care and Assisted Living Act.  
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ii) Clubs; 
iii) Kennels; 
iv) Radio Dispatch Services, which require on-lot commercial vehicles; 
v) Restaurants; 
vi) Retail Stores; 
vii) Salvage and Recycling Lots; 
viii) Storage Lots; 
ix) Medical Clinic; 
x) Pharmacy; 
xi) Café; 
xii) Brewery; 
xiii) Distillery; 
xiv) Campground; 
xv) Vacation rentals, AirBNB and any other form of non-residential commercial 
overnight accommodation or transient accommodation, whether as a principal or 
accessory use, and whether of a dwelling unit, a building or of land, excepting 
only Bed & Breakfast when permitted as a Level 3 Home Occupation.  
Amendment Bylaw No. 944 and 1105 
4.2.2 Where permitted by this Bylaw, only one of the following three levels of home 
occupation is permitted within a dwelling unit.  
4.2.3 A Level 1 Home Occupation is subject to the following conditions: 
a) A Level 1 Home Occupation is permitted within any dwelling unit, secondary suite, or 
garden suite, but must not occupy more than 20% of the floor area of the dwelling to 
a maximum of 37m2. 
b) Only persons who reside in the dwelling unit are permitted to engage in the home 
occupation. 
c) A Level 1 Home Occupation must not generate more than one client or customer visit 
to the lot within or from which it is being operated on any calendar day.  
d) Signage is not permitted on the exterior of the lot or buildings to indicate the 
presence of a home occupation. 
e) No additional parking is required for a Level 1 Home Occupation. 
f) 
Where a secondary suite or garden suite is permitted in this Bylaw, a secondary 
suite, garden suite and a Level 1 Home Occupation are permitted on the same lot, 
subject to size, parking and building regulations. 
g) Level 1 Home Occupations must be one of the following uses: 
i) Artist studio; 
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v) Web designer; 
vi) Writer. 
Amendment Bylaw No. 944 
4.2.4 A Level 2 Home Occupation is subject to the following conditions: 
a) A Level 2 Home Occupation is only permitted within a residential, detached dwelling 
unit, and must not occupy more than 40% of the floor area of the dwelling unit to a 
maximum of 74m2. For clarity a Level 2 Home Occupation is not permitted in a 
dwelling unit, secondary suite, garden suite, mobile home, or recreational vehicle. 
Amendment Bylaw No. 944 
b) Only persons who reside in the dwelling are permitted to engage in the home 
occupation. 
c) A Level 2 Home Occupation must not generate more than two client or customer 
visits to the lot within or from which it is being operated at any given time.  
d) Signage is not permitted on the exterior of the land or buildings to indicate the 
presence of a home occupation. 
e) One additional off-street parking space is required to be provided for the Level 2 
Home Occupation, subject to parking size and location requirements in this Bylaw 
f) 
Where a secondary suite is permitted in this Bylaw, both a secondary suite and a 
Level 2 home occupation are permitted on the same lot, provided that the minimum 
lot size is 850m2, and subject to parking and building regulations. 
g) Level 2 Home Occupations must be one of the following uses: 
i) Any Level 1 Home Occupations; 
ii) Personal and professional services 
iii) Teaching or tutoring, provided that attendance is limited to 2 persons at a time; 
iv) Small equipment repair; 
v) Registered Massage Therapist; 
vi) Registered Acupuncturist. 
Amendment Bylaw No. 944 and 1135 
4.2.5 A Level 3 Home Occupation is subject to the following conditions: 
a) A Level 3 Home Occupation is permitted within a residential single detached unit, and 
must not occupy more than 40% of the floor area of the dwelling unit to a maximum 
of 93m2. For clarity, a Level 3 home occupation is not permitted in a residential 
multiple unit, secondary suite, garden suite, or mobile home or recreational vehicle. 
Amendment Bylaw No. 944 and 1135 
b) The minimum lot size of a Level 3 Home Occupation is 1,000m2. 
c) A maximum of one non-resident employee is permitted to be engaged in the level 3 
home occupation along with the home occupant. 
d) A Level 3 Home Occupation must not generate more than five client or customer 
visits to the lot within or from which is being operated at any given time. 
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f) 
For a Level 3 Home Occupation, two additional off-street parking spaces are required 
to be provided, subject to parking size and location requirements in this Bylaw 
g) A secondary suite or garden suite is not permitted on the same lot as a Level 3 Home 
Occupation. 
h) Level 3 Home Occupations must be one of the following uses: 
i) Any Level 1 Home Occupations; 
ii) Any Level 2 Home Occupations; 
iii) Bed and Breakfast, as further regulated under Section 4.3 
iv) Teaching or tutoring, provided that attendance is limited to 5 persons at a time; or 
v) Counselling. 
Amendment Bylaw No. 944 and 1135 
4.3 BED AND BREAKFAST 
4.3.1 In addition to Home Occupation general and Level 3 provisions, the following 
additional provisions are required for bed and breakfasts to be lawfully established 
and ongoing: 
a) A bed and breakfast must only be operated as an accessory use within a detached 
dwelling. 
b) Bed and breakfast operations may contain a maximum of two sleeping units for 
transient accommodation. 
c) A bed and breakfast operation must not alter the residential character and 
appearance of the detached dwelling. 
d) The licensed operator of a bed and breakfast operation must reside in the dwelling in 
which the operation is located. 
e) A bed and breakfast operation is not permitted on a lot having a small daycare, a 
large daycare, or any facility licensed under the Community Care and Assisted Living 
Act. The maximum length of stay is no more than 60 days in a calendar year. 
4.4 THE KEEPING OF CHICKENS AND BEES  
4.4.1 
The keeping of chickens is permitted on properties within the P-4, R-1, R-1A, R-1B 
zones subject to the following conditions: 
a) No more than 4 chickens may be kept on a lot, all of which must be over the age of 4 
months; 
b) Roosters are prohibited. 
c) The sale of eggs and meat is prohibited. 
d) The slaughter of chickens is prohibited. 
e) Henhouses must be located in the rear yard and must be setback a minimum of 3m 
from the rear, side and flanking lot lines; 
f) 
Chickens must be contained in the rear yard at all times. 
4.4.2 
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a) No more than 50 chickens may be kept on a lot. 
b) Roosters are prohibited. 
c) The sale of eggs and meat is prohibited. 
d) The slaughter of chickens is prohibited. 
e) Chickens must be contained in henhouses. 
Amendment Bylaw No. 1000 
4.4.3 
The keeping of bees is permitted on lots within the R-1, R-1A, R-1B, P-1, P-3 and 
P-6  zones with the following restrictions: 
a) On lots up to and including 600m2 no more than 2 beehives are permitted; 
b) On lots greater than 600m2 no more than 4 beehives are permitted; 
c) On lots zone P-4, no more than 8 beehives area permitted; 
d) To ensure the proper height of a bee flight path: 
i) The top of a beehive must be situated 2.4m or more above ground level; and 
ii) the beehive entrance must be directed away from all neighbouring lots and the 
beehive must be situated behind a solid fence or hedge that is a minimum of 
1.8m in height and runs parallel to the lot line; and 
iii) a beehive must be located a minimum of 7.5m away from any rear, side and 
flanking lot lines. 
4.5 ADULT ENTERTAINMENT 
4.5.1 Adult entertainment, where permitted by this Bylaw, must: 
a) Not be permitted to locate within 2 kilometres of a school, small daycare, large 
daycare, or any facility licensed under the Community Care and Assisted Living Act, 
community care facility, place of worship, park or lot zoned P-1, P-2, or P-3; 
b) and be enclosed in a building in such a manner that the activities associated with 
such a use are not visible from the exterior of the building. 
4.6 ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES 
4.6.1 
No accessory building or other structure can be erected on any lot unless a 
principal building to which it is incidental has been erected or will be erected 
simultaneously with the accessory building or other structure. 
4.6.2 
Except as specified otherwise in this Bylaw, an accessory building or other 
structure must: 
a) not have a length or width greater than 7.5m; 
b) be setback a minimum of 1.2m from all lot lines; and 
c) not be located within the front yard or flanking yard. 
4.6.3 
An accessory building must be separated from the principal building by at least 
2.4m except for: 
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b) oil tanks or heating, ventilation or air conditioning equipment. 
4.6.4 
Residential heat pumps are not permitted within the front, side or flanking yard, and 
must be at least 3m from any side or flanking lot line. 
4.6.5 
Where an accessory building or structure is attached to the principal building, it is 
considered a part of the principal building and must comply in all respects with the 
setback requirements of this Bylaw for the principal building. For clarity, this 
includes an accessory building connected to a principal building by a breezeway.  
4.6.6 
The total lot coverage of all accessory buildings and or structures on a lot must not 
exceed 60m2 or 10% of the lot area, whichever is smaller. 
4.6.7 
Except as permitted or specified otherwise in this Bylaw  a metal storage container 
must not be used as accessory building or other structure. 
4.6.8 
Except as otherwise specified in this Bylaw the height of an accessory structure or 
building must not exceed 4.5m. 
Amendment Bylaw No. 1135 
4.7 STORAGE 
4.7.1 
The storage of an unlicensed vehicle on any residential lot is limited to one 
unlicensed vehicle stored in the rear yard, a garage, or carport. 
4.7.2 
Except as specified herein, a front, side, or flanking yard must not be used for 
storage of materials, vehicles, or boats. 
4.7.3 
A vehicle in excess of 7.5m in length must not be parked in a front yard or flanking 
yard. 
4.7.4 
A lot, whether improved or not, in any zone, must not be used as a wrecking yard 
or junk yard. 
4.7.5 
A vehicle or equipment greater than 5000kg gross vehicle weight must not be 
parked in a residential zone. 
4.8 FENCES AND RETAINING WALLS 
4.8.1 
A fence constructed at finished grade in a residential or rural residential zone must 
not exceed 2m in height.  
4.8.2 
Where a fence is abutting an agriculture or commercial zone, the maximum height 
is 2.5m. 
4.8.3 
The height of a fence in the front yard or flanking yard must not exceed 1.2m. 
4.8.4 
A fence constructed at finished grade in a commercial or industrial zone must not 
exceed 2m in height.  
4.8.5 
A fence in an institutional zone must not exceed 2.5m in height measured at 
finished grade, except to provide fencing for an outdoor recreation facility where 
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4.8.6 
Barbed wire fencing is not permitted in any zone, except where permitted uses 
allow for: 
a) Livestock enclosures within an agriculture zone; or 
b) Detention and correctional facilities within an institutional zone. 
c) Cannabis production facility. 
Amendment Bylaw No. 1034 
4.8.7 
For the purpose of measuring the height of a fence that includes or is built on top of 
a retaining wall, finished grade is the elevation at the base of the retaining wall.  
4.8.8 
Fence height restrictions do not prevent the construction of guard rails required to 
meet the provisions of the British Columbia Building code, provided the guard rail is 
constructed with clear glass or has at least 50% of unobstructed clear space. 
4.8.9 
Retaining walls on all residential lots, except those required as a condition of 
subdivision approval or development permit, must not exceed a height of 1.2m 
measured from finished grade on the lower side, 
4.8.10 Retaining walls must be spaced at a minimum of 1:1 height to horizontal separation 
ratio for  reinforced walls, and a minimum of 1:2 height to horizontal separation 
ratio for unreinforced walls. 
4.8.11 Notwithstanding Section 4.8.9 a retaining wall may measure up to 2m measured 
from grade, where the existing grade of the subject lot is lower than the abutting lot. 
In this case, the combined height of a fence on a top of a retaining wall at the lot 
line must not exceed 2m, measured from the grade of the abutting higher lot (see 
illustration below). 
4.8.12 The height of two or more fences or retaining walls, or any combination thereof, 
separated by less than one metre on the same lot are measured for height from the 
base of the lower to the top of the higher. 
Amendment Bylaw No. 944 
 

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4.9 DRUG PARAPHERNALIA SALES 
Drug paraphernalia sales are: 
a) only permitted under a Retail Sales use; 
b) not permitted to located within a 500 metre radius from a school, small daycare, large 
daycare, or any facility licensed under the Community Care and Assisted Living Act, 
community care facility, place of worship, park or lot zoned P-1, P-2, or P-3; 
c) to be enclosed in a building in such a manner that the activities associated with such 
a use are not visible from the exterior of the building; 
d) not to be made to any person under the age of 19 years except where the premises 
are licensed as a pharmacy under the Pharmacists, Pharmacy Operations and Drug 
Scheduling Act. 
 
4.10 
LICENSED RETAIL STORE 
4.10.1 When a licensed retail store is established on any property, no additional licensed 
retail stores are permitted on land within 320 metres of the original licensed retail 
store. 
4.10.2 Beer, wine, spirits or other liquor cannot be sold within a grocery store or a 
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5 PARKING AND LOADING 
5.1 GENERAL PARKING REQUIREMENTS 
5.1.1 
Owners or occupiers of any lot, building or other structure within the Town must 
provide off-street parking and loading spaces for such buildings or other structures, 
including spaces for use by persons with a disability, motorcycles, bicycles, 
scooters, and electric vehicles in conformity with the standards prescribed in this 
Bylaw. 
5.1.2 
The minimum number of parking spaces required for each use must be calculated 
to the nearest whole number. Round up in case of a .5. 
Where the number of required parking spaces is based on seating, the maximum capacity of the 
building, prescribed by the Fire Commissioner, applies.  
5.2 LOCATION AND DESIGN 
5.2.1 All off-street parking and loading spaces, including spaces for use by persons with a 
disability, required to be provided under this Bylaw must be located on the lot on 
which the building or other structure requiring the parking spaces is situated. 
5.2.2 All required off-street parking and loading areas must:  
a) not be located closer than 1.2m from any lot line, unless otherwise specified in this 
bylaw; 
b) be surfaced with asphalt, concrete or permeable material that provides durable, dust-
free and slip-resistant surface; 
c) have fences or curbs to prevent the crossing of sidewalks and boulevards by motor 
vehicles except at driveway crossings; 
d) have the individual parking spaces, manoeuvring aisles, entrances and exits clearly 
marked by curbs, fences, or lines and signs; 
e) have a maximum gradient and cross slope of 6 percent for residential zones and a 
maximum of 2 percent for non-residential zones; 
f) 
have surface drainage directed either to approved planting areas or through a storm 
sewer system and rock pits or if a public storm sewer is available, be connected to 
such storm sewer; and 
g) have the lighting of the parking lot, if lighted, placed in such a manner so as to 
minimize light falling on abutting lots.  
Section 5.2.2 does not apply to park and playfield use as specified in a P-3 and P-6 zones.  
Section 5.2.2 applies where more than 3 spaces are required in an agricultural or residential zone, 
5.3 SITING 
5.3.1 No more than two off-street parking spaces can be located in a front yard in a 
residential zone except in: 
a) An RM-1, RM-2, RM-3 or RT-1 zone, in which case no parking space may be located 
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b) An R-1, R-1A, R-1B, A-1, or A-3 zone, in which case up to three parking spaces may 
be located in a front yard in association with a secondary suite, garden suite, or home 
occupation use so long as the portion of the front yard occupied by parking spaces 
does not exceed 50m2 exclusive of driveway to the parking spaces. The 50m2 limit 
does not apply to parking space width in excess of 2.6m, provided this excess width 
does not itself equal or exceed 2.6m. 
5.3.2 Off-street loading spaces must be located so that no backing or turning of vehicles 
going to or from the lot causes interference with traffic on the adjoining or abutting 
highways, and must be located so that all materials and commodities can be easily 
loaded or unloaded, collected or distributed within the lot. 
5.4 NUMBER OF SPACES ON LOTS WITH MIXED USES  
5.4.1 The total requirements for off-street parking on a lot must be the sum of the 
requirements for all of the uses computed separately in the case of mixed uses.   
5.4.2 Parking facilities for one use must not be counted as parking facilities for any other 
use on the same or any other lot.  
5.4.3 Off-street loading spaces must not be counted as off-street parking spaces and off-
street parking spaces must not be counted as off-street loading spaces. 
5.5 SIZE 
5.5.1 Each required off-street parking space must be a minimum of 2.6m in width, a 
minimum of 5.5m in length exclusive of access aisles and a minimum overhead 
clearance of 2.1m. However:  
a) Where off-street parking areas on a lot are intended to accommodate spaces for 
more than 100 vehicles, the length of each parking space may be reduced to 5m 
provided that significant treed landscaping is made an integral part of the overall 
parking area.  
b) Overhead clearance may be reduced to 1.8m for projections into a space not more 
than 0.5m from an interior wall, into the shorter dimension of the space.  
c) Where a required off-street parking space is positioned immediately adjacent to a 
wall, pillar, planter or other obstruction the width of the space must be at least 0.3m 
more than the minimum width of the required space.  
Amendment Bylaw No. 944 
5.5.2 For parallel parking, the required minimum width is 3m and the minimum length of 
each parking space is 7.5m except for end spaces which must be a minimum length 
of 6m.  
5.5.3 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, up to a maximum of 30% of the 
number of off-street parking spaces other than parallel parking spaces, in any off-
street parking area, may be 2.4m in width and 4.8m in length.  Such spaces must be 
marked “Small Car Only”. 
5.5.4 Where off-street Recreational Vehicle parking is provided, each space must be a 
minimum of 3m in width and a minimum of 7m in length exclusive of access aisles. 
For parallel parking, the required minimum width is 3.5m and the minimum length of 
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length. 
5.5.5 Each required off-street loading space must be no less than 30m2 in area and no less 
than 2.5m in width and have no less than 4m of overhead clearance. 
Amendment Bylaw No. 944 
 
5.6 ACCESS 
5.6.1 The access to all off-street parking and loading spaces from a highway must not be 
less than 6m in width and not more than 9m in width. 
5.6.2 Driveway access provided for a detached garage located in the rear or side yard 
must be a minimum of 2.6m in width. 
5.7 MANOEUVRING AISLES 
5.7.1 Manoeuvring aisles must be unobstructed at all times. Manoeuvring aisles of not less 
than the following widths in Table 5.1 must be provided. 
Table 5.1 - Parking Angle in Degrees Width of Aisle  
Parking Angle  
Width of Aisle  
90o 
7.6m (6.7m underground or in a building) 
60o 
6.4m 
45o 
6.75m 
30o 
6.75m 
0o (parallel) 
3.7m 
5.8 SECONDARY SUITE AND GARDEN SUITE PARKING FACILITIES 
5.8.1 Parking spaces for dwelling units in a building containing a secondary suite, or 
garden suite must, in the case of a corner lot, be located at least 6m from the point of 
intersection of the abutting highways.  
5.8.2 Parking spaces for dwelling units in a building containing a secondary suite, or a 
garden suite must, if not located as a direct extension of the driveway:  
a) be surfaced with permanent surface of asphalt, concrete or similar permeable 
pavement; 
b) be screened from adjacent residential lot by a landscape screen not less than 0.6m in 
height; and 
c) accessed from any driveway existing at the time the secondary suite or garden suite 
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iii) For secondary suite parking facilities clarity, please refer to the following figure: 
 
Amendment Bylaw No. 944 and 1135 
5.9 PAYMENT IN LIEU OF PARKING 
5.9.1 In all areas requiring a Commercial, Intensive Mixed Use, Neighbourhood Mixed-Use 
or Mixed Residential Form and Character Development Permit under the Town of 
View Royal Official Community Plan, the owner or occupier of the land, building or 
other structure may, in lieu of providing the required parking spaces as required by 
Town regulations for a given use, pay to the Town the amount of $12,000 per parking 
space for up to 15% of the parking spaces required in Town regulations for that use.  
5.9.2 If payment in lieu of parking is provided, the owner or occupier of the land, building or 
structure must also pay an additional $10,000 per reduced parking space if the Town 
owns and operates an off-street parking facility within 250 metres of the land, building 
or structure for which the parking spaces are required. 
5.10 
PARKING AND LOADING SCHEDULE 
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Table 5.2 – Off Street Parking Schedule 
USE OF BUILDING 
OR LOT 
MINIMUM NUMBER OF OFF- 
STREET PARKING SPACES 
REQUIRED 
MINIMUM NUMBER OF OFF-
STREET VISITOR PARKING 
SPACES REQUIRED 
Residential 
Single Detached 
Dwelling, Modular 
Home, Mobile Home 
1 per dwelling unit 
N/A 
Garden Suite 
1 per dwelling unit, which cannot be in 
tandem with another required space  
N/A 
Secondary Suite 
1 per dwelling unit, which cannot be in 
tandem with another required space 
N/A 
Duplex 
1 per dwelling unit 
N/A 
Houseplex 
1 per dwelling unit 
0.1 per dwelling unit for five dwelling 
units or more 
Residential, Attached  
1 per dwelling unit 
0.1 per dwelling unit for five dwelling 
units or more 
Townhouse 
1 per dwelling unit 
0.1 per dwelling unit for five dwelling 
units or more 
Rowhouse 
1 per dwelling unit 
0.1 per dwelling unit for five dwelling 
units or more 
Apartment 
Studio or One Bedroom – 1 per 
dwelling unit 
Two Bedroom – 1.5 per dwelling unit 
Three Bedroom or more – 2 per  
dwelling unit 
0.1 per dwelling unit for five dwelling 
units or more 
USE OF BUILDING 
OR LOT  
MINIMUM NUMBER OF OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES REQUIRED 
Commercial  
Animal Hospital  
1 per 20m2 of floor area  
Automobile, Boat and 
Recreational Vehicle 
Sales  
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Financial Institution  
1 per 20m2 of floor area 
Building Supply  
1 per 20m2 of retail store floor area 
Café  
1 per 15m2 of floor area 
Campgrounds  
1 recreational vehicle parking space and one vehicle space per campsite  
Car Wash 
Establishment 
2 per wash bay  
Casino  
1 per 10m2 of floor area, except that any area used specifically for 
administration offices, security activities, staff rooms and similar uses require 1 
space per 30m2 
Dry cleaning  
1 per 20m2 of floor area 
Furniture and 
Appliance Sales  
1 per 15m2 of sales floor area  
Health Salon or Spa 
1 per 10 m2 of floor area  
Hotels  
1 per hotel room, exclusive of accessory uses  
Laboratory  
1 per 20m2 of floor area  
Licensed Premise 
1 space per 10m2 floor area 
Motel  
1 per motel room, exclusive of accessory uses  
Office – Medical Clinic  1 per 20m2 of floor area 
Office  
Single tenant – 1 per 30m2 of floor area Multiple tenant – 1 per 25m2 of floor 
area 
Restaurant – Self-
Service 
1 per 10 m2 of floor area 
Restaurant – Full-
Service 
1 per 10m2 of floor area 
Retail Store 
1 per 20m2 of floor area 
Self-Storage 
Warehousing  
1 per 400m2 of floor area 
Service Commercial  
1 per 30m2 of floor area 
Service Station  
4 per service bay 
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Theatre, including 
Cinema 
1 per 4 seats  
TV and Radio Station 
1 per 40m2 of floor area 
Vehicle and Tire 
Repair  
2 plus 2 per service bay 
Warehouse  
1 per 175m2 of floor area  
Industrial  
Manufacturing Plant 
1 per 70m2 of floor area 
Service/Repair 
Establishment 
1 per 50m2 of floor area 
Warehousing Storage  
1 per 200m2 of floor area 
Public and Institutional  
Bus Depot, Train 
Depot 
1 per 20m2 of waiting room 
Place of Worship 
1 per 4 seats 
Assembly Hall, Club 
1 per 10m2 of floor area used for assembly  
College, University 
7 per classroom 
Community Hall 
1 per 4 seats or 1 per 10 m2 floor area, whichever is greater  
Cultural Facility  
1 per 40m2 of floor area  
Exhibition Hall, Library, 
Gym 
1 per 10m2 of floor area 
Hospital (Acute Care) 
1 per 10m2 of floor area 
Hospital (Extended 
Care), Congregate 
Care Facility  
1 per 30 m2 of floor area  
Polce Office and Fire 
Station  
1 per 10m2 of floor area  
Post Office 
1 per 20m2  
School – Elementary 
and Middle  
2 per classroom  
School - Secondary  
5 per classroom  
Daycare, Large 
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Therapeutic Recovery 
Community  
1 per 3 beds  
Therapeutic Recovery 
Community – Office  
1 per 30m2 of floor area 
Correctional Facility  
1 per 50m2 of floor area  
 Table 5.3 - Off Street Loading Spaces Schedule 
Use of Building or Lot 
Minimum Number of Off Street Loading Spaces Required 
Retail Store, Industry, 
Warehousing 
1 for up to 500m2 floor area 
2 for 500m2 to 2500m2 floor area 
1 for each 2500m2 additional floor area or fraction thereof 
Office, Assembly, Hospital, 
Institution, Club or Lodge 
1 for 300m2 to 3000m2 floor area 
1 for each 3000m2 additional floor area or fraction thereof 
5.11 
 BICYCLE PARKING 
5.11.1 Bicycle parking must be provided in accordance with Table 5.4. 
5.11.2 In this section: 
a) “Class 1” means a secure, weather-protected bicycle parking facility used to 
accommodate long-term parking, such as for residents or employees, usually within a 
building or covered, fenced area; 
b)  “Class 2” means a short-term visitor bicycle parking facility that may offer some 
security, and may be partially protected from the weather, for example a bike rack at 
a building’s entrance. 
Table 5.4 – Bicycle Parking Schedule  
 
 
 
Amendment Bylaw No. 1135 
Use of Building or Lot 
Bicycle Spaces Required 
(minimum of 6) 
Type and Number of Bicycle 
Spaces 
Residential 
 
 
Single Detached 
Dwelling, Duplex 
N/A 
N/A 
Apartment, Rowhouse, 
Houseplex, Residential 
Attached  
1 per unit, plus a 6-space rack 
at each entrance of an 
apartment  
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Commercial 
 
 
Hotel or Motel 
1 per 15 rooms plus, where 
hotel or motel is larger than 75 
rooms, a 6-space rack must be 
provided at each entrance 
Class 1 – 60% 
Class 2 – 40% 
Office, Retail Store, 
Restaurant and 
Laboratory 
1 per 250m2 of floor area for 
the first 5000m2, plus one per 
500m2 of additional floor area 
Class 1 - 50% 
Class 2 – 50% 
Shopping Centre 
1 per 250m2 of floor area for 
the first 5000m2, plus one per 
500m2 of additional floor area 
Class 1 – 30% 
Class 2 – 70% 
Industrial 
 
 
All Industrial Uses 
1 per 950m2 of floor area 
Class 1 – 80% 
Class 2 – 20% 
Public and Institutional 
 
 
Hospital 
1 per 500m2 of floor area, plus 
a 6-space rack at each 
entrance  
Class 1 – 75%  
Class 2 – 25% 
School – Elementary and 
Middle 
1 per 10 employees, plus 1 per 
10 students 
Class 1 – employees 
Class 2 – students 
School –Secondary 
1 per 10 employees, plus 1 per 
8 students 
Class 1 – employees 
Class 2 – students 
College, University 
1 per 10 employees, plus 1 per 
5 students 
Class 1 – employees 
Class 2 – students 
Place of Worship 
1 per 50 fixed seats 
Class 2 – 100% 
Library, Cultural Facility 
1 per 100m2 of floor area 
Class 1 – 20% 
Class 2 – 80% 
Congregate Care Facility 
1 per 10 employees 
Class 1 - 75% 
Class 2 – 25% 
Gym 
1 per 80m2 of surface area 
Class 1 – 20% 
Class 2 – 80% 
5.12 
MOBILITY SCOOTER PARKING 
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adjacent to the entrance of the building or use and must not impede access to the 
entrance. 
5.12.2 Parking spaces for mobility scooters must be located on a sidewalk provided a clear 
distance of 2m from the parking space to the roadway curb is available so as not to 
impede or restrict pedestrian movements on the sidewalk. 
5.13 
ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE 
REQUIREMENTS  
5.13.1 For every commercial or multiple unit residential development that requires more than 
100 parking spaces, an electric vehicle charging station is required on the lot, in a 
location which is accessible to the patrons or residents. 
5.13.2 Every required residential parking space, excepting secondary suites, garden suites 
and Home Occupation parking requirements, must be an Energized Electric Vehicle 
Space.  
5.13.3 Every required Class 1 bicycle parking space must be an Energized Electric Bicycle 
Space.  
5.13.4 Non-residential uses with less than 10 required vehicle parking spaces do not require 
any Energized Electric Vehicle Space, 10-14 required vehicle parking spaces require 
that one of them is an Energized Electric Vehicle Space, and more than 15 required 
spaces requires that two of them are Energized Electric Vehicle Spaces or that 5% of 
the total number of required spaces are Energized Electric Vehicle Spaces (whichever 
is greater). 
5.14 
ACCESSIBLE PARKING REQUIREMENTS 
5.14.1 Accessible parking must be provided in accordance with Table 5.5.  
 
Table 5.5 - Accessible Parking Schedule 
 
Total Vehicle Parking Supply 
Accessible Parking Supply Required 
0 – 10 spaces  
0 spaces  
11 – 50 spaces  
1 space 
51 – 100 spaces  
2 spaces 
101 – 150 spaces  
3 spaces  
151+ spaces 
One additional accessible parking space for each 
additional 50 total parking spaces required 
 
5.14.2 An accessible parking space must be designed to have:  
c) i. 
A minimum width of 3.7m 
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6 SCREENING 
 
6.1 Screening must be provided as per Section 6.5: Screening Schedule to mask or separate: 
 
a) 
Outdoor storage 
 
b) 
Industrial uses from commercial, institutional, and residential uses 
 
c) 
Commercial uses from residential uses 
 
d) 
Residential, commercial, and industrial uses from designated highways.  
 
6.2 Materials stored outdoors must not project above the screening.  
 
6.3 The following highways are designated for the purpose of this Section:  
 
 
a) 
Trans-Canada Highway (No. 1) 
 
 
b) 
Island Highway (No. 1A) 
 
6.4 The following zone categories are designated for the purpose of this Section: 
 
 
a) 
Rural Zoning: Covers any zone with Agriculture as a principle use and a minimum lot size 
 
 
 
of 2ha (20,000m2) or more.  
 
 
b) 
Detached Residential Zoning: Any zone permitting residential uses in a detached or  
 
 
 
duplex form only, with a minimum lot size of 0.5ha (5,000m2) or less.  
 
 
c) 
Attached Residential Zoning: Any zone permitting residential uses in a townhouse,  
 
 
 
rowhouse or apartment residential form but not permitting commercial (mixed) uses.  
 
 
d) 
Local Commercial Zoning: Any zone permitting commercial uses and a maximum base  
 
 
 
density of 0.6 FSR or less, but does not include automobile repair, servicing, sales of  
 
 
 
parts, service station, car wash or any other automobile-related uses.  
 
 
e) 
Service Commercial and Industrial Zoning: Any zone permitting cold storage plant, 
warehousing, garden centre, storage yard, wholesale, lumber and building supply yard, 
automobile repair, servicing sales of parts, service station, medical marihuana production 
facility or car wash uses.  
 
 
f) 
Regional Commercial Zoning: Any zone permitting commercial uses with a base density 
of 0.8 FSR or more and a lot size of at least 4,000m2. 
 
 
g) 
Local Institutional Zoning: Any land under a P zone, except the Regional Institutional 
Zoning in subsection h) below.  
 
 
h) 
Regional Institutional Zoning: The properties containing the View Royal Public Safety 
Building and the Victoria General Hospital.  
 
 
 

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Section 6.5 Screening Schedule 
Zone Category 
Location 
Minimum 
Height 
Form of Screening (See 
Section 6.6) 
Rural Zoning 
None 
n/a 
 
Detached Residential Zoning 
Trans-Canada No. 1 
2m 
Shrub/Berm/Treed 
Island Highway No. 1A 
1.5m 
Shrub/Treed 
Outdoor Storage (all zones) 
1.8m 
Fence 
Attached Residential Zoning 
Trans Canada No. 1 
2m 
Shrub/Berm/Treed 
Island Highway No. 1A 
1.2m 
Shrub/Treed 
Outdoor Storage (all zones) 
1.8m 
Fence 
Residential Zone 
Separation 
1.2m 
Berm/Treed 
Local Commercial Zoning,   
Regional Commercial Zoning  
Trans Canada No. 1 
2m 
Shrub/Berm/Treed 
Outdoor Storage (all zones) 
1.8m 
Fence 
Zone Separation (all except 
Commercial or Industrial) 
1.2m 
Berm/Treed 
Local Institutional Zoning 
Trans Canada No. 1 
1.2m  
Shrub/Berm/Treed 
Island Highway No. 1A 
1.2m 
Shrub/Treed 
Outdoor Storage (all zones) 
1.8m 
Fence 
Regional Institutional Zoning 
Trans Canada No. 1 
1.2m 
Shrub/Berm/Treed 
Island Highway No. 1A 
1.2m 
Shrub/Treed 
Outdoor Storage (all zones) 
1.8m 
Fence 
Zone Separation (all except 
Commercial or Industrial) 
1.2m 
Shrub/Berm/Treed 
Service Commercial and 
Industrial Zoning 
Trans Canada No. 1 
1.2m  
Shrub/Berm 
Island Highway No. 1A 
1.2m 
Shrub/Berm 
Outdoor Storage (all zones) 
1.8m 
Fence 
Zone Separation (all zones) 
2m 
Berm/Treed 
 
6.6 Form of Screening: 
 
 
Fence: Tight board fence, natural stain 
 
 
Shrub: Tight evergreen shrubbery (located 1m or more on centre) 
 
 
Berm: Grassed Berm 80% of the required height 
 
 
Treed: Treed and landscaped 10m buffer 
 
6.7 Notwithstanding the provisions of the Section 6.5 Screening Schedule, landscape screening shall 
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shall be of a size, type and spacing satisfactory to the Approving Officer which will, in conjunction 
with a fence, ensure absolute protection of privacy between properties. For the purpose of this 
subsection, 'absolute privacy protection' shall be deemed to be achieved initially by the installation 
of a decorative wood fence not less than 2.5m in height, of which the upper 0.61 m shall be in the 
form of a semi-opaque trellis. The said trellis portion of the fence shall be removed at such time 
as the adjacent screening hedge to be installed grows to a height of at least 2.5m, unless 
otherwise provided for in a resolution of Council. 
 
6.8  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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7 RURAL / AGRICULTURAL ZONES 
7.1 A–1: Rural 
Principal Uses   
a) Agriculture 
b) Residential, Detached 
c) Riding Stable 
Accessory Uses  
a) Home Occupation 
b) Secondary Suite 
c) Kennel 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
A-1: Rural 
Lot Size 
Lot Size for Kennel Use, minimum 
2 ha 
Lot Size with Sanitary Sewer Service, minimum 
4 ha 
Lot Size without Sanitary Sewer Service, minimum 
8 ha 
Lot Width, minimum 
10% of the perimeter 
Lot Density 
Residential, Detached dwellings per lot, maximum 
1 
Secondary Suites per lot, maximum 
1  
Principal Building Floor Area, maximum 
372m² 
Accessory Building Floor Area, maximum 
600m² 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
20% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
40% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
9m 
Building Height for agriculture use, maximum 
12m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
30m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
15m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
15m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
15m 

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7.2 A–2: Pike Lake Rural Residential 
Principal Uses 
a) Agriculture 
b) Residential, Detached 
c) Riding Stable 
Accessory Uses 
a) Home Occupation 
b) One additional detached residential dwelling for the purpose of housing agriculture 
employees or caretakers 
c) Secondary Suite 
d) Kennel 
Conditions of Use 
a) For the purpose of b), an additional Residential, Detached dwelling is permitted as an 
accessory use only on a lot classified as a farm pursuant to the Assessment Act, 
where such lot is 4 ha or more in area. 
 

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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
A-2: Pike Lake Rural Residential 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
8 ha 
Lot Size for Kennel Use, minimum 
2 ha 
Lot Width, minimum 
10% of the perimeter 
Lot Density 
Residential, Detached dwellings per lot, maximum 
1 
Secondary Suites per lot, maximum 
1 
Principal Building Floor Area, maximum 
372m² 
Accessory Building Floor Area (all buildings), maximum 
600m² 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
20% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
40% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
9m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Building Height for agriculture use, maximum 
12m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
30m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
15m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
15m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
15m 

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7.3 A–3: Rural Residential 
Principal Uses  
b) Agriculture 
c) Residential, Detached 
d) Riding Stable 
Accessory Uses  
a) Home Occupation 
b) Secondary Suite 
 

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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
A-3: Rural Residential 
Lot Size 
Lot Size with Sanitary Sewer Service, minimum 
0.5ha 
Lot Size without Sanitary Sewer Service, minimum 
8 ha 
Lot Width, minimum 
10% of the perimeter 
Lot Density 
Residential, Detached dwellings per lot, maximum 
1 
Secondary Suites per lot, maximum 
1 (min. lot size of 600m2) 
Accessory Buildings Per Lot, maximum 
Unlimited (limited by Floor Area) 
Principal Building Floor Area, maximum 
372m² 
Accessory Building Floor Area (all buildings), maximum 
600m² 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
20% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
40% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
9m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Building Height for agriculture use, maximum 
12m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
30m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
15m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
15m 

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A-3: Rural Residential 
Lot Size 
Lot Size with Sanitary Sewer Service, minimum 
0.5ha 
Lot Size without Sanitary Sewer Service, minimum 
8 ha 
Lot Width, minimum 
10% of the perimeter 
Lot Density 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
15m 

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8 DETACHED RESIDENTIAL ZONES 
8.1 R–1: Detached Residential (Large Lot)  
Principal Uses 
a) Residential, Detached 
b) Small-Scale, Multi-Unit Housing, subject to Schedule E 
Accessory Use 
a) Home Occupation 
b) Secondary Suite 
c) Graden Suite, subject to Schedule D 
Conditions of Use 
a) Up to 45m2 of the garage floor area that is used for the parking of vehicles must not 
be included in the calculation of building floor area. Additional areas in excess of 
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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
R-1: Detached Residential (Large Lot) 
Lot Size 
Lot Size with Sanitary Sewer Service, minimum 
1000m2 
Lot Size without Sanitary Sewer Service, minimum 
8 ha 
Lot Width, minimum 
17.5m 
Lot Density 
Principal Buildings per lot, maximum 
1 
Secondary Suites per lot, maximum 
1  
Building Floor Area, maximum 
372m²  
Floor Space Ratio 
0.42 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
40% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
60% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
7.5m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
2m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
4.5m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures  
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m  
 

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8.2 R-1A: Detached Residential 
Principal Uses 
a) Residential, Detached 
b) Small-Scale, Multi-Unit, subject to Schedule E 
Accessory Uses 
a) Home Occupation 
b) Secondary Suite 
c) Garden Suite, subject to Schedule D 
Conditions of Use 
a) Up to 45m2 of the garage floor area that is used for the parking of vehicles must not 
be included in the calculation of building floor area. Additional areas in excess of 
45m2 must be included as part of the floor area.  
 

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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
R-1A: Detached Residential 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
850m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
17.5m 
Lot Density 
Principal Buildings per lot, maximum 
1 
Secondary Suites per lot, maximum 
1 
Building Floor Area, maximum 
372m²  
Floor Space Ratio 
0.42 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
40% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
60% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
7.5m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
2m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
4.5m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures  
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m 
 
 
 
 

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8.3 R-1B: Detached Residential (Medium Lot) 
Principal Uses  
a) Residential, Detached 
b) Small-Scale, Multi-Unit Housing, subject to Schedule E 
Accessory Uses 
a) Home Occupation 
b) Secondary Suite 
c) Garden Suite, subject to Schedule D 
Conditions of Use 
a) Up to 45m2 of the garage floor area that is used for the parking of vehicles must not 
be included in the calculation of building floor area. Additional areas in excess of 
45m2 must be included as part of the floor area.  
 

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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
R-1B: Detached Residential (Medium Lot) 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
600m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
15m 
Lot Density 
Principal Buildings per lot, maximum 
1 
Secondary Suites per lot, maximum 
1 
Building Floor Area, maximum 
325m²  
Floor Space Ratio 
0.42 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
40% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
60% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
7.5m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Use Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
6m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
1.5m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
4.5m 
Siting of Accessory Use Buildings and Other Structures 
 
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m  
 
 

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8.4 R-1C: Detached Residential (Small Lot) 
Principal Uses 
a) Residential, Detached 
b) Small-Scale, Multi-Unit Housing, subject to Schedule E 
Accessory Uses 
a) Home Occupation 
b) Secondary Suite 
c) Garden Suite, subject to Schedule D 
Conditions of Use 
a) Up to 45m2 of the garage floor area that is used for the parking of vehicles must not 
be included in the calculation of building floor area. Additional areas in excess of 
45m2 must be included as part of the floor area.  
 

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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
R-1C: Detached Residential (Small Lot) 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
360m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
12m 
Lot Density 
Principal Buildings per lot, maximum 
1 
Secondary Suites per lot, maximum 
1  
Building Floor Area, maximum 
278m² 
Floor Space Ratio 
0.6  
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
40% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
60% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
7.5m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Use Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
6m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
1.5m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
4.5m 
Siting of Accessory Use Buildings and Other Structures 
 
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m  
 
 
 

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8.5 R-2: Duplex Residential 
Principal Uses 
a) Residential, Detached, subject to the regulations of the R-1B zone for siting, floor 
area and size of buildings and other structures 
b) Residential, Duplex 
c) Small-Scale, Multi-Unit Housing, subject to Schedule E 
Accessory Uses  
a) Home Occupation 
b) Secondary Suite within a Residential Detached dwelling only 
c) Garden Suite, subject to Schedule D 
Conditions of Use 
a) Up to 45m2 of the garage floor area that is used for the parking of vehicles must not 
be included in the calculation of building floor area. Additional areas in excess of 
45m2 must be included as part of the floor area.  
 
 

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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
R-2: Duplex Residential 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
650m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
17.5m 
Lot Density 
Principal Buildings per lot, maximum 
1 
Secondary Suites per lot, maximum 
1  
Residential Detached Building Floor Area, maximum 
400m² 
Floor Space Ratio 
0.6 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
50% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
60% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
7.5m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
1.5m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
4.5m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures  
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m  
 
 

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9 MULTIPLE UNIT RESIDENTIAL ZONES 
9.1 RT-1: Attached Residential 
Principal Uses 
a) Residential, Detached, subject to the regulations of the R-1B zone for siting, floor 
area and size of buildings and other structures 
b) Residential, Duplex 
c) Residential, Rowhouse 
d) Residential, Townhouse 
Accessory Uses 
a) Home Occupation 
Conditions of Use 
a) Where a Residential Rowhouse is provided within either a fee simple or strata 
subdivision, the side lot line setback which constitutes the party wall between two 
units may be reduced to 0m. 
 

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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
RT-1: Attached Residential 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
3000m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
60m 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio, Base Density 
0.6 
Floor Space Ratio with provision of 80% underground 
parking 
Base Density + 0.1  
Floor Space Ratio Bonus Density provision of 75% green 
roof 
Base Density + 0.1 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
45% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
60% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
10m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
5.0m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
4.5m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
4.5m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
5.0m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures  
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m  
 
 
 

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9.2 RM-1: Ground-Oriented Multiple-Unit Residential 
Principal Uses  
a) Residential, Detached, subject to the regulations of the R-1B zone for siting, floor 
area and size of buildings and other structures 
b) Residential, Duplex 
c) Residential, Rowhouse 
d) Residential, Townhouse 
Accessory Uses  
a) Home Occupation 
Conditions of Use 
a) Where a Residential Rowhouse is provided within either a fee simple or strata 
subdivision, the side lot line setback  which constitutes the party wall between two 
units may be reduced to 0.0m. 
 

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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
RM-1: Ground-Oriented Multiple-Unit Residential 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
1500m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
18m 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio, Base Density 
0.6 (building floor area : lot size) 
Floor Space Ratio with provision of 80% underground 
parking 
Base Density + 0.1  
Floor Space Ratio Bonus Density provision of 75% green 
roof 
Base Density + 0.1 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
40% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
60% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
7.5m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
6.0m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
1.5m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
4.5m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures  
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m  
 
 
 

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9.3 RM-2: Apartment Residential 
Principal Uses 
a) Residential, Apartment 
b) Residential, Duplex 
c) Residential, Rowhouse 
d) Residential, Townhouse 
Accessory Uses 
a) Home Occupation 
Conditions of Use 
a) Where a Residential Rowhouse is provided within either a fee simple or strata 
subdivision, the side lot line setback which constitutes the party wall between two 
units may be reduced to 0.0m. 
 

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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
RM-2: Apartment Residential 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
1500m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
18m 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio, Base Density 
1 
Floor Space Ratio with provision of 80% underground parking 
Base Density + 0.1  
Floor Space Ratio Bonus Density provision of 75% green roof 
Base Density + 0.1 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
60% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
80% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
12m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
4.5m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
6m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures  
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m 

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9.4 RM-3 Zone: Mixed Residential 
Principal Uses 
a) Residential, Apartment 
b) Residential, Rowhouse 
c) Residential, Townhouse 
d) Community Care Facility 
Accessory Uses 
a) Home Occupation 
Conditions of Use 
a) Where a Residential Rowhouse is provided within either a fee simple or strata 
subdivision, the side lot line setback which constitutes the party wall between two 
units may be reduced to 0.0m. 
 
 

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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
RM-3: Mixed Residential 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
1500m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
40m 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio, Base Density 
1.5 
Floor Space Ratio with provision of 80% underground parking 
Base Density + 0.1  
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
60% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
80% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
13.5 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.0m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
4.0m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
4.0m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures  
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m 
Amendment Bylaw No. 925, 2015 
 

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10 COMMERCIAL ZONES 
10.1 
C-1: Community Commercial 
Principal Uses 
a) Assembly Hall 
b) Bakery 
c) Café 
d) Civic Use 
e) Community Shopping Centre 
f) 
Financial Institution 
g) Licensed Retail Store  
h) Medical Clinic 
i) 
Mixed Commercial and Residential use  
j) 
Office 
k) Personal Service Establishment 
l) 
Pharmacy 
m) Restaurant, Full-Service 
n) Retail Store 
Accessory Uses 
a) Home Occupation 
Conditions of Use 
a) Any goods produced on the lot must be sold at retail on the same lot. 
b) Every business or undertaking must be conducted within an enclosed building except 
for parking and loading facilities. 
c) A minimum driveway access of 4.5m must be provided to the rear yard where no rear 
roadway access exists. 
d) No commercial or business use, other than a premise licensed under the Liquor 
Control and Licensing Act, shall be open to the public between the hours of 11:00pm 
and 6:00am. 
 

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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
C-1: Community Commercial 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
700m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
20m 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio, Base Density 
0.6 
Floor Space Ratio with provision of 80% underground parking 
Base Density + 0.1  
Floor Space Ratio Bonus Density provision of 75% green roof 
Base Density + 0.1 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
50% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
80% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
9m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Side Lot Line Setback 
6m  
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
3m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures  
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m  
 

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10.2 
C-3: Service Commercial 
Principal Uses 
a) Animal Hospital 
b) Automobile Repair, Minor 
c) Café 
d) Car Wash 
e) Garden Centre 
f) 
Laundromat 
g) Office 
h) Restaurant, Self-Service 
i) 
Restaurant, Full-Service 
j) 
Retail sale of parts and accessories for automobiles, boats, recreational vehicle, and 
farm machinery 
k) Retail sale, rental and repair of tools and small equipment, furniture and appliances 
l) 
Service Station 
Accessory Uses  
a) Greenhouse, as part of a Garden Centre  
Conditions of Use 
a) Any goods produced on the lot must be sold at retail on the same lot. 
b) A minimum driveway access of 4.5m must be provided to the rear yard where no rear 
roadway exists. 
 

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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
C-3: Service Commercial 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
700m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
20m 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio, Base Density 
0.4 
Floor Space Ratio with provision of 80% underground parking 
Base Density + 0.1  
Floor Space Ratio Bonus Density provision of 75% green roof 
Base Density + 0.1 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
50% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
80% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
9m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Side Lot Line Setback 
6m  
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
3m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures  
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m 
 
 
 
 

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10.3 
C-4: Neighbourhood Commercial 
Principal Uses 
a) Animal Hospital 
b) Assembly Hall 
c) Café 
d) Civic Use 
e) Medical Clinic 
f) 
Mixed Commercial and Residential 
g) Office 
h) Personal Service Establishment 
i) 
Pharmacy 
j) 
Restaurant, Full-Service 
k) Retail Food sales not to exceed 230m2 
l) 
Shopping Centre, Neighbourhood 
Accessory Uses  
a) Home Occupation within a residential dwelling unit only 
Conditions of Use 
a) Any goods produced on the lot must be sold at retail on the same lot. 
b) A minimum driveway access of 4.5m must be provided to the rear yard where no rear 
roadway access exists. 
 

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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
C-4: Neighbourhood Commercial 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
700m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
20m 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio, Base Density 
0.4 
Floor Space Ratio with provision of 80% underground parking 
Base Density + 0.1  
Floor Space Ratio Bonus Density provision of 75% green roof 
Base Density + 0.1 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
50% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
80% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
9m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
6m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
3m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures  
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m  

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10.4 
C-5: Tourist Commercial (Hotel) 
Principal Uses 
a) Hotel 
b) Motel 
Accessory Uses 
a) Retail Store 
b) Café  
c) Restaurant, Full-Service 
Conditions of Use 
a) Any goods produced on the lot must be sold at retail on the same lot. 
b) A minimum driveway access of 4.5m must be provided to the rear yard where no rear 
roadway exists. 
c) Occupancy must be limited to no more than 60 days within a calendar year. 
 
 

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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
C-5: Tourist Commercial 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
1500m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
20m 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio, Base Density 
0.4 
Floor Space Ratio with provision of 80% underground 
parking 
Base Density + 0.1  
Floor Space Ratio Bonus Density provision of 75% green 
roof 
Base Density + 0.1 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
50% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
80% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
9m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
6m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
3m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures  
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m 
 
 
 

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10.5 
C-6: Tourist Commercial (Campground) 
Principal Uses  
a) Campground 
Accessory Uses 
a) Retail Store 
b) Café 
c) Restaurant, Full-Service 
Conditions of Use 
a) Any goods produced on the lot must be sold at retail on the same lot. 
b) A minimum driveway access of 4.5m must be provided to the rear yard where no rear 
roadway access exists. 
c) Occupancy of campground, must be limited to no more than 60 days within a 
calendar year. 
 

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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
C-6: Tourist Commercial (Campground) 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
1500m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
20m 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio 
0.4 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
40% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
40% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
9m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
6m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
3m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures  
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m  
 

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10.6 
C-7: Business Park Commercial 
Principal Uses 
a) Animal Hospital 
b) Café 
c) Civic Use  
d) Community Care Facility 
e) Garden Centre 
f) 
Hotel 
g) Recreational Facility, Indoor 
h) Licensed Retail Store 
i) 
Light Manufacturing 
j) 
Medical Clinic 
k) Motel 
l) 
Office 
m) Personal Service Establishment 
n) Pharmacy 
o) Restaurant, Self-Service 
p) Restaurant, Full-Service 
q) Retail Store 
r) 
Shopping Centre, Community 
 Accessory Uses 
a) Greenhouse as part of a Garden Centre 
b) Home Occupation within a residential dwelling unit only 
Conditions of Use 
a) For Light Manufacturing uses, the outdoor storage of goods or materials is not 
permitted. 
b) A minimum driveway access of 4.5m must be provided to the rear yard where no rear 
roadway  access exists. 
 

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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
C-7: Business Park Commercial 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
700m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
20m 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio, Base Density 
1.0 
Floor Space Ratio with provision of 80% underground parking 
Base Density + 0.1  
Floor Space Ratio Bonus Density provision of 75% green roof 
Base Density + 0.1 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
50% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
80% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
9m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, maximum 
4m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
6m  
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
3m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures  
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m 
 
 
 
 

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10.7 
C-7A:  Business Park Commercial (Automotive) 
Principal Uses 
a) Automotive Sales, New 
Accessory Uses 
a) Automobile Repair, Minor 
Conditions of Use 
a) A minimum driveway access of 4.5m must be provided to the rear yard where no rear 
roadway access exists. 
 
 

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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
C-7A: Business Park Commercial (Automotive) 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
700m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
20m 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio, Base Density 
0.4 (building floor area : lot size) 
Floor Space Ratio Bonus Density provision of 75% green roof 
Base Density + 0.1 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
50% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
80% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
9m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
6m  
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
3m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures  
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m  
 
 
 
 
 

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10.8 
C-8: Brew Pub Commercial 
Principal Uses 
a) Restaurant, Full-Service 
Accessory Uses 
a) Brewery 
b) Distillery 
c) Catering 
d) Licensed Retail Store 
Conditions of Use 
a) The total floor area of Brewery, Distillery and Licensed Retail Store uses together 
must not be more than 40% of the total floor area on the lot. 
b) No use, operation or storage of materials must be allowed outside of an enclosed 
building or other structure. 
c) A minimum driveway access of 4.5m must be provided to the rear yard where no rear 
highway or lane access exists. 
 
 

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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
C-8: Brew Pub Commercial 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
700m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
20m 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio 
0.42 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
50% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
80% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
9m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
6m  
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
3m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures  
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m  
 

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11 INDUSTRIAL ZONES 
11.1 
I-1: Light Industrial 
Principal Uses 
a) Automobile Repair, Major 
b) Automobile Repair, Minor 
c) Café 
d) Cold Storage Plant 
e) Garden Centre 
f) 
Lumber and building supply yard 
g) Cannabis production facility  
h) Storage Yard 
i) 
Warehousing 
j) 
Wholesale 
Accessory Uses  
a) Retail Store as an accessory use to a warehousing or wholesale use. 
b) Office 
Conditions of Use 
a) No use is permitted which causes an annoyance or nuisance to surrounding areas by 
reason of unsightliness, the emission of odours, liquid effluent, dust, fumes, smoke, 
vibration, noise, glare, or health, fire or explosion hazard, electrical interference or 
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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
I-1: Light Industrial 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
700m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
16m 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio, Base Density 
1.25 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
50% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
80% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
12m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Side Lot Line, minimum 
6m  
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
6m 
All Lot Lines, minimum for medical marihuana production 
facility use 
50m  
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures  
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m 
 
 
 

 
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12 INSTITUTIONAL ZONES 
12.1 
P-1: Community Institutional 
Principal Uses 
a) Assembly Hall 
b) Civic Use 
c) Community Care Facility 
d) Community Garden  
e) Daycare, Large 
f) 
Emergency Services Station 
g) Resource Centre 
h) Hospital 
i) 
Hospital Hostel 
j) 
Place of Worship 
k) Storage and Works Yard 
l) 
School 
Accessory Uses  
a) Café as an accessory use to a Hospital 
b) Office 
c) Residential  
d) Retail Store as an accessory use to a Hospital 
Conditions of Use 
a) Accessory uses must not exceed 25% of the floor area of the principal uses on the 
lot. 
 

 
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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
P-1: Community Institutional 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
700m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
16m 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio, Base Density 
0.6 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
40% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
9m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
6.0m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
6.0m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures  
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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12.2 
P-2: Local Institutional 
Principal Uses  
a) Assembly Hall 
b) Daycare, Large 
c) Civic Use 
d) Community Care Facility 
e) Resource Centre 
f) 
Place of Worship 
g) School 
Accessory Uses  
a) Residential use for a caretaker 
Conditions of Use 
a) Accessory uses must not exceed 25% of the floor area of the principal uses on the 
lot. 
 

 
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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
700m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
16m 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio, Base Density 
0.4 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
40% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
60% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
9m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
1.5m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
4.5m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures  
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m 
 

 
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12.3 
P-3: Parks and Recreation 
Principal Uses  
a) Community Garden 
b) Golf Course 
c) Park and Open Space 
d) Recreational Facility, Outdoor 
e) Recreational Facility, Indoor 
Accessory Uses  
a) Café 
b) Office 
c) Restaurant, Full-Service 
d) Retail Store 
Conditions of Use 
a) Accessory uses must not exceed 25% of the floor area of the principal uses on the 
lot. 
 

 
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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
P-3: Parks and Recreation 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
700m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
16m 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio, Base Density 
0.4 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
20% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
60% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
9m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
6.0m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
6.0m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures  
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m 
 
 
 

 
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12.4 
P-4: Regional Institutional 
Principal Uses  
a) Technical and Vocational Schools 
b) Youth-oriented Correctional Institutions 
c) Therapeutic Recovery Community 
Amendment Bylaw No. 1000 
Accessory Uses  
a) Café  
b) Office 
c) Restaurant, Full-Service 
d) Retail Store 
e) Residential uses for a caretaker or a watchperson 
f) 
Commercial Kitchen 
g) Craft and Artisan Trades 
h) Market Garden 
i) 
Service Store 
Amendment Bylaw No. 1000 
Conditions of Use 
a) Accessory uses must not exceed 25% of the floor area of the principal uses on the 
lot. 
b) Residential caretaker use must be on the same lot as the principal use. 
 
 

 
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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
P-4: Regional Institutional 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
2 ha 
Lot Width, minimum 
10% of the perimeter 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio, Base Density 
0.4 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
40% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
60% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
9m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
15m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
15m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
10m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
15m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures  
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m  
 
 
 

 
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12.5 
P-5: Transportation 
Principal Uses  
a) Park and Open Space 
b) Parking Facilities 
c) Railway, including Railway Station 
d) Recreation Greenway 
e) Transportation Centre or Depot 
Accessory Uses  
a) Café  
b) Office 
c) Restaurant, Full-Service 
d) Retail Store 
Conditions of Use 
a) Accessory uses must not exceed 25% of the floor area of the principal uses on the 
lot. 
 

 
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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
P-5: Transportation 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
4 ha 
Lot Width, minimum 
16m 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio, Base Density 
0.4 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
40% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
60% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
7.5m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
3m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
4.5m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures  
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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12.6 
P-6: Thetis Lake Park 
Principal Uses 
a) Community Garden 
b) Park and Open Space 
c) Recreation Greenway 
Additional Principal Uses 
a) Subzone A 
i) Boat Launch 
ii) Concession Stand 
iii) Food Cart 
iv) Nature Centre 
v) Outdoor Recreation Facility 
vi) Park Operations 
b) Subzone B 
i) Nature Centre 
ii) Outdoor Recreation Facility 
iii) Parking Lot 
iv) Park Operations 
c) Subzone C 
i) Boat Launch 
ii) Nature Centre 
iii) Outdoor Recreation Facility 
iv) Parking Lot 
v) Park Operations 
Accessory Uses 
a) Office 
b) Retail  
Conditions of Use 
a) Accessory uses must not exceed 25% of the floor area of the principal uses on the 
lot. 
 

 
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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
P-6: Thetis Lake Park 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
10 ha 
Lot Width, minimum 
16m 
Lot Density 
Building Floor Area, maximum for Concession Stand use 
200m2 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
7.5m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Setback from any Exterior Park Lot Line, minimum 
15m 
Setback from any Natural Watercourse, minimum 
30m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures  
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m  
 
 
 

 
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12.7 
P-7: Utility Corridor 
12.7.1 Principal Uses  
a) Park and Open Space 
b) Public Utility 
c) Recreation Greenway 
d) Urban Trails 
12.7.2 Conditions of Use 
a) Accessory Buildings and Other Structures must not exceed a total area of 100m2 on 
a lot. 
 

 
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12.7.3 Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
P-7: Utility Corridor 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
2400m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
10m 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio, Base Density 
0.4 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
40% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
60% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
7.5m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
3m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
3m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures  
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m 
 
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12.8 
P-8: Public Safety 
12.8.1 Principal Uses  
a) Assembly Hall 
b) Civic Use 
c) Daycare, Large 
d) Public Safety Facility 
e) Public Storage and Works Yard 
f) 
Public Utility 
g) Residential Apartment 
h) Resource Centre 
12.8.2 Conditions of Use 
a) Accessory uses must not exceed 25% of the floor area of the principal uses on the 
lot. 
b) There must be at least 32 parking spaces provided on the lot. 
c)  
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12.8.3 Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
P-8: Public Safety 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
9000m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
16m 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio, Base Density 
0.35 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
30% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
60% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
15m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
0m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
20m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
10m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
10m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures  
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m  
 

 
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12.9 
 P-9: Parks and Recreation Cultural Facility Zone 
12.9.1 Principal Uses 
• 
Assembly Hall 
• 
Club 
• 
Community Garden 
• 
Conference Centre 
• 
Museum 
• 
Park and Open Space 
• 
Recreational Facility, Indoor 
• 
Recreational Facility, Outdoor 
12.9.2 Accessory Uses 
• 
Catering 
• 
Commercial Kitchen 
• 
Café 
• 
Restaurant 
• 
Retail Store 
12.9.3 Conditions of Use 
a) Accessory use must not exceed 25% of the floor area of the principal uses on the lot. 
 

 
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12.9.4 Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
P-9: Parks and Recreation Cultural Facility Zone 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
5000 m2 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio, maximum 
0.4:1 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
20% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
30% 
Size of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
Building Height, maximum  
9.0m 
Siting of Buildings and Other Structures (Principal and Accessory)  
Front Lot Line setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Side Lot Line setback, minimum 
6.0m 
Flanking Lot Line setback, minimum 
6.0m 
 
 
 

 
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13 COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT ZONES 
13.1 
CD-1: Comprehensive Development 
13.1.1 Principal Uses 
a) Animal Hospital 
b) Café,  
c) Retail Cannabis Store 
d) Cold Storage Plant 
e) Computer Technology Sales, Service and Manufacturing 
f) 
Daycare, Large 
g) Electronics Manufacturing 
h) Financial Institution 
i) 
Food Processing (excluding the primary processing of meat, poultry and fish) 
j) 
Licensed Retail Store 
k) Light Manufacturing  
l) 
Medical Clinic 
m) Office 
n) Personal Service Establishment 
o) Pharmacy 
p) Recreational Facilities, Indoor 
q) Restaurant, Self-Service 
r) 
Restaurant, Full-Service 
s) Retail Sales and installation of motor vehicle, trailer and boat accessories 
t) 
Retail Sales and Rental of Goods and Services 
u) Scientific or Technological Research Facilities 
v) Warehousing and Light Assembly 
w) Wholesaling and Wholesale Distribution 
Amendment Bylaws No. 907, 944, 1041 and 1117 
13.1.2 Conditions of Use  
a) No use shall be permitted which causes an annoyance or nuisance to surrounding 
areas by reason of unsightliness, the emission of odours, liquid effluent, dust, fumes, 
smoke, vibration, noise, glare, or health, fire or explosion hazard, electrical 
interference or undue traffic congestion.  
b) No use, operation or storage of materials shall be allowed outside of an enclosed 
building or structure.  
c) The daily hours of operation for a Licensed Retail Store or Cannabis Retail Store are 
limited to between 9:00 am and 11:00 pm.  

 
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d) At such time as a licensed retail store is established on any property within the CD-1 
Zone, no additional licensed retail stores shall be permitted on land within 320m of 
the original licensed retail store.  
e) Daycare, Large use is permitted only on the properties legally described (and 
addressed) as follows: 
• 
Strata Lots A, B and C, Plan VIS4586 Together With an Interest in the 
Common Property in proportion to the Unit Entitlement of the Strata Lot as 
shown on Form 1 (100 Aldersmith Place) 
Amendment Bylaw No. 907, 2014 
f) 
Retail Cannabis Store use is permitted only on the properties described in the map 
within Schedule 1 of Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 2014, Amendment Bylaw No. 1041, 
2020, that being a portion of the property legally described (and addressed) as 
follows: 
• 
Lot A (See EL82092), Section 2, Esquimalt District, Plan VIP61203 (1495 
Admirals Road) 
 
Amendment Bylaw No. 1041, 2020 
13.1.3 Siting of Buildings and Structures  
 
a) Front Yard minimum of 7.5m  
b) Rear Yard minimum of 7.5m  
c) Side Yard minimum of 3m except where abuts a lot in an A, R, or RM zone minimum 
of 7.5m  
d) Flanking Yard minimum of 6m  
13.1.4 Size of Building and Structures  
a) Height maximum of 12m  
b) Lot Coverage maximum of 50% of the lot area with no single  footprint to exceed 
4,000m2  
13.1.5 Lot Size 
a) Lot Area minimum of 2000m2  
b) Lot Width minimum of 30m2  
 
 
 

 
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13.2 
CD-3: Comprehensive Development (Mixed Use) 
13.2.1 Principal Uses 
a) Café 
b) Financial Institution 
c) Medical Clinic 
d) Mixed Commercial and Residential Use 
e) Office 
f) 
Personal Service Establishment 
g) Recreational Facilities, Indoor 
h) Residential, Apartment 
i) 
Residential, Rowhouse 
j) 
Residential, Townhouse 
k) Restaurant, Full-Service 
l) 
Restaurant, Self-Service 
m) Retail Sales 
n) Retail Sales and installation of motor vehicle, trailer and boat accessories; 
o) Scientific or Technological Research Facilities; 
p) Service Commercial 
13.2.2 Accessory Uses 
a) Home Occupation 
13.2.3 Density  
a) The maximum density for Apartment Residential or Attached Residential uses shall 
be 25 units per net hectare (10 units per net acre).  
b) Residential Floor Space Ratio maximum of 0.5  
c) Commercial Floor Space Ratio maximum of 0.25  
13.2.4 Siting of Buildings and Structures  
a) Front minimum of 7.5m except that, in the case of 3-storey buildings, any part of the 
building above the 2nd storey must be at a setback of no less than 10 m from the 
front lot line.  
b) Rear minimum of 10m 
c) Side minimum of 7.5m  
d) Flanking minimum of 6m  
13.2.5 Size of Buildings and Structures  
a) Height maximum of 3 storeys not to exceed 10m 

 
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b) Lot Coverage maximum of 25%  
c) Finished residential floor area: 
i) minimum of 60m2, for bachelor, seniors or 1 bedroom units  
ii) minimum of 75m2 for 2-bedroom units  
iii) minimum of  93 m2  for units with 3 or more bedrooms  
13.2.6 Building Separation (Residential)  
a) Where one wall of a building used for residential purposes faces another wall of the 
same building or another building on the same site, buildings and structures shall be 
sited to provide a continuous unencumbered 90-degree horizontal arc as follows:  
i) from the centre of a window in a Living room area minimum radius of 10m  
ii) from the centre of a window in Bedrooms, Kitchens and other habitable rooms 
minimum radius of 6m  
iii) from the centre of a window in non-habitable rooms minimum radius of 4m  
13.2.7 Lot Size  
a) Lot Area minimum of 0.4ha 
b) Lot Width minimum of 30m 
13.2.8 Amenity Area  
a) A minimum of 40% of the lot area shall be maintained as natural greenspace.  
b) Common amenity area shall be provided for residential uses as follows:  
i) for each 2-bedroom unit minimum of 10m2  
ii) for each 3-bedroom unit minimum of 15m2 
c) No play area shall be less than 25m2 in area, nor located adjacent to accessible 
parking areas or manoeuvring aisle.  
d) Any finished common amenity area provided within a residential or mixed commercial 
/ residential building, up to a maximum of 10% of the floor area of the building, shall 
not be included in the floor area for the purpose of calculating the flloor space ratio. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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13.3 
CD-4: Comprehensive Development (Multiple Housing Use) 
13.3.1 Principal Uses 
a) Residential, Apartment 
b) Residential, Rowhouse 
c) Residential, Townhouse 
13.3.2 Accessory Uses 
a) Home Occupation 
13.3.3 Density  
a) The maximum base density for Apartment, Attached or Single-Family Residential 
uses shall be 43.2 units per net hectare (17.5 units per net acre), except that density 
may be increased by adding an amount equal to 43.2 units per net hectare (17.5 per 
net acre) multiplied by the percentage by which natural greenspace area is increased 
above the minimum requirement of 40% of site area.  
b) Residential Floor Space Ratio maximum of 0.57  
c) The Floor Space Ratio may be increased by adding an amount equal to the figure 
obtained by multiplying the maximum FSR of 0.57 by the percentage by which 
natural greenspace area is increased above the minimum requirement of 40% of site 
area.  
13.3.4 Siting of Buildings and Structures  
a) Front minimum of 7.5m  
b) Rear minimum of 7.5m  
c) Side minimum of 7m  
d) Flanking minimum of 6m  
13.3.5 Size of Buildings and Structures  
a) Height maximum of 15m  
b) Lot Coverage maximum of 25.7%  
c) Finished residential floor area  
i) minimum of 60 m2  for bachelor, seniors or 1-bedroom units  
ii) minimum of 75m2  for 2-bedroom units  
iii) minimum of 93m2  for units with 3 or more bedrooms  
13.3.6 Building Separation  
a) Where one wall of a building faces another wall of the same building or another 
building on the same site, buildings and structures shall be sited to provide a 
continuous unencumbered 90-degree horizontal arc as follows:  
i) from the centre of a window in a living room area minimum radius of 10m  
ii) from the centre of a window in bedrooms, kitchens and other habitable rooms 
minimum radius of 6m  
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13.3.7 Lot Size  
a) Lot area minimum of 1.6 hectares (4 acres)  
b) Lot width minimum of 30 m (98.4 ft.)  
13.3.8 Amenity Area  
a) A minimum of 40% of the lot area shall be maintained as natural greenspace.  
b) Common amenity area shall be provided for residential uses as follows:  
iv) for each 2-bedroom unit minimum of 10m2  
v) for each 3-bedroom unit minimum of 15m2  
c) No play area shall be less than 25m2 in area, nor located adjacent to accessible 
parking areas or manoeuvring aisle.  
d) Any finished common amenity area provided within a residential or mixed commercial 
and residential building, up to a maximum of 10% of the gross floor area of the 
building, shall not be included in the floor area of the purpose of calculating the floor 
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13.4 
CD-5: Comprehensive Development (Gibraltar Bay) 
Principal Uses 
a) Residential, Detached 
b) Small-Scale, Multi-Unit Housing, subject to Schedule E 
Accessory Uses 
a) Home Occupation 
b) Garden suite, subject to Schedule D 
c) Secondary Suite 
Conditions of Use 
a) Up to 45m2 of garage floor area that is used for the parking of vehicles shall not be 
included in the calculation of floor area. Additional area in excess of 45m2 shall be 
included as part of the floor area. 
Density 
a) Base Density & Amenity Bonusing 
b) The maximum base density for Mixed Residential use shall be 9.2 units per net 
hectare (3.7 units per net acre), except that density may be increased by adding an 
amount equal to the base density multiplied by the percentage by which natural or 
landscaped greenspace area is increased above the minimum requirement of 40% of 
site area.  The bonus density described herein shall only be applicable if no less than 
one half of the minimum 40% greenspace requirement is provided in the form of 
natural greenspace. 
c) Floor Space Ratio (FSR) 
d) Maximum of 0.45, not to exceed a total of 278m2 (3000 sq.ft.) per lot 
Siting of Buildings and Structures 
a) For Single Family Residential Use on fee-simple or bare land strata lots: 
i)  Front:  
minimum of 4m 
ii)  Rear:  
minimum of 4m 
iii)  Side:  
minimum of 3m 
iv)  Side, Flanking: minimum of 3m 
b) For Accessory Structures: 
i)  Front:  
minimum of 2m 
ii)  Rear:  
minimum of 2m 
iii)  Side:  
minimum of 2m 
iv)  Side, Flanking: minimum of 2m 
c) Waterfront Leavestrip: 
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Size of Buildings and Structures  
a) Height maximum of 8m  
b) Lot Coverage maximum of 35%, except that, where a dwelling unit is no more than 
one storey in height, a lot coverage of 40% shall be permitted;  
c) Finished residential floor area minimum of 70m2 
Lot Size  
a) Lot Area minimum of 377m2 provided that the average lot size in the overall bare land 
strata subdivision is not less than 704m2. 
b) Lot Width minimum of 15m, except that up to 15% of the lots created by a subdivision 
may be permitted to reduce lot width on part of the lot to a minimum of 6m where 
such lots:  
i) front on secondary access roads having a width of no less than 4m and a 
maximum length of 35m;  
ii) access local roads through a panhandle, provided that such panhandles are no 
less  than 6m in width, and no more than 20m in length; or  
iii) have an average width of 15m as measured through the complete depth of the 
lot.  
 Greenspace  
a) A minimum of 20% of the overall strata subdivision site area shall be preserved as 
natural greenspace. In addition to this natural greenspace requirement, further area 
shall be maintained as landscaped greenspace such that the combined area of the 
natural and landscaped greenspaces shall be not less than 40% of the overall strata 
subdivision site area.  
Landscape Screening  
a) A landscaped buffer area of at least 2m in width shall be required adjacent to any 
environmental protection area which is protected by a covenant registered under 
Section 219(4) of the Land Title Act.  
b) A dense, mixed vegetative buffer in a form satisfactory to the Municipal Approving 
Officer shall be planted and maintained within the said buffer area. The installation of 
a fence barrier shall also be required:  
i) at the edge of the environmental protection area; and  
ii) on each side of any pedestrian access pathway passing through the 
environmental protection area.  
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13.5 
CD-5A: Comprehensive Development (Mixed Residential – Small Lot) 
Principal Uses 
a) Residential, Detached 
b) Residential, Duplex 
c) Residential, Rowhouse 
d) Residential, Townhouse 
Amendment Bylaw No. 944 
Accessory uses 
a) Home Occupation 
Conditions of Use 
a) Up to 45m2 of garage floor area that is used for the parking of vehicles shall not be 
included in the calculation of gross floor area. Additional area in excess of 45m2 shall 
be included as part of the gross floor area. 
Base Density & Amenity Bonusing  
a) The maximum base density for Mixed Residential use shall be 15 units per net 
hectare (6 units per net acre), except that density may be increased by adding an 
amount equal to the base density multiplied by the percentage by which natural or 
landscaped greenspace area is increased above the minimum requirement of 20% of 
site area. 
Floor Space Ratio (FSR) maximum of 0.45, not to exceed a total of 278m2 per lot. 
Amendment Bylaw No. 944 
Siting of Buildings and Structures 
a) For Single Family Residential use on fee-simple or bare land strata lots:  
i) Front minimum of 4.5m  
ii) Rear minimum of 6m  
iii) Side minimum of 1.2m  
iv) Flanking minimum of 4m  
b) For Accessory Structures:  
i) 
Rear minimum of 0m  
ii) Side minimum of 0m  
iii) Flanking minimum of 4m  
c) For Attached Residential Buildings:  
i) Front minimum of 6m  
ii) Rear minimum of 7m  
iii) Side minimum of 4.6m  

 
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Size of Buildings and Structures  
a) Height maximum of 7.5m  
b) Lot Coverage maximum of 35%  
c) Finished residential floor area minimum of 70m2 
Building Separation for Attached Residential Use  
a) Where one wall of a building faces another wall of the same building or another 
building on the same site, buildings and structures shall be sited to provide a 
continuous unencumbered 90-degree horizontal arc as follows:  
i) from the centre of a window in a Living room area minimum radius of 10m  
ii) from the centre of a window in Bedrooms, Kitchens and other habitable rooms 
minimum radius of 6m  
iii) from the centre of a window in non-habitable rooms minimum radius of 4m  
Greenspace  
a) A minimum of 10% of the lot area shall be preserved as natural greenspace.  
b) In addition to the natural greenspace requirement, further area shall be maintained 
as landscaped greenspace such that the combined area of the natural and 
landscaped greenspace shall be not less than 20% of the lot area.  
Landscape Screening  
a) A landscaped buffer area of at least 2m in width shall be required adjacent to any 
environmental protection area which is protected by a covenant registered under 
Section 219(4) of the Land Title Act.  
b) A dense, mixed vegetative buffer in a form satisfactory to the Municipal Approving 
Officer shall be planted and maintained within the said buffer area. The installation of 
a fence barrier shall also be required:  
i) at the edge of the environmental protection area; and  
ii) on each side of any pedestrian access pathway passing through the 
environmental protection area.  
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13.6 
CD-6: Comprehensive Development (Casino) 
13.6.1 Principal Uses 
a) Subzone A 
i) Casino 
ii) Parking Structure 
iii) Premises licensed under the Liquor Control and Licensing Act 
iv) Conference Centre 
v) The uses permitted in the C-7: Business Park Commercial Zone 
b) Subzone B 
i) The uses permitted in the C-7: Business Park Commercial Zone 
13.6.2 Density  
c) Floor Space Ratio (FSR) maximum of 0.45  
13.6.3 Siting of Buildings and Structures  
a) Front minimum of 3.5m  
b) Rear minimum of 0 m  
c) Side minimum of 2.14m  
d) Side, Flanking minimum of 2.14m  
13.6.4 Size of Buildings and Structures  
a) Height maximum of 14m, except that a parking structure and chimney feature forming 
an integral part of the Building Architecture shall have a Maximum allowable height of 
16.5m and 18.5m respectively. 
b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Bylaw, non-enclosed structures or 
architectural features used specifically for the visual screening or noise buffering of 
rooftop equipment are exempt from compliance with maximum height regulations.  
13.6.5 Lot Coverage  
a) maximum of 50% of the lot area  
13.6.6 Greenspace & Screening  
b) minimum of 10% of the lot area shall be maintained as natural greenspace or a 
combination of natural greenspace and landscaped area  
c) Selection of tree and plant varieties in landscaped greenspace must be based on 
climatic conditions, constraints of location, resistance to disease, insect infestation & 
air pollution, ease of maintenance and effectiveness in enhancing year-round 
screening & streetscape beautification.  
d) All vegetation within any greenspace area shall be maintained in a healthy, attractive 
condition and whenever necessary, replaced with new plant materials to ensure 
continued compliance with the applicable provisions of this Applicable Zone. Where 
screening has been achieved through the installation of fences or walls, these 
features must be permanently maintained in good repair and presentable 
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13.6.7 Lot Size  
a) Lot Area minimum of 1500m2  
b) Lot Width minimum of 20m  
13.6.8 General Regulation  
a) Except as provided for in this Applicable Zone, the regulations of the Business Park 
Commercial: C-7 Zone shall apply.  
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13.7 
CD-7: Comprehensive Development (Business Park) 
13.7.1 Principal Uses 
a) Mixed Commercial and Residential Use 
b) Office 
c) Storage Warehousing 
13.7.2 Conditions of Use 
a) Self-storage warehouse facilities shall not be open to the public between the hours of 
10:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. 
b) End-of-trip amenities for cyclists, including, but not limited to, showers, change rooms 
and temporary bicycle storage must be provided for the convenience of customers 
and employees. 
13.7.3 Density 
a) Base Floor Space Ratio (FSR) maximum of 1.0 
b) Density Bonusing for Greenspace: 
i) The Floor Space Ratio may be increased by adding an amount equal to the 
figure obtained by multiplying the Base FSR by the percentage by which natural 
and/or landscaped greenspace area is increased above the minimum 
requirement of 20% of site area. 
c) Density Bonusing for Concealed Parking: 
i) The FSR may also be increased by adding an amount equal to the figure 
obtained by multiplying the Base FSR by the percentage of total required 
parking being provided as enclosed underground parking or concealed parking. 
d) Density Bonusing for Improvements to Road Boulevard Area: 
i) The Base FSR may also be increased by 5% for each of the following off-site 
improvements being provided to Municipal standards: 
e) construction of excess or extended works & services, including sidewalks and 
drainage works; 
f) 
streetscaping. 
e) The maximum Floor Space Ratio which may be achieved through the Density 
Bonusing provisions of this Applicable Zone shall not exceed 2.0. 
f) 
Concealed parking area within the building envelope shall be excluded from the 
calculation of flloor space ratio. 
13.7.4 Siting of Buildings and Structures 
a) Front minimum of 7.5m 
b) Rear minimum of 4.5m, except that, where adjacent property is under residential use, 
the minimum setback shall be 7.5m. 
c) Side minimum of 4.5m, except that, where adjacent property is under residential use, 
the minimum setback shall be 7.5m. 
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13.7.5 Size of Buildings and Structures 
a) Height maximum of 4 storeys, not to exceed 13.5m 
b) Base Lot Coverage maximum of 37% of lot area 
13.7.6 Lot Coverage Bonusing for Greenspace 
a) The lot coverage may be increased by adding an amount equal to the figure obtained 
by multiplying the Base Lot Coverage by the percentage by which natural and/or 
landscaped greenspace area is increased above the minimum requirement of 20% of 
site area. 
13.7.7 Lot Coverage Bonusing for Concealed Parking 
a) The lot coverage may also be increased by adding an amount equal to the figure 
obtained by multiplying the Base Lot Coverage by the percentage of total required 
parking being provided as enclosed underground parking or concealed parking. 
13.7.8 Lot Coverage Bonusing for Improvements to Road Boulevard Area 
a) The Base Lot Coverage may also be increased by 5% for each of the following off-
site improvements being provided to Municipal standards: 
i) construction of excess or extended works & services, including sidewalks and 
drainage works 
ii) streetscaping 
13.7.9 The maximum lot coverage which may be achieved through the Lot Coverage 
Bonusing provisions of this Applicable Zone shall not exceed 50% of the site. 
13.7.10 Lot Size 
a) Lot Area minimum of 0.8 hectare (2 acres) 
b) Lot Width minimum of 30m (98.4 ft.) 
13.7.11 Greenspace & Screening  
a) Minimum of 20% of the lot area shall be maintained as natural greenspace or a 
combination of natural greenspace and landscaped area. 
b) Within Front Yard Setback Areas: The entire Front Yard building setback area, 
excluding access driveways, shall be maintained as natural or landscaped 
greenspace area. 
c) Within Rear and SideYard Setback Areas: No less than 4.5m of the required 7.5m for 
Rear and Side Yard building setback areas adjacent to residential uses shall be 
maintained as natural or landscaped greenspace area. 
13.7.12 Landscape Screening – Interior Lot Line Setback Areas 
a) Within the greenspace portion of any Rear or Side Yard setback area abutting 
residential uses on adjacent property, a solid and continuous landscape screen shall 
be planted and maintained. The landscape screen shall consist of massed coniferous 
and/or deciduous trees or shrubs of at least 3.0 metres (9.8 ft.) in height and shall be 
of such species as will produce, within five (5) growing seasons, an opaque screen at 
least 5 metres (16.4 ft.) in height. Fences will not be acceptable as an alternative to 
planted landscape screening, but may be used to supplement natural or planted 
landscape screening where a high level of ornamental design is incorporated. In this 

 
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regard, fences shall be constructed of wood and/or stone and any wood element 
shall be treated with a natural coloured, weather-resistant stain. 
13.7.13 Streetscaping 
a) Within the greenspace portion of any Front or Flanking Side Yard setback area, 
landscaping shall include a row of coniferous and/or deciduous trees in accordance 
with the requirements of this Section. 
b) Spacing between tree centres for streetscaping adjacent to arterial & major collector 
roads shall not exceed 8 metres. For streetscaping along minor roads, or where 
overhead wiring exists, the maximum spacing between tree centres shall be 4m.  
c) Within Off-Street Parking Areas: Outdoor parking areas must be fully screened by 
buildings and/or landscaping.  
13.7.14 General Landscaping Requirements:  
a) Selection of tree and plant varieties in landscaped greenspace shall be based on, 
climatic conditions, constraints of location, resistance to disease, insect infestation & 
air pollution, ease of maintenance and effectiveness in enhancing year-round 
screening & streetscape beautification. 
b) All vegetation within any greenspace area shall be maintained in a healthy, attractive 
condition and whenever necessary, replaced with new plant materials to ensure 
continued compliance with the applicable provisions of this Applicable Zone. Where 
landscape screening has been supplemented by the installation of fences or walls, 
these features shall be permanently maintained in good repair and presentable 
appearance, and whenever necessary, they shall be repaired or replaced. 

 
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13.8 
CD-8: Comprehensive Development (Thetis Cove Waterfront) 
13.8.1 General Conditions and Regulations 
a) The CD-8 zone shall consist of five sub-zones (Sub-zones A, B, C, D and E) with 
different regulations and conditions for each sub-zone. The area of each sub-zone 
shall be defined by Schedule 1, attached to and forming part of this Bylaw. 
b) Where there is a discrepancy between the wording set out in the General Conditions 
from those set out in each sub-zone, the wording and meaning of the General 
Conditions shall apply. 
c) Where there is a discrepancy between the wording and meaning in this zone and the 
wording set out in other parts of Land-Use Bylaw No 35, the wording of the CD-8 
zone shall apply. 
d) Density 
i) The maximum gross floor area for all uses shall not exceed 37,161m2. 
ii) The maximum number of residential units permitted in all Sub-zones combined 
shall not exceed two hundred and fifty (250) units. 
iii) The maximum gross floor area for combined commercial and live/work uses 
within the CD-8 zone shall not exceed 2,787m2 
iv) The averaging of floor area density throughout Sub-zones A, B, C, D and E shall 
be permitted. 
v) The determination of gross floor area shall not include areas of unenclosed 
sundecks or balconies, underground parking or the first 45 m2 of floor area 
allocated to above-ground garages or carports used for vehicle parking. 
vi) The maximum lot coverage for all structures shall be 35%. 
e) The minimum floor area for any dwelling unit shall not be less than 75m2 (807 sq. ft.). 
f) 
The height of any one building storey shall not exceed 4m. A mixed-use building with 
a maximum height of 8 storeys shall not exceed 32m in height. 
g) Underground parking, at least half of which is below grade, shall not be considered a 
building storey. 
h) All commercial uses shall be limited to the first two storeys of any building. 
i) 
A minimum of 7.0 % of the total allowable gross floor area on the site should be set 
aside to accommodate non-residential use, including live/work studios, commercial 
shops and a community centre. 
j) 
The hours of operation for any principal commercial use, excluding a waterfront 
restaurant or marine/neighbourhood pub, shall not exceed 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on 
weekdays and 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. on weekends and holidays. 
k) Any restaurant or neighbourhood public house use will be required to incorporate the 
use of odour-reducing equipment that has the effect of eliminating at least 90% of 
odour emissions into the air space outside of the building. Specifications related to 
the use of such equipment shall be made available to the Town for review and 
approval prior to the issuance of a building permit for tenant improvements to 
accommodate restaurant or pub use. 
l) 
Commercial and live/work uses shall not be permitted to cause an annoyance or 
nuisance to surrounding areas by reason of unsightliness, odour emission, liquid 

 
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effluent, dust, fumes, smoke, vibration, noise, glare, or health, fire or explosion 
hazard or electrical interference. 
m) The following parking standards shall apply: 
i) Residential single-family and attached 2.0 spaces per dwelling unit; 
ii) Residential apartment 1.5 spaces per dwelling unit; 
iii) Senior citizen multiple-family 1.5 space per dwelling unit; 
iv) Commercial uses 1 space per 30m2 of gross floor area; 
v) Live/Work Studio 2.0 spaces per live/work unit. 
n) The total amount of above-ground parking shall not exceed 25% of the total parking 
requirements. 
13.8.2 Sub-Zone CD-8A – Mixed Commercial And Residential – High-Rise 
a) Principal Uses 
i) Café 
ii) Financial Institution 
iii) Live/Work Studio 
iv) Medical Clinic 
v) Mixed Commercial and Residential Use 
vi) Personal Service Establishment 
vii) Park and Open Space 
viii) Office 
ix) Residential, Apartment 
b) Accessory uses 
i) Home Occupation 
c) Setbacks 
i) The minimum setback from any lot line shall be 15 metres. 
d) Building Separation 
i) Where one wall of any portion of a building used for residential apartment or 
residential attached 
ii) use faces another wall of the same building or another building on the same site, 
buildings and 
iii) structures shall be sited to provide a continuous unencumbered 90-degree 
horizontal arc 
iv) projecting a minimum radius of 7.5 m outwards from the centre of windows to 
habitable rooms. 
e) Height 
i) A maximum height of eight (8) storeys shall be permitted for one building only. 
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13.8.3 Sub-Zone CD-8B – Low Density Attached Residential 
a) Principal Uses 
i) Residential, Townhouse 
ii) Residential, Rowhouse 
iii) Live/Work Studio 
iv) Park and Open Space 
b) Accessory uses 
i) Home Occupation  
c) Setbacks 
i) The minimum setback from any lot line shall be 15 metres. 
d) Building Separation 
i) Where one wall of any portion of a building used for residential apartment or 
residential attached use faces another wall of the same building or another 
building on the same site, buildings and structures shall be sited to provide a 
continuous unencumbered 90-degree horizontal arc projecting a minimum 
radius of 7.5 m outwards from the centre of windows to habitable rooms. 
e) Height 
vi) The maximum building height shall be three (3) storeys. 
13.8.4 Sub-Zone CD-8C – Low Density Single-Detached Residential 
a) Principal Uses 
i) Residential, Detached 
ii) Live/Work Studio 
iii) Park and Open Space 
b) Accessory uses 
i) Home Occupation 
c) Setbacks 
i) The minimum setback from any lot line shall be 15 metres. 
d) Height 
ii) The maximum building height shall be two (2) storeys. 
13.8.5 Sub-Zone CD-8D – Mixed Commercial And Residential – Low To Medium-Rise 
Transition 
a) Principal Uses 
i) Residential, Apartment 
ii) Residential, Townhouse 
iii) Residential, Rowhouse 
iv) Residential, Duplex 
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vi) Live/Work Studio 
vii) Mixed Commercial and Residential Use 
viii) Office 
ix) Medical Clinic 
x) Financial Institution 
xi) Marine Commercial 
xii) Café 
xiii) Pub, Neighbourhood 
xiv) Retail 
xv) Personal Service Establishment 
xvi) Park and Open Space 
b) Accessory uses 
i) Home Occupation 
c) Setbacks 
i) The minimum setback from any lot line shall be 15 metres. 
d) Building Separation 
i) Where one wall of any portion of a building used for residential apartment or 
residential attached use faces another wall of the same building or another 
building on the same site, buildings and structures shall be sited to provide a 
continuous unencumbered 90-degree horizontal arc projecting a minimum 
radius of 7.5 m outwards from the centre of windows to habitable rooms. 
e) Height 
i) The maximum building height shall be four (4) storeys. 
13.8.6 Sub-Zone CD-8E – Mixed Commercial And Residential – Medium-Rise 
a) Principal Uses 
i) Apartment Residential 
ii) Live/Work Studio 
iii) Mixed Commercial and Residential Use 
iv) Office 
v) Medical Clinic 
vi) Financial Institution 
vii) Civic Use 
viii) Marine Commercial 
ix) Café 
x) Neighbourhood Pub 
xi) Personal service establishment  
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xiii) Full-Service Restaurant 
xiv) Licensed Retail Store 
xv) Park and Open Space 
b) Accessory uses 
i) Home Occupation 
c) Setbacks 
i) The minimum setback from any lot line shall be 15m. 
d) Building Separation 
i) Where one wall of any portion of a building used for residential apartment or 
residential attached use faces another wall of the same building or another 
building on the same site, buildings and structures shall be sited to provide a 
continuous unencumbered 90-degree horizontal arc projecting a minimum 
radius of 7.5m outwards from the centre of windows to habitable rooms. 
e) Height 
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13.9 
CD-9: Comprehensive Development (Lakeside Village) 
13.9.1 General Regulations 
a) The CD-9 Zone consists of multiple sub-zones with different regulations for each sub-
zone. The regulations governing permitted uses, setbacks and maximum heights are 
contained in the specific Tables for each of the CD-9 sub-zones. The area of each 
sub zone are be defined by a Schedule which must be attached to and form part of 
any CD-9 zoning amendment Bylaw. 
b) Where a CD-9 sub-zone boundary follows a public or private roadway allowance, the 
center line of the highway allowance is deemed to be the boundary. 
c) The following activities are strictly prohibited in the CD-9 Zone: 
i) Re-grading of land or construction that blocks a watercourse or encroaches on 
the root zone of any protected tree; 
ii) Discharging of firearms; 
iii) Dumping of refuse in non-designated areas. 
d) The maximum Floor Space Ratio for all uses must not exceed 0.45 and must be 
based on the lot area. 
13.9.2 Commercial Density 
a) The maximum Floor Space Ratio for commercial uses must not exceed 0.08 based 
on the lot area. 
13.9.3 Residential Density 
a) The maximum base density for residential apartment, townhouse or rowhouse use 
must be 15 units per hectare, except that this density may be increased by adding an 
amount equal to 15 units per hectare multiplied by the percentage by which parkland 
dedication is increased above the minimum requirement of 60% of the lot area. The 
total parkland dedication used to determine the percentage increase above the 
minimum requirement may comprise land from lots other than the lot being 
developed under the CD-9 Zone. 
b) The base density may be further increased through the provision of underground 
parking wherein an additional 0.25 units per hectare is added for every 20% of the 
total parking requirement being provided underground. 
c) Averaging of density between residential sub-zones is permitted. 
d) The height of any one building storey must not exceed 4m. Residential buildings with 
a maximum building height of 6 storeys must not exceed 24.0m in height. Any floor 
having a floor area area of less than 28m2 will not be considered to be a storey. Any 
floor 900mm or more below finished grade will not be considered to be a storey. 
e) The minimum floor area for a dwelling unit must not be less than 75m2. 
f) 
The determination of Floor area must exclude the areas of unenclosed sundecks or 
balconies, canopies, outside stairs and the first 45m2 of floor area allocated to carport 
or garage structures used strictly for the parking of vehicles. 
g) Only one accessory building or other structure per principal building must be 
permitted in this Zone. 
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13.10 
Sub-Zone CD-9A – Mixed Tourist/Retail Commercial And Residential 
13.10.1 Principal Uses 
i) 
Café; 
j) 
Conference Centre 
k) Hotel, including food and beverage service facilities; 
l) 
Indoor recreational facilities; 
m) Medical Clinic; 
n) Mixed Commercial and Residential Use; 
o) Personal Service Establishment; 
p) Office; 
q) Recreational equipment sales, (excluding RV sales); 
r) 
Townhouse Residential 
s) Apartment Residential 
t) 
Rowhouse Residential  
u) Retail 
v) Shopping Centre (Community); 
w) Building and Structures for a Hotel Facility 
i) Shall be sited not less than: 
g) 10.0 m from any sub-zone boundary line which abuts a public street; 
h) 4.0 m from a rear property line which does not abut a public street; 
ii) Shall not exceed a height of 4 storeys or 18m measured from the existing grade 
at the outermost wall. The outermost wall does not include exterior projections 
such as balconies, canopies, sundecks, or other similar features. 
x) Buildings and Structures for Retail Commercial / Residential Use 
i) Shall be sited not less than: 
i) 
7.5 m from any sub-zone boundary line which abuts a public street. 
j) 
4.0 m from any sub-zone boundary line which does not abut a public street. 
ii) Shall not exceed a height of (2 1/2) storeys or 12m (39.0 ft.) measured from the 
average grade of the outermost wall. The outermost wall does not include 
exterior projections including balconies, canopies, sundecks, or other similar 
features. 
y) Building Separation (Residential) 
i) Where one wall of any portion of a building used for residential use faces another 
wall of the same building or another building on the same site, buildings and 
structures shall be sited to provide a continuous unencumbered 90-degree 
horizontal arc projecting a minimum radius of 7.5m outwards from the centre of 
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13.10.2 Sub-Zone CD-9B – Medium Density Residential 
a) Principal Uses 
ii) Residential, Rowhouse 
iii) Residential, Townhouse 
iv) Residential, Multiple Unit 
b) Building and Structures 
i) Shall be sited not less than: 
k) 7.5m from any sub-zone boundary line which abuts a street, except that the garage 
and those portions of a building or structure which do not exceed a vertical 
measurement of 4.0 m from the existing grade may be stepped forward to a minimum 
of 6.0 m from any sub-zone boundary line which abuts a street; 
l) 
7.0 m from a rear property line which does not abut a public street. 
ii) Shall not exceed a base height of 6 storeys or 24m, except that an additional 
bonus of 2 storeys may be granted for the provision of 100% underground 
residential parking under an approved Development Permit. 
c) Building Separation 
i) Where one wall of any portion of a building used for residential use faces another 
wall of the same building or another building on the same site, buildings and  
structures shall be sited to provide a continuous unencumbered 90-degree 
horizontal arc projecting a minimum radius of 7.5m outward from the centre of 
windows to habitable rooms. 
13.10.3 Sub-Zone CD-9C – Low Density Residential 
a) Principal Uses 
ii) Community Centre 
iii) Residential, Rowhouse 
iv) Residential, Townhouse 
v) Residential Multiple Unit 
vi) Residential, Detached  
 
b) Building and Structures 
i) Shall be sited not less than  
m) 3.0 m from any sub-zone boundary line which abuts a street, except that the garage 
and those portions of a building or structure which exceed a vertical measurement of 
4.0 m from the existing grade must be stepped back to a minimum of 6.0m from any 
sub-zone boundary line which abuts a street; 
n) 3.0 m from a rear property line which does not abut a public street 
ii) Single family dwellings shall not exceed a height of 8.0m 
iii) Attached dwellings shall not exceed a height of 7.5m (24.6 ft.), and 2 storeys for 
Cluster/Patio- type dwellings, and 18m (59.0 ft.) or 4 storeys for Terraced 
Residential buildings measured from existing grade. 
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i) Where one wall of any portion of a building used for residential use faces another 
wall of the same building or another building on the same site, buildings and 
structures shall be sited to provide a continuous unencumbered 90-degree 
horizontal arc projecting a minimum radius of 7.5 m outward from the centre of 
windows to habitable rooms. 
13.10.4 SUB-ZONE CD-9CS – LOW DENSITY SUITE RESIDENTIAL 
a) Permitted Uses 
i) Community Centre 
ii) Residential Attached 
iii) Residential Multiple Family 
iv) Residential Single Family 
v) Accessory buildings and structures 
vi) One Secondary Suite per parcel, on parcels which are at least 558m2 in size 
b) Building and Structures 
i) Shall be sited not less than: 
o) 3.0 m from any sub-zone boundary line which abuts a street, except that the garage 
and those portions of a building or structure which exceed a vertical measurement of 
4m from the existing grade must be stepped back to a minimum of 6m from any sub-
zone boundary line which abuts a street; 
p) 3.0 m from a rear property line which does not abut a public street. 
q) Single family dwellings shall not exceed a height of 8m. 
r) 
Attached dwellings shall not exceed a height of 7.5m (24.6 ft.), and 2 storeys for 
Cluster/Patiotype dwellings, and 18m (59.0 ft.) or 4 storeys for Terraced Residential 
buildings measured from existing grade. 
c) Building Separation 
i) Where one wall of any portion of a building used for residential use faces another 
wall of the same building or another building on the same site, buildings and 
structures shall be sited to provide a continuous unencumbered 90-degree 
horizontal arc projecting a minimum radius of 7.5m outward from the centre of 
windows to habitable rooms. 
13.10.5 SUB-ZONE CD-9D – Lakeside Village Mixed Commercial 
a) Principal Uses 
i) 
Café; 
ii) Conference Centre; 
iii) Hotel, including food and beverage service facilities; 
iv) Indoor recreational facilities; 
v) Medical Clinic; 
vi) Mixed Commercial and Residential Use; 
vii) Personal Service Establishment; 
viii) Office; 
ix) Recreational equipment sales, (excluding RV sales); 

 
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x) Restaurant, Full-Service; 
xi) Townhouse Residential; 
xii) Apartment Residential; 
xiii) Rowhouse Residential; 
xiv) Retail; 
xv) Shopping Centre (Community); 
 
b) Building and Structures for a Hotel Facility 
i) 
Shall be sited not less than: 
• 
10.0 m from any sub-zone boundary line which abuts a public street; 
• 
4.0 m from a rear property line which does not abut a public street; 
ii) Shall not exceed a height of 4 storeys or 18m measured from the existing grade 
at the outermost wall. The outermost wall does not include exterior projections 
such as balconies, canopies, sundecks, or other similar features. 
 
c) Buildings and Structures for Retail Commercial / Residential Use 
i) 
Shall be sited not less than: 
• 
7.5 m from any sub-zone boundary line which abuts a public street; 
• 
4.0 m from any sub-zone boundary line which does not abut a public street; 
• 
Shall not exceed a height of (2 1/2) storeys or 12m (39.0 ft.) measured from 
the average grade of the outermost wall. The outermost wall does not include 
exterior projections including balconies, canopies, sundecks, or other similar 
features. 
 
d) Building Separation (Residential) 
i) 
Where one wall of any portion of a building used for residential use faces another 
wall of the same building or another building on the same site, buildings and 
structures shall be sited to provide a continuous unencumbered 90-degree 
horizontal arc projecting a minimum radius of 7.5m outwards from the centre of 
windows to habitable rooms. 

 
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13.11 
CD-10: Comprehensive Development (Burnside Corner) 
13.11.1 General Conditions and Regulations 
a) The CD-10 zone shall consist of four sub-zones (Sub-zones CD-10A, CD-10B, CD-
10C and CD-10 Park) with different regulations and conditions for each sub-zone. 
The area of each sub-zone shall be defined by Schedule 1, attached to and forming 
part of this Bylaw. 
b) Where there is a discrepancy between the wording set out in the General Conditions 
from those set out in each sub-zone, the wording and meaning of the General 
Conditions shall apply. 
c) Where there is a discrepancy between the wording and meaning in this zone and the 
wording set out in other parts of Land-Use Bylaw No 35, the wording of the CD-10 
zone shall apply. 
13.11.2 Density 
a) The maximum number of residential units permitted in Sub-zones CD-10A, CD-10B 
and CD-10C combined shall not exceed one hundred and eighty-five (185) units. 
b) The maximum gross floor area for commercial uses within the CD-10 zone shall not 
exceed 400 m2  
c) The averaging of floor area density throughout Sub-zones CD-10A, CD-10B and CD-
10C shall be permitted. 
d) The determination of gross floor area shall not include areas of unenclosed sundecks 
or balconies, underground parking or the first 45m2 of floor area allocated to above-
ground garages or carports used for vehicle parking. 
e) Attached housing buildings may not exceed a height of two storeys. Mixed 
commercial / residential or assisted living buildings may not exceed a height of four 
storeys. 
f) 
The height of any one building storey shall not exceed 4m. Buildings with a maximum 
height of 4 storeys shall not exceed 16m in height. 
g) Underground parking, 900mm or more below grade, shall not be considered a 
building storey. 
h) All commercial uses shall be limited to the first storey of the building. 
i) 
The hours of operation for any commercial use shall not exceed 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 
p.m. 
13.11.3 Parking 
a) To be provided in accordance to Part 7-Division 1 of Land Use Bylaw No. 35. The 
total amount of above-ground parking shall not exceed 35% of the total parking 
requirements. 
13.11.4 Public Amenities 
a) Sub-zone CD-10 Park shall be dedicated as public park. Not less than 45% of the 
gross property area shall be dedicated as public park. 

 
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13.11.5 Sub-Zone CD-10A – Medium Density Residential 
a) Principal Uses 
i) Residential, Rowhouse 
ii) Residential, Townhouse 
iii) Residential, Apartment 
b) Accessory uses 
i) Home Occupation. 
c) Density 
i) The maximum floor space ratio shall not exceed 1:1.00. 
d) Lot Coverage 
i) The maximum lot coverage for all structures shall not exceed 40%. 
e) Setbacks 
i) Buildings and structures shall be site no less than: 
s) 7.0 m of the westerly boundary of the CD-10A sub zone map attached as Schedule 
“1” 
t) 
7.5 m of the northwesterly boundary of the CD-10A sub zone map attached as 
Schedule“1” 
u) 4.5 m of the northeasterly boundary of the CD-10A sub zone map attached as 
Schedule “1” 
v) 6.0 m of the easterly boundary of the CD-10A sub zone map attached as Schedule 
“1” 
w) 7.5 m of the southerly boundary of the CD-10A sub zone map attached as Schedule 
“1”. 
13.11.6 Sub-Zone CD-10B – Attached Residential 
a) Principal Uses 
i) Residential, Rowhouse 
ii) Residential, Townhouse 
iii) Live/Work Studio; 
b) Accessory uses 
i) Home Occupation. 
c) Density 
i) The maximum density for the Attached Residential Use shall not exceed 21 units. 
d) Floor Space Ratio 
i) maximum of 0.70 
e) Lot Coverage 
i) The maximum lot coverage for all structures shall not exceed 35% 
 
13.11.7 Sub-Zone CD-10C – Mixed Use Commercial / Residential 

 
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a) Principal Uses 
i) Financial Institution 
ii) Office 
iii) Café; 
iv) Health Salon or Health Spa; 
v) Laboratory facility; 
vi) Laundromat; 
vii) Laundry and Dry Cleaning; 
viii) Live/Work Studio; 
ix) Medical Clinic 
x) Full-Service Restaurant 
xi) Residential Apartment; 
xii) Retail; 
xiii) Personal Service Establishment 
b) Accessory uses 
i) Home Occupation. 
c) Density 
i) The maximum density for Mixed Use Commercial / Residential Use shall not 
exceed 44 residential units and 400m2 of commercial space. 
d) Floor Space Ratio 
i) maximum of 1.60 
e) Lot Coverage 
i) The maximum lot coverage for all structures shall not exceed 40% 
f) 
Setbacks 
i) Within 6m (19.7 ft) of the southerly boundary of CD-10C on the CD-10 Zone map 
attached as Schedule “1”; and 
ii) Within 12m (39.4 ft) of the easterly boundary of CD-10C on the CD-10 Zone map 
attached as Schedule “1”; and 
iii) Within 2.5m (8.2 ft) of the northerly boundary of CD-10C on the CD-10 Zone map 
attached as Schedule “1”; and 
iv) Within 4.5m (14.8 ft) of the westerly boundary of CD-10C on the CD-10 Zone 
map attached as Schedule “1”. 
13.11.8 Sub-Zone CD-10 Park – Parks And Recreation 
a) In accordance with the P-3 Zone in this Zoning Bylaw. 
 

 
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13.12 
CD-12: Comprehensive Development (Erskine Lane) 
13.12.1 Principal Uses 
a) Residential,  Apartment 
13.12.2 Accessory uses 
b) Home occupation. 
13.12.3 Conditions of Use 
a) The determination of the floor space shall not include areas of unenclosed sundecks 
or balconies, underground or concealed parking or the first 45m² of floor area 
allocated to above-ground garages or carports used for vehicle parking. 
b) Underground parking or concealed parking shall not be considered a building storey. 
13.12.4 Lot Size, Lot Density, Building Size, and Siting 
CD-12: Comprehensive Development (Erskine Lane) 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
2000 m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
35 m 
Lot Density 
Dwelling units, maximum 
43 
Floor Space Ratio, Base Density 
1.5:1 
Floor Space Ratio with provision of 50% 
underground or concealed parking 
Base Density +0.1  
Lot Coverage, maximum 
35% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
80% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum  
• 
17.5m 
• 
Maximum roof elevation of 
22.0m geodetic within 7.5m of 
property line abutting Strata 
Plan VIS3076 (14 Erskine 
Lane) 
• 
Maximum elevation of 12.6m 
geodetic for concealed 
parking within 5.4 m of 
property line abutting Strata 
Plan VIS3076 (14 Erskine 
Lane) 
Storeys, maximum 
5 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 

 
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Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
• 
5.4m 
• 
1.0m for concealed or 
underground parking areas 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
5.0m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
6.0m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures 
All lot lines, minimum 
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13.13 
CD-13: Comprehensive Development (Island Highway) 
Principal Uses 
a) Residential, Detached 
b) Small-Scale, Multi-Unit Housing, subject to Schedule E 
Accessory uses 
a) Home Occupation 
b) Garden suite, subject to Schedule D 
c) Secondary suite 
Density  
a) maximum of 20 units per hectare 
Lot Size  
b) minimum of 350m2 
Lot Width  
a) minimum of average of 9m 
Siting of Buildings and Structures 
a) Setbacks for Single Family Residential use on fee-simple or bare land strata lots: 
b) Front yard minimum of 4.5m, except 6.0m for a garage or carport 
c) Common property access driveway minimum of 4m 
d) Rear yard minimum of 6m 
e) Side yard minimum of 1.2m 
f) 
Flanking yard minimum of 4m, except 6m for a garage or carport 
g) Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Applicable Zone, a minimum setback of 3 
metres, as measured to the drip line, shall be required for any buildings and 
structures adjacent to an environmental protection area protected by registered 
covenant. 
Size of Buildings and Structures 
a) Floor Space Ratio (FSR) maximum of 0.45, not to exceed a total of 200m2 
b) A total of 22.5m2 (242 sq ft.) of garage area may be excluded from the flloor space 
ratio provided the garage area is necessary for fulfilling the off-street parking 
requirements. 
Height maximum of 7.5m 
Lot Coverage maximum of 35% 
Greenspace 
a) A minimum of 10% of the lot area shall be preserved as natural greenspace. 

 
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b) In addition to the natural greenspace requirement, further area shall be maintained 
as landscaped greenspace such that the combined area of the natural and 
landscaped greenspace shall be not less than 20% of the lot area. 

 
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13.14 
CD-14: Comprehensive Development (Hallowell) 
Principal Uses 
a) Office 
b) All of the permitted uses and conditions of use in the CD-1 zone 
13.14.2 Density 
a) The Floor Space Ratio is not to exceed 0.8:1 
13.14.3 Siting of Buildings and Structures 
a) Front Yard (South) –Minimum of 7.5m 
b) Rear Yard (North) – Minimum of 7.5m 
c) Side Yard (East) – Minimum of 3m 
d) Side Yard Flanking (West) – Minimum of 6m 
13.14.4 Height 
a) Maximum of 12m 
13.14.5 Lot Coverage 
a) Maximum of 60% 
13.14.6 Lot Area 
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13.15 
CD-15: Comprehensive Development (Camden / Conard) 
13.15.1 Principal Uses 
a) Residential Apartment 
13.15.2 Accessory uses  
a) Home Occupation 
13.15.3 Conditions of Use 
a) The determination of gross floor area shall not include areas of unenclosed sundecks 
or balconies, underground parking or the first 45 m2 of floor area allocated to above-
ground garages or carports used for vehicle parking. 
b) Underground parking shall not be considered a building storey. Within this zone a 
half storey shall not contain living areas and be used for storage only. 
13.15.4 Density  
a) maximum of 48 units and maximum Floor Space Ratio of 1.40:1 
13.15.5 Lot Coverage  
a) maximum of 50% 
13.15.6 Size of Buildings and Structures 
a) Height maximum 10.7m 
b) Storeys maximum of 3.5 
13.15.7 Siting of Buildings and Structures 
a) Front Yard minimum of 6m 
b) Rear Yard minimum of 6m 
c) Side Yard minimum of 6m 
d) Flanking Side Yard minimum of 6m 
13.15.8 Lot Size 
a) Lot Area minimum of 0.2 ha 
b) Lot width minimum of 40m 
13.15.9 Landscaped Greenspace  
a) minimum of 30% 

 
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13.16 
CD-16: Comprehensive Development (Mill Hill) 
Principal Uses 
a) Residential, Detached 
b) Small-Scale, Multi-Unit Housing, subject to Schedule E 
Accessory uses  
a) Home Occupation 
b) Garden suite, subject to Schedule D 
Lot Size 
a) Lot Area minimum of 330m2, provided that the average overall lot size shall not be 
less than 435m2 
b) Lot Width minimum of 12m (39.4 ft.), except that up to 10% of the lots created by a 
subdivision may be permitted to reduce lot width on part of the lot to a minimum of 
9m (29.5 ft.) provided that the average width of the lot, as measured at the front, rear 
and midpoint of the lot, is no less than 12m. 
Floor Space Ratio (FSR) 
a) Floor Space Ratio maximum of 0.53, not to exceed a total of 260.1m2 (2800 ft2) floor 
area 
b) Up to 45 m2 (484 sq ft) of garage floor area that is used for the parking of vehicles 
shall not be included in the calculation of gross floor area.  
Siting of Buildings and Structures 
a) Front Yard minimum of 4.5m 
b) Rear Yard minimum of 6.0m 
c) Side Yard minimum of 1.2m 
d) Side Yard Flanking minimum of 4m 
Size of Buildings and Structures 
a) Height maximum of 7.5m 
b) Lot Coverage maximum of 45% 
c) Finished residential floor area minimum of 70m2 (754ft2) 

 
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13.17 
CD-17: Comprehensive Development (254 Island Highway) 
Principal Uses 
a) Bakery, not to exceed a total of 200m2 of floor area 
b) Financial Institution 
c) Office 
d) Café 
e) Premises licensed under the Liquor Control and Licensing Act 
f) 
Personal Service Establishment 
g) Assembly Hall 
h) Civic use 
i) 
Restaurant: Carry-out 
j) 
Restaurant: Full-Service 
k) Retail 
l) 
Shopping centre, Community 
m) Mixed Commercial and Residential Use 
Conditions of Use 
a) Any goods produced on the lot must be sold at retail on the same lot. 
b) Every business or undertaking must be conducted within a completely enclosed 
building except for  parking and loading facilities. 
c) No commercial or business use, other than a Premise licensed under the Liquor 
Control and Licensing Act, shall be open to the public between the hours of 11pm 
and 6am. 
Siting of Buildings and Structures 
a) Front Yard minimum of 0m 
b) Rear Yard minimum of 3.9m 
c) Side Yard minimum of 0m 
d) Side Yard Flanking minimum of 0m from front property line to the point 12.75m from 
north-west corner of rear property line 7.5m from north-west corner of rear property 
line to the point 12.75m from north-west corner of rear property line. 
Size of Buildings and Structures 
a) Height maximum of 9m and 3 storeys 
Lot Coverage 
a)  maximum of 52% 
Lot Size 
a) minimum of 581m2 

 
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Lot Width  
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13.18 
CD-18: Comprehensive Development (Townhouse) 
13.18.1 Principal Uses 
a) Residential, Detached 
b) Residential, Rowhouse 
c) Residential, Townhouse 
13.18.2 Accessory Uses 
a) Home Occupation  
13.18.3 Density  
a) Maximum Floor Space Ratio: 0.45:1 
b) Maximum Number of Units: 10 
13.18.4 Siting of Buildings and Structures 
 
a) Setback from exterior property boundary for Residential Attached Dwellings adjacent 
to properties zoned for Residential Use: 17.5m 
b) Setback from exterior property boundary for Residential Single Family Dwellings 
adjacent to properties zoned for Residential Use: 2.0m 
c) Setback from any driveway providing vehicular access to the buildings: 6.0m 
d) Setback from interior property boundaries: 0m 
13.18.5 Size of Buildings and Structures 
 
a) Height maximum of 7.5m  
13.18.6 Lot Coverage 
a) Maximum of 21% 
13.18.7 Lot Size 
 
a) Minimum Lot Area 4000 m2 
 

 
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13.19 
CD-19: Comprehensive Development (Mixed Residential) 
CD-19 Subzone A 
a) Principal Uses 
i) Residential, Detached 
ii) Small-Scale, Multi-Unit Housing, subject to Schedule E 
b) Accessory uses 
i) Home Occupation 
ii) Garden suite, subject to Schedule D 
iii) Secondary suite 
c) Siting of Buildings and Structures  
 
i) Front Yard 4.5m  
ii) Rear Yard 6.0m  
iii) Side Yard 1.2m  
iv) Flanking Yard 4m  
v) Maximum Height 7.5m  
d) Lot Coverage  
 
i) Maximum Lot Cover 
ii) age 35%  
e) Lot Size  
 
i) Minimum Lot Area 355m2  
f) 
Floor Space Ratio 
i) 
Maximum FSR 0.45 
Amendment Bylaw No. 944 
CD-19 Subzone B 
a) Principal Uses 
i) Residential, Rowhouse 
ii) Residential, Townhouse 
iii) Residential, Duplex 
 
 
 
Amendment Bylaw No. 912 
b) Accessory uses 
i) Home Occupation 
c) Density 
i) Maximum Floor Space Ratio: 0.45:1 
d) Siting of Buildings and Structures  
 
i) Front Yard 4.5m  
ii) Rear Yard 6.0m  

 
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iii) Side Yard 1.2m  
iv) Side Yard Flanking 4.m  
v) Maximum Height: 7.5m  
e) Lot Coverage  
 
i) Maximum Lot Coverage 35%  
f) 
Lot Size  
 
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13.20 
CD-20: Comprehensive Development (Eagle Creek Village) 
Principal Uses 
a) Animal Hospital 
b) Assembly Hall 
c) Assisted Living  
d) Financial Institution  
e) Bakery, not exceeding a total of 200m2 of Floor Area 
f) 
Daycare, Large 
g) Daycare, Small 
h) Family Resource Centre  
i) 
Fitness Centre   
j) 
Garden Centre 
k) Hospital 
l) 
Indoor Recreational Facility 
m) Laboratory Facility  
n) Launderette  
o) Licensed Retail Store  
p) Medical Clinic  
q) Mixed Commercial and Residential Use  
r) 
Office  
s) Personal Service Establishment 
t) 
Pharmacy 
u) Pub 
v) Residential, Apartment  
w) Restaurant, Self-Service  
x) Restaurant, Full-Service 
y) Retail Store 
z) Retail Food Sales  
aa) Shopping Centre, Regional  
bb) Technical or Vocational Schools 
Amendment Bylaw No. 962 
Accessory Uses 
a) Home Occupation 
 
Conditions of Use 

 
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a) Restaurant uses are required to incorporate the use of odour 
reducing equipment that has the effect of substantially reducing 
odour emissions into the airspace outside of the building or 
structure in which they are located, and specifications related to 
the use of such equipment shall be made available to the Town 
for review and approval prior to issuance of Development and/or 
Building Permits required for the establishment of any restaurant 
use. 
 
b) No individual commercial unit may exceed 2000 m2 of floor space with the exception of 
a unit with any of the following primary uses: 
i. 
Fitness Centre 
ii. 
Medical Clinic 
iii. Hospital 
iv. Office 
v. Pharmacy 
vi.  Retail Food Sales 
 
c) No individual commercial unit with Retail Food Sales as a primary use may exceed 
5000m2 (53,820 ft2) of floor space. 
 
d) The combined floor space of all Hospital uses may not exceed 4300 m2. 
 
e) The combined floor space of all Pub uses may not exceed 500 m2 . 
 
(Amendment Bylaw No. 962) 
Prohibited Uses 
 
Prohibited uses include uses not specified in Section 11.20.1 and without limiting the 
generality of the foregoing: 
a) Drive-thru 
b) Lumber and Building Supply Yard 
c) Sale, Servicing, or Repair of New or Used Vehicles, Trailers, Mobile Homes, 
Recreational Vehicle Units, Boats, Farm and Industrial Machinery, and Internal 
Combustion Engines 
d) Secondary Suite 
e) Service Station 
f) 
Storage Warehousing 
g) Unenclosed Storage 
(Amendment Bylaw No. 962) 

 
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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
 
CD-20: Comprehensive Development (Eagle Creek Village) Zone 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
0.9 ha , except that, where sanitary sewer 
services are not being provided, the 
minimum lot area shall be 8.0 hectares (19.8 
acres) 
Lot Width, minimum 
40m 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio 
1.2:1 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
45%, except that where the required parking 
spaces per unit are provided as enclosed 
underground parking, the maximum lot 
coverage shall be 50%. 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
20m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
0m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.0m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
6.0m abutting Strata Plan VIS5633; 
otherwise 4.0 m  
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
0m 
b)  
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13.21 
CD-21: Detached Multiple-Unit Residential (102 Atkins Road) 
Principal Uses  
a) Residential, Detached  
b) Residential, Duplex 
c) Small-Scale, Multi-Unit Housing, subject to Schedule E 
Accessory Uses  
a) Home Occupation 
b) Garden suite, subject to Schedule D 
c) Secondary suite 
Conditions of Use 
a) Up to 45m2 of the garage floor space that is used for the parking of vehicles for each 
dwelling unit must not be included in the calculation of building floor space. Additional 
areas in excess of 45m2 must be included as part of the floor area.  
 

 
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Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Height and Setbacks 
 
CD-21: Detached Multiple-Unit Residential 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
6000m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
18.0m 
Lot Density 
Dwelling Units  
9 
Floor Space Ratio, Base Density 
0.6 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
40% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
40% 
Size of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Building Height, maximum 
7.5m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Floor Space for each Dwelling Unit, maximum 
325 m2 
Storeys, maximum 
2.5 storeys 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
6.0m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
1.5m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
4.5m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures 
 
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m 
b)  
 
 

 
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13.22 
CD-22: Christie Point Residential 
 Principal Uses 
a) Residential, Apartment 
b) Residential, Townhouse 
Accessory Uses 
a) Home Occupation 
Lot Size, Lot Coverage, Building Heights and Setbacks 
 
CD-22: Christie Point Residential 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
63,050m2 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio 
1.15 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
35% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
40% 
Size of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
Building Height, maximum (Subzone A) 
24m and 6 storeys 
Building Height, maximum (Subzone B) 
24.5m and 6 storeys 
Building Height, maximum (Subzone C) 
24m and 6 storeys 
Building Height, maximum (Subzone D) 
17m and 4 storeys 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Floor Plate Maximum 
 
Top Storey Floor Space, maximum (Subzones A, B, C) 
85% of floor space of 
storey immediately 
below 
Siting of Buildings and Other Structures (Principal and Accessory) 
All lot lines setback, minimum 
15m 
Siting of Buildings and Other Structures (Principal and Accessory) 
Minimum geodetic elevation of habitable areas 
3.5m 
Minimum geodetic elevation of underground or concealed parking entrances 
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13.23 
CD-23: Comprehensive Development (Thetis Lake) 
Principal Uses 
a) Residential, Apartment 
b) Residential, Townhouse 
c) Residential, Duplex 
x)  
Accessory Uses 
a) Home Occupation 

 
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y) Lot Size, Lot Density, Building Size, and Siting 
 
CD-23: Comprehensive Development (Thetis Lake) 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
4000 m2 except that, where sanitary sewer services 
are not being provided, the minimum lot area shall be 
8.0 hectares 
Lot Density 
Total number of residential units on all lands zoned 
CD-23: Comprehensive Development (Thetis Lake), 
maximum 
350 
Total Floor Space Ratio on all lands zoned CD-23: 
Comprehensive Development (Thetis Lake), 
maximum 
0.78:1 
Floor Space Ratio for Residential, Apartment use 
1.5:1  
Floor Space Ratio for a Lot with Residential, 
Apartment and Residential, Townhouse use within the 
same building 
1.5:1  
Floor Space Ratio for Residential, Townhouse or 
Residential, Duplex use 
0.5:1 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
50% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
50% 
Size of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
Building Height for Apartment use, maximum  
24.0m  
5 storeys 
Building Height for Residential, Townhouse or 
Residential, Duplex use, maximum  
9.0m 
2.5 storeys 
Siting of Buildings and Other Structures (Principal and Accessory) for Residential, Apartment use 
Front Lot Line setback, minimum 
6.0m 
Rear Lot Line setback, minimum 
6.0m 
Side Lot Line setback, minimum 
4.5m 
Flanking Lot Line setback, minimum 
4.5m 
Setback to Thetis Lake Park, minimum 
10.0m 
Setback to Trans Canada Highway, minimum 
10.0m 
Siting of Buildings and Other Structures (Principal and Accessory) for Residential, Townhouse or 
Residential, Duplex uses 
Front Lot Line setback, minimum 
4.5m 

 
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Rear Lot Line setback, minimum 
6.0m 
Side Lot Line setback, minimum 
1.2m 
Flanking Lot Line setback, minimum 
4.0m 
Setback to Thetis Lake Park, minimum 
10.0m 
Setback to Trans Canada Highway, minimum 
10.0m 
Where there is direct access from a driveway, siting of 
a garage or carport from a highway or private right-of-
way driveway, minimum 
5.5m 
 

 
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13.24 
CD-24: Burnside Helmcken Residential 
Principal Uses 
a) Residential, Apartment 
b) Residential, Townhouse 
Accessory Uses 
a) Home Occupation 
Lot Size, Lot Density, Building Size, and Siting 
 
CD-24: Burnside Helmcken Residential 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
13,500m2 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio 
1.5 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
35% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
60% 
Size of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
Building Height, maximum (Subzone A) 
15m and 5 storeys 
Building Height, maximum (Subzone B) 
17m and 5 storeys 
Building Height, maximum (Subzone C) 
19.5m and 6 storeys 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Siting of Buildings and Other Structures (Principal and Accessory) 
Western property line, setback 
11m 
Helmcken Rd property line, setback 
10m 
Burnside Rd property line, setback 
8m 
Northern property line, setback 
8m 
 

 
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13.25 
CD-25: Erskine Lane Residential 
Principal Uses 
a) Residential, Apartment 
Accessory Uses 
a) Home Occupation 
 
CD-25: Erskine Lane Residential 
 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum (Subzone A) 
8,400m2 
Lot Size, minimum (Subzone B) 
12,000 m2 
 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio (Subzone A) 
1.5 
Floor Space Ratio (Subzone B) 
1.15 
 
Lot Coverage 
Lot Coverage, Maximum (Subzone A) 
30% 
Lot Coverage, Maximum (Subzone B) 
22% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, Maximum 
40% 
 
Size of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
Building Height 
15.5m and 5 storeys 
Building Width, Minimum 
6m 
 
Siting of Buildings and Other Structures (Principal and Accessory) 
Northwest Lot Line – Watkiss Way Frontage (Subzone A) 
7.5m 
Northeast Lot Line (Subzone A) 
7m 
Southwest Lot Line – Erskine Lane Frontage (Subzone A)  
7.5m 
South Lot Line – CRD Property (Subzone A) 
4m 
North Lot Line – CRD Property (Subzone B) 
4m 
Northeast Lot Line (Subzone B) 
7m 
Southeast Lot Line (Subzone B) 
19m 
Southwest Lot Line – Erskine Lane Frontage (Subzone B) 
7m 
 

 
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13.26 
CD-26: Island Highway/Helmcken Comprehensive Development  
Principal Uses 
a) Neighbourhood Grocery 
b) Residential, Apartment 
Accessory Uses 
a) Home Occupation 
Conditions of Use 
a) Neighbourhood Grocery use, with the exception 
of parking, may only be located on the storey, 
first.  
b) The daily hours of operation for a Neighbourhood Grocery are limited to between 
6:00am and 10:00pm. 
Lot Size, Lot Density, Building Size, and Siting 
 
CD-26: Island Highway / Helmcken Comprehensive Development 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
1500 m2
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio 
3.0:1 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
75% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
80% 
Size of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
Building Height, maximum  
21m and 6 storeys 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Siting of Buildings and Other Structures (Principal and Accessory) 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum except for 5th and 6th storeys 
0m 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum for 5th and 6th storeys 
2.0m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
3.0m 
Side Lot Line Setback 
3.0m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum except for 5th and 6th storeys 
0m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum for 5th and 6th storeys 
2.0m 
 

 
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13.27 
CD-27: Comprehensive Development (Island Highway - Portage) 
Principal Uses 
a) Residential, Apartment 
Accessory Uses 
a) Home Occupation 
Lot Size, Lot Density, Building Size, and Siting 
CD-27: Comprehensive Development (Island Highway - Portage) 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
1500 m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
22 m 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio, Base Density 
1.5:1 
Floor Space Ratio with provision of 80% underground parking 
Base Density + 0.1 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
60% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
80% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum  
18m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Top storey 
shall not exceed an 
area equivalent to 75 
per cent of the floor 
area of the storey 
below 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 

 
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Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 
18m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
7.0m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum abutting Lot A, Section 3, Esquimalt 
District, Plan EPP30869 (199 Island Highway) 
4.0m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum abutting Portage Park 
8.0m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
4.0m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures 
All lot lines, minimum 
1.2m 
 

 
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13.28 
CD-28: Comprehensive Development (Glentana Village)  
13.28.1 
General Conditions and Regulations 
a) The CD-28 zone shall consist of six sub-zones (Sub-zones A, B, C, D, E and F) with 
different regulations and conditions for each sub-zone.  
b) Where there is a discrepancy between the wording set out in the General Conditions 
from those set out in each sub-zone, the wording and meaning of the General 
Conditions shall apply. 
c) Where there is a discrepancy between the wording and meaning in this zone and the 
wording set out in other parts of this bylaw, the wording of the CD-28 zone shall 
apply. 
d) A secondary suites are not permitted in CD-28A, CD-28B and CD-28F. 
e) The minimum parking requirement for a Detached, Residential use is one parking 
space per dwelling unit. 
Sub-Zone CD-28A  
a) 
Permitted Uses 
a. 
Residential, Townhouse 
b) 
Accessory Uses 
a. 
Home Occupation 
b. 
Office 
c) 
Density 
a. The maximum number of dwelling units on all lands within Sub-Zone CD-28A is 
63. 
b. The maximum floor space for office use is 70m2. 
 
d) 
Lot Size, Lot Density, Building Size, and Siting 
 
SUB-ZONE CD-28A  
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
1.0ha 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio 
1.25:1 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
45% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
60% 
Size of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
Building Height, maximum  
9.0m 
Building Height, maximum for a stacked townhouse 
11.0m 
Building Width, minimum 
8.0m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures  
Front lot line setback, minimum 
4.8m 

 
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Rear lot line setback, minimum 
1.8m 
Side lot line setback, minimum - west 
2.6m 
Side lot line setback, minimum - east 
6.8m 
Flanking lot line setback, minimum 
4.8m 
Sub-Zone CD-28B  
a) 
Permitted Uses 
a. 
Assembly Hall 
b. 
Daycare, Large 
c. 
Daycare, Small 
d. 
Recreational Facility, Indoor 
e. 
Recreational Facility, Outdoor 
f) 
 
b) Lot Size, Lot Density, Building Size, and Siting 
 
SUB-ZONE CD-28B  
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
1200m2 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio 
0.5:1 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
50% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
90% 
Size of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
Building Height, maximum  
7.5m 
Building Width, minimum 
6.0m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
Front lot line setback, minimum 
3.0m 
Rear lot line setback, minimum 
7.5m 
Side lot line setback, minimum 
3.0m 
Flanking lot line setback, minimum 
3.0m 
Sub-Zone CD-28C  
a) 
Permitted Uses 
a. 
Residential, Detached 
b. 
Small-Scale, Multi-Unit Housing, subject to Schedule E 
b) 
Accessory Uses 
a. 
Home Occupation 

 
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b. 
Garden suite, subject to Schedule D 
c. 
Secondary suite 
 
c) Conditions of Use 
 
d) Lot Size, Lot Density, Building Size, and Siting 
 
SUB-ZONE CD-28C  
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
280 m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
9.0m 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio 
0.75:1 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
60% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
80% 
Building Floor Area, maximum 
279m2 
Size of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
Building Height, maximum  
7.5m 
Building Width, minimum 
6.0m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
Front lot line setback, minimum 
3.5m 
Rear lot line setback, minimum 
3.5m 
Side lot line setback, minimum 
0m 
Combined side lot line setback, minimum 
1.5m 
Flanking lot line setback, minimum 
3.0m 
Sub-Zone CD28-D  
a) 
Permitted Uses 
a. 
Residential, Detached 
b. 
Small-Scale, Multi-Unit Housing, subject to Schedule E 
 
b) 
Accessory Uses 
a. 
Home Occupation 
b. 
Garden suite, subject to Schedule D 
c. 
Secondary suite 

 
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c) 
Density 
a. 
The maximum number of dwelling units on all lands within Sub-Zone CD-28D is 26. 
 
d) Lot Size, Lot Density, Building Size, and Siting 
 
SUB-ZONE CD-28D  
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
400 m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
7.5m 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio 
0.6:1 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
40% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
60% 
Size of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
Building Height, maximum  
7.5m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
Front lot line setback, minimum 
3.0m 
Rear lot line setback, minimum 
6.0m 
Side lot line setback, minimum 
0m 
Combined side lot line setback, minimum 
1.5m 
Flanking lot line setback, minimum 
3.0m 
Sub-Zone CD28-E  
a) Permitted Uses 
a. 
Residential, Detached 
b. 
Residential, duplex 
Small-Scale, Multi-Unit Housing, subject to Schedule E 
b) 
Accessory Uses 
a. 
Home Occupation 
b. 
Garden suite, subject to Schedule D 
c. 
Secondary suite 
 
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SUB-ZONE CD-28E  
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
2300m2 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio 
1.25 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
45% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
60% 
Size of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
Building Height, maximum  
7.5m 
Building Width, minimum 
6.0m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures  
Front lot line setback, minimum 
5.0m 
Rear lot line setback, minimum 
2.0m 
Side lot line setback, minimum 
2.0m 
Flanking lot line setback, minimum 
3.0m 
 
d) Lot Size, Lot Density, Building Size, and Siting for Residential, Detached uses within a bare land 
strata subdivision 
 
SUB-ZONE CD-28E  
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
280 m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
7.5m 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio 
0.6:1 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
50% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
60% 
Size of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
Building Height, maximum  
7.5m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
Front lot line setback, minimum 
3.0m 
Rear lot line setback, minimum 
6.0m 
Side lot line setback, minimum 
0m 

 
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Combined side lot line setback, minimum 
1.5m 
Flanking lot line setback, minimum 
3.0m 
Sub-Zone CD28-F  
a) 
Permitted Uses 
a. 
Residential, Detached 
b. 
Residential, Rowhouse 
c. 
Residential, Townhouse 
 
b) 
Accessory Uses 
a. Home Occupation 
 
c) Density 
a. The maximum number of dwelling units on all lands within Sub-Zone CD-28F is 15. 
 
d) Lot Size, Lot Density, Building Size, and Siting 
 
SUB-ZONE CD-28F 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
2700m2 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio 
0.65:1 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
35% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
70% 
Size of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
Building Height, maximum  
8.0m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
Front lot line setback, minimum 
6.9m 
Rear lot line setback, minimum 
3.0m 
Side lot line setback, minimum 
1.8m 
Flanking lot line setback, minimum (Glentana Road) 
4.9m 
 

 
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13.29  CD-29: Comprehensive Development (Eltham Road Townhouse) 
 
13.29.1 Principal Uses 
 
• 
Residential, Duplex 
• 
Residential, Rowhouse 
• 
Residential, Townhouse 
 
13.29.2 Accessory Uses 
 
• 
Home Occupation 
 
13.29.2 
Lot Size, Lot Density, Building Size, and Siting 
 
CD-29: Comprehensive Development (Eltham Road Townhouse) 
Lot Size 
Lot Size, minimum 
2000m2 
Lot Width, minimum 
30m 
Lot Density 
Floor Space Ratio, maximum 
1.25:1 
Lot Coverage, maximum 
45% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 
80% 
Building Size 
Building Height, maximum 
11.25m 
Building Width, minimum 
6m 
Accessory Building Height, maximum 
4.5m 
Siting of Principal Buildings and Other Structures 
 
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum (Helmcken Road) 
3.0m 
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 
1.5m 
Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 
3.0m 
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
3.0m 
Siting of Accessory Buildings and Other Structures  
Front or Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
3.0m  

 
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All other lot lines, minimum 
1.2m  

 
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13.30  CD-30: Comprehensive Development (Helmcken and Camden 
Townhouse) 
 
13.30.1 Principal Uses  
 
a) Residential, Townhouse  
 
13.30.2 Accessory Uses  
 
a) Home occupation, subject to the regulations in Section 4.2 
b) Accessory building and other structures, subject to the regulations in Section 4.6 
13.30.3 Lot Size, Lot Density, Building Size, and Siting  
 
CD-30: Comprehensive Development (Helmcken and Camden Townhouse) 
Lot Size  
Lot Size, minimum  
1600 m2  
Lot Density  
Floor Space Ratio, maximum  
1.25:1 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage, maximum  
42% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum  
50% 
Principal Building Size  
Building Height, maximum  
12.5 m  
Building Width, minimum  
6.0 m  
Siting of Principal Building  
Front Lot Line Setback, minimum  
5.0 m  
Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum  
6.0 m  

 
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Side Lot Line Setback, minimum  
2.0 m  
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
(Helmcken Road) 
5.0 m  
Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 
(Camden Avenue) 
1.5 m  

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SCHEDULE C: TRANSIT-ORIENTED AREA (TOA) DESIGNATION 
1. 
TOA Designation 
 
In this Schedule C:  
a) “TOA Map” means the map shown in Section 3 of this Schedule C; 
b) “200m parcel” means a parcel with dark grey hatching and outlining on the TOA Map; 
c) “400m parcel” means a parcel with dotted and black hatching and outlining on the TOA Map. 
2. 
Parking 
 
The off-street parking requirements for motor vehicles in Section 5 of this bylaw do not apply to 
the residential use of land designated as a transit-oriented area under section 1.2 of this 
Schedule C, except as follows:  
a) 
a parking space that would be required to be provided as an accessible space under 
section 5.14 must be provided;  
b) 
any parking space that is provided, whether or not that space is required to be provided, 
must meet the requirements of section 5 of this bylaw.  
3. 
TOA Map 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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SCHEDULE D: GARDEN SUITE REGULATIONS 
1. Siting, Setback, Separation Distance, and Lot Coverage 
1.1.  A garden suite must be sited in the rear yard and not less than (minimum):  
a. 1.5 m from a side yard;  
b. 1.5 m from a rear yard; and  
c. 3.5 m from a flanking street of a corner lot.  
1.2. The distance between a garden suite and any other buildings or structures on a lot must be 
a minimum of 2.4 m.    
1.3. The rear yard lot coverage must not exceed 25%, including garden suite, all accessory 
buildings and structures.   
2. Height, Floor Area, and Design 
2.1. The height of a garden suite must not exceed:  
a. 3.5 metres, where the lot is less than or equal to 549 m²; or 
b. 4.5 metres, where the lot is greater than or equal to than 550 m². 
2.2. The floor area of a garden suite must not exceed:  
a. 
37 m2 where the lot size is less than or equal to 549 m2;  
b. 
60 m2 where the lot size is greater than or equal to 550 m2 and less than or equal to 
999m²; or 
c. 
65 m2, where the lot is greater than or equal to 1000 m2. 
2.3. A garden suite must not include:  
a. a deck; 
b. a balcony; or  
c. a rooftop patio.  
3. Vehicle Parking   
 
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SCHEDULE E: SMALL-SCALE, MULTI-UNIT HOUSING REGULATIONS 
1. General Regulations  
 
1.1 The Small-Scale, Multi-Unit Housing (SSMUH) regulations shall be classified into four categories, 
which are detailed as follows and subject to the regulations in Sections 2, 3, 4, and 5 of this 
Schedule:   
 
a) Site Standards A in Table 2.1 pertain to parcels of any size.   
 
b) Site Standards B in Tables 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 are applicable to three sub-categories based on 
the following parcel size ranges:  
 
i. Site Standards B1 in Table 3.1 - less than 280 m2 
ii. Site Standards B2 in Table 3.2- with a lot size greater than or equal to 280 m2 and less 
than 600 m2 
iii. Site Standards B3 in Table 3.3 - with a lot size greater than or equal to 600 m2 and less 
than 1215 m2  
 
c) Site Standards C in Table 4.1 pertain to parcels greater than or equal to 1215 m2 and less 
than 4050 m2. 
 
d) Site Standards D in Table 5.1 pertain to parcels greater than or equal to 280 m2 and less than 
4050 m2 within 400m of a Prescribed Frequent Transit Stop as shown on the map in Appendix 
1 of this Schedule. 
1.2 A residential, detached building may not be permitted on the same lot as a duplex, houseplex, 
townhouse or apartment. 
1.3 More than one building is permitted on a lot, subject to the regulations in this Schedule. 
1.4 Despite the definitions of secondary suite and residential, duplex in section 2.0 of this Bylaw, a 
residential, duplex constructed after July 1, 2024, may contain a secondary suite, subject to the 
regulations in this Schedule. 
 
2. Site Standards A: Small-Scale Multi-Unit Housing Regulations 
2.1  Notwithstanding Table 2.1. below, a lot that is currently zoned for residential, duplex is subject to 
the regulations in that specific zone.  
Table 2.1. Site Standards A  
Permitted Uses  
Residential, Duplex  
Lot Density  
Number of Dwelling Units (maximum) 
2 
Floor Area 
Dwelling Unit Floor Area (minimum) 
33 m2  
Building Floor Area (maximum) 
372 m2  
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage (maximum)   
30%  
Impermeable Surface Coverage (maximum)  
60%  
Building Height and Width 
Building Height (maximum)  
11 m  
Building Width (minimum)  
6 m  
Setbacks  

 
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Front Lot Line (minimum)  
4 m  
Rear Lot Line (minimum)  
7.5 m  
Side Lot Line (minimum)  
1.5 m  
Flanking Lot Line (minimum) 
3 m  
Building Separation Distance (minimum) 
4 m 
Parking 
Off-street parking requirements for motor vehicles in Section 5 of this Bylaw apply to the residential 
use.  
 
3. Site Standards B: Small-Scale Multi-Unit Housing Regulations 
 
3.1 Site Standards B-1 
 
Table 3.1 Site Standards B-1 
Permitted Uses 
a) Residential, Apartment 
b) Residential, Attached  
c) Residential, Houseplex 
Lot Density  
Number of Dwelling Units (maximum) 
3 
Floor Area 
Dwelling Unit Floor Area (minimum) 
33 m2  
Building Floor Area (maximum) 
279 m² 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage (maximum)  
50%  
Impermeable Surface Coverage (maximum) 
60%  
Building Height and Width 
Building Height (maximum)  
11 m  
Building Width (minimum)  
6 m  
Setbacks 
Front Lot Line (minimum)  
3.5 m  
Rear Lot Line (minimum)  
3.5m  
Side Lot Line (minimum)  
1.5 m  
Flanking Lot Line (minimum)  
3 m  
Building Separation Distance (minimum)  
2.4 m  
Parking 
Off-street parking requirements for motor vehicles in Section 5 of this Bylaw apply to the residential 
use.  
 
3.2 Site Standards B-2  
 
Table 3.2. Site Standards B-2 
Permitted Uses 
a) Residential, Apartment 
b) Residential, Attached  
c) Residential, Duplex with secondary suites 
d) Residential, Houseplex 
Lot Density  
Number of Dwelling Units (maximum) 
4 
Floor Area 
Dwelling Unit Floor Area (minimum) 
33 m2  
Building Floor Area (maximum) 
372 m2 
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Lot Coverage (maximum)  
50%  
Impermeable Surface Coverage (maximum) 
60%  
Building Height and Width 
Building Height (maximum)  
11 m  
Building Width (minimum)  
6 m  
Setbacks 
Front Lot Line (minimum)  
4 m  
Rear Lot Line (minimum)  
7.5 m  
Side Lot Line (minimum)  
1.5 m  
Flanking Lot Line (minimum)  
3 m  
Building Separation Distance (minimum)  
4 m  
Parking 
Off-street parking requirements for motor vehicles in Section 5 of this Bylaw apply to the residential 
use.  
 
3.3 Site Standards B-3 
 
Table 3.3. Site Standards B-3 
Permitted Uses 
a) Residential, Apartment 
b) Residential, Attached  
c) Residential, Duplex with secondary suites 
d) Residential, Houseplex 
Lot Density  
Number of Dwelling Units (maximum) 
4 
Floor Area 
Dwelling Unit Floor Area (minimum) 
33 m2  
Building Floor Area (maximum) 
372 m2 
Lot Coverage and Impermeable Surface Coverage 
Lot Coverage (maximum)  
40%  
Impermeable Surface Coverage (maximum) 
60%  
Building Height and Width 
Building Height (maximum)  
11 m  
Building Width (minimum)  
6 m  
Setbacks 
Front Lot Line (minimum)  
4 m  
Rear Lot Line (minimum)  
7.5 m  
Side Lot Line (minimum)  
1.5 m  
Flanking Lot Line (minimum)  
3 m  
Building Separation Distance (minimum)  
4 m  
Parking 
Off-street parking requirements for motor vehicles in Section 5 of this Bylaw apply to the residential 
use.  
 
4. Site Standards C: Small-Scale, Multi-Unit Housing Regulations  
 
Table 4.1 Site Standards C 
Permitted Uses 
a) Residential, Apartment 
b) Residential, Attached 
c) Residential, Duplex with secondary suites 
d) Residential, Houseplex 
Lot Density  
Number of Dwelling Units (maximum) 
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Floor Area 
Dwelling Unit Floor Area (minimum) 
33 m2  
Building Floor Area (maximum) 
372 m2 
Lot Coverage  
Lot Coverage (maximum)   
30% 
Impermeable Surface Coverage (maximum)  
60%  
Building Height and Width 
Building Height (maximum)  
11 m  
Building Width (minimum)  
6 m  
Setbacks 
Front Lot Line (minimum)  
6 m  
Rear Lot Line (minimum) 
7.5 m  
Side Lot Line (minimum) 
3 m  
Flanking Lot Line (minimum)  
3 m  
Building Separation Distance (minimum)  
4 m  
Parking 
Off-street parking requirements for motor vehicles in Section 5 of this Bylaw apply to the residential 
use.  
 
5. Site Standards D: Small-Scale Multi-Unit Housing Regulations 
 
Table 5.1. Site Standards D 
Permitted Uses 
a) Residential, Apartment 
b) Residential, Attached 
c) Residential, Duplex with secondary suites 
d) Residential, Houseplex 
Lot Density  
Number of Dwelling Units (maximum) 
6 
Floor Area 
Dwelling Unit Floor Area (minimum) 
33 m² 
Building Floor Area (maximum) 
558 m² 
Lot Coverage  
Lot Coverage (maximum)  
40%  
Impermeable Surface Coverage (maximum)  
60%  
Building Height and Width  
Building Height (maximum)   
11 m  
Building Width (minimum)  
6 m  
Setbacks  
Front Lot Line (minimum)  
4 m  
Rear Lot Line Setback (minimum)  
7.5 m  
Side Lot Line Setback (minimum)  
1.5 m  
Flanking Lot Line Setback (minimum)  
3 m  
Building Separation Distance (minimum) 
4 m  
Parking 
The off-street parking requirements for motor vehicles in Section 5 of this Bylaw do not apply except as 
follows: 
(a) a parking space that would be required to be provided as an accessible space under section 5.14 
must be provided; and 
(b) any parking space that is provided, whether or not that space is required to be provided, must 
meet the requirements of section 5 of this Bylaw.  
 

 
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