Town of View Royal 
LAND USE BYLAW, 1990, NO. 35 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
July 31, 1990 
 
(Consolidated for Convenience to November 2020) 
 
BOUND SEPARATELY: 
 
SCHEDULE A: WORKS & SERVICES GENERAL PROVISIONS  
SCHEDULE B: WORKS & SERVICES DESIGN CRITERIA & STANDARDS  
 
 
The Town of View Royal provides information as a public service.  Information provided is merely the 
opinion of the Town and should not be relied upon by the recipient to the exclusion of other opinions.  The 
recipient is encouraged to seek independent advice and opinions, as the Town of View Royal takes no 
responsibility for information provided by it.
 
This Bylaw has been consolidated for convenience and reference only, and is not to be relied upon in 
making financial or other commitments.  Where applicable, capitalization, numerical order, and 
numbering have been altered for consistency.  Copies of the original Bylaw and amendments may be 
viewed at the Town of View Royal Municipal Hall at 45 View Royal Avenue, Victoria, B.C. 

Consolidated Version of 
Land Use Bylaw, 1990, No. 35 
 
 
All persons making use of this consolidation are reminded that it has no legislative sanction 
 
Town of View Royal 
 
LAND USE BYLAW, 1990, NO. 35 
AMENDMENT BYLAWS 
 
 
Bylaw #  
Description 
 
 
52 
Zoning Map - adopted 1/91 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
61 
Zoning Map - adopted 7/91 
Schedule 1 
Section 42  
 
66 
Zoning Map - adopted 11/90 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
74 
Completion of Works and Services 
Part 8 
Section 58 
 
 
Inspection and Supervision - adopted 4/91 
Schedule A 
Section 9 
 
75 
Fee  -  adopted 4/91 
Part 2 
Section 7 
 
 
Permits and Approvals 
Part 7 
Section 48 
 
 
General Regulations 
Part 7 
Section 48 
 
 
Types 
Part 7 
Section 49 
 
 
Sign Schedule 
Part 7 
Section 50 
 
76 
Zoning Map - adopted 2/91 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
80 
Zoning Map - adopted 5/91 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
81 
Zoning Map - adopted 2/92 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
88 
General Regulations  -  adopted 6/91 
Part 7 
Section 48 
 
96 
Zoning Map - adopted 2/92 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
97 
Undersized Existing Lots - adopted 12/91 
Part 3 
Section 16 
 
99 
Zone Table - adopted 12/91 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
100 
Zoning Map - adopted 1/92 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
109 
Definitions - adopted 5/92 
Part 1 
Section 2 
 
 
Notice of Hearings 
Part 2 
Section 9 
 
 
Storage  
Part 6 
Section 33 
 
 
Yards Part 6 
Section 35 
 
 
Special Setbacks  
Part 6 
Section 36 
 
 
Zone Tables  
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
 
Preliminary Subdivision Layout Consideration  
Part 8 
Section 59 
 
110 
Zoning Map - adopted 5/92 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
129 
Zoning Map - adopted 10/92 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
130 
Zone Tables - adopted 10/92 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
131 
Zoning Map - adopted 11/92 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
141 
Zone Tables - adopted 1/93 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
145 
Application to Amend a Bylaw  
Part 2 
Section 6 
 
    
Fee  - adopted 2/93 
Part 2 
Section 7 
 
    
Fees  Schedule 13 
Section 7 
 
153 
Zoning Map - adopted 4/93 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
155 
Developments Exempted - adopted 3/93 
Part 6 
Section 30 
 
156 
Zoning Map - 5/93 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
158 
Zone Tables - adopted 9/93 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
 
Definitions  
Part 1 
Section 2 
 
160 
Zoning Map - adopted 7/93 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
162 
Zoning Map - adopted 9/93 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
168 
Zoning Map - adopted 8/83 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
 
 
 

Consolidated Version of 
Land Use Bylaw, 1990, No. 35 
 
 
All persons making use of this consolidation are reminded that it has no legislative sanction 
 
Town of View Royal 
 
LAND USE BYLAW, 1990, NO. 35 
AMENDMENT BYLAWS 
 
 
176 
Zone Tables - adopted 5/95 
Part 6 
Section 41 
 
 
Bylaw # Description 
 
 
177 
Zoning Map - adopted 1/95 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
179 
Fees  -  adopted 10/93 
Schedule 13 
 
 
181 
Definitions  -  adopted 12/93 
Part 1 
Section 2 
 
184 
Subdivision & Devt. Servicing  -  adopted 4/94 
Part 8 
 
185 
Zone Tables  -  adopted 11/94 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
189 
Zoning  -  adopted 1/94 
Part 6 
Section 32 
 
195 
Zone Tables  -  adopted 5/94 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
196 
Zone Tables - adopted 4/94 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
 
Definitions 
Part 1 
Section 2 
 
210 
General Regulations - adopted 11/94 
Part 6 
Section 31 
 
210 
Zone Tables - adopted 11/94 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
210 
Parking Standards - adopted 11/94 
Part 7 
Section 45 
 
210 
Parking & Loading Schedule - adopted 11/94 
Part 7 
Section 47 
 
211 
Fees - adopted 10/94 
Schedule 13 
 
212 
Undersized Existing Lots Regs. - adopted 11/94 
Part 3 
Section 16 
 
214 
Special Setbacks - adopted 2/95 
Part 6 
Section 36 
 
215 
Parking & Loading Schedule - adopted 2/95 
Part 7 
Section 47 
 
222 
Definitions  -  adopted 2/95 
Part 1 
Section 2 
 
222 
Zone Tables - adopted 2/95 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
223 
Zone Tables - adopted 2/95 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
224 
Screening - adopted 2/95 
Part 7 
Section 54 
 
225 
Admin & Public Information - adopted 2/95  
Part 2 
Section 6 
 
225 
Signs - adopted 2/95 
Part 7 
Section 48 
 
242 
Zoning Map - adopted 8/95 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
245 
Zoning Map - adopted 8/95 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
246 
Zone Tables - adopted 8/95 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
250 
Notice of Hearings - adopted 8/95 
Part 2 
Section 9 
 
250 
Fees - adopted 8/95 
Schedule 13 
 
261 
Zoning Map - adopted 12/95 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
277 
Zoning Map - adopted 6/96 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
278 
Zoning Map - adopted 6/96 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
283 
Zoning Tables - adopted 9/96 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
 
Definitions 
Part 1 
Section 2 
 
290 
Zoning Map - adopted 12/96 
Part 6 
Section 42 
 
292 
Zoning Map - adopted 3/97 
Part 6 
Section 42 
 
297 
Zoning Map - adopted 3/97 
Part 6 
Section 42 
 
302 
Zoning Map - adopted 12/97 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
311 
Definitions - adopted 3/99 
Part 1           
Section 2 
 
 
Zone Tables 
Part 6 
Sections 41/43 
 
313 
Zoning Table - adopted 4/98 
Part 6 
Section 41 
 
 
Zoning Table 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
316 
Zoning Map - adopted 4/99 
Schedule 1 
 

Consolidated Version of 
Land Use Bylaw, 1990, No. 35 
 
 
All persons making use of this consolidation are reminded that it has no legislative sanction 
 
 
Town of View Royal 
 
LAND USE BYLAW, 1990, NO. 35 
AMENDMENT BYLAWS 
 
 
 
318 
Zoning Map - adopted 4/98 
Schedule 1 
 
 
Bylaw # Description 
 
 
330 
Definitions - Signs - adopted 2/98 
Part 1 
Section 2 
 
 
Signs Part 7 
Section 49 
 
 
Sign Schedule 
Part 7 
Section 50 
 
340 
Definitions - adopted 6/99 
Part 1            Section 2 
 
 
Zone Tables 
Part 6 
  Sections 41/43 
 
341 
Zoning Map - adopted 06/99 
Schedule 1 
 
362 
Definitions - adopted 6/00 
Part 1            Section 2 
 
 
Zone Tables 
Part 6 
 Sections 41/43 
 
363 
Zoning Map - adopted 06/00 
Schedule 1 
 
382 
Definitions - adopted 6/00 
Part 1            Section 2 
 
 
Zone Tables 
Part 6 
 Sections 41/43 
 
383 
Zoning Map - adopted 06/00 
Schedule 1 
 
386 
Zoning Map - adopted 11/00 
Schedule 1 
 
390 
Zone Tables - adopted 10/00 
Part 6 
 Sections 41/43 
 
391 
Zoning Map - adopted 10/00 
Schedule 1 
 
392 
Zoning Map - adopted 11/00 
Schedule 1 
 
394 
Zoning Map - adopted 12/00 
Schedule 1 
 
400 
Zone Tables - adopted 12/00 
Parts 6/7 
 Sections 43/50 
 
 
Zoning Map 
 
 
Sign Schedule 
 
401 
Definitions – adopted 06/01 
Part 1 
 Section 2 
 
402 
Subdivision & Devt. Servicing  -  adopted 1/01 
Part 8 
 Section 58 
 
403 
Definitions - adopted 1/01 
Part 1 
 Section 2 
 
 
General Regulations 
Part 6 
 Section 29 
 
404 
Definitions – adopted 09/01 
Parts 2/6/7 
 Sections 2/47 
 
 
Zone Tables 
 
 
Parking & Loading Schedule 
 
407 
Zoning Map – adopted 03/01 
Schedule 1 
 
409 
Subdivision & Devt. Servicing – adopted 2/01 
Part 8 
 Sections 56/58 
 
411 
Zoning Map – adopted 04/01 
Schedule 1 
 
422 
Parking & Loading Schedule – adopted 09/01 
Part 7 
 Section 47 
 
426 
General Regulations – adopted 06/01 
Part 2 
 Section 6 
 
429 
Zoning Map – adopted 08/01 
Schedule 1 
 
433 
Design and Construction Requirements- 
Part 8 
 Sections 68,69 
 
 
Warranty – adopted 07/02 
Division 2 
  
 
434 
General Regulations – adopted 09/01 
Parts 1/7 
 Sections 48/49/50 
 
 
Sign Schedule 
 
440 
Definitions – adopted 10/01 
Parts 1/6 
 Sections 2/40.1 
 
 
General Regulations 
 
 

Consolidated Version of 
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Town of View Royal 
 
LAND USE BYLAW, 1990, NO. 35 
AMENDMENT BYLAWS 
 
 
 
442 
General Regulations – adopted 10/01 
Part 6 
 Section 40 
 
454 
Regulations to Devt. Permits – adopted 12/01 
Parts 2/5 
 Sections 6/21/23/ 
 
 
 
 
Schedules 5/13  
26/27/28
 
458 
Zone Table – adopted 06/02 
Part 6 
 Sections 41/43 
 
 
 
 
459 
Definitions – adopted 02/02 
Parts 1/6 
Sections 2/40 
 
460 
Fees – adopted 03/02 
Schedule 13 Schedule A 
 
466 
Zoning Map – adopted 04/02 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
470 
Definitions, Zoning Table & Map – adopted 10/02 
Parts 1/2/6 
Sections 2/41/43 
 
478 
Zoning Map – adopted 06/02 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
485 
Public Notice Requirements – adopted 09/02 
Part 2 
Sections 6/9 
 
497 
Sign Regulations – adopted 11/02 
Parts 6/7 
Sections 40/48 
 
505 
Min. lot size in non-sewered areas – adopted 04/03 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
506 
P-1 Zone, residential use – adopted 04/03 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
521 
Float home restrictions – adopted 10/03 
Part 1 
Section 29 
 
522 
Zoning Map – adopted 10/03 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
530 
Zoning Map – adopted 11/03 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
532 
Zone Tables - adopted 12/03 
Parts 6/7 
Sections 43/50 
 
 
Zoning Map 
 
539 
Zoning Map – adopted 05/04 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
540 
Licensed Retail Stores – adopted 04/04 
Parts 1/2/6 
Section 41 
 
549 
Zone Tables - adopted 07/04 
Parts 6/7 
Sections 43/50 
 
 
Zoning Map 
 
554 
Road Design Standards – adopted 06/04 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
555 
Zone Tables - adopted 07/04 
Parts 6/7 
Sections 43/50 
 
 
Zoning Map 
 
559 
Zoning Map – adopted 09/04 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
569 
Zone Tables - adopted 12/04 
Parts 6/7 
Sections 43/50 
 
 
Zoning Map 
 
571 
Fence height – adopted 12/04 
Part 1 
Section 34 
 
573 
Zoning Map – adopted 04/05 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
575 
Zoning Map – adopted 12/04 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
577 
Zone Tables - adopted 01/05 
Parts 6/7 
Sections 43/50 
 
 
Zoning Map 
 
585 
Zoning Map – adopted 07/05 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
587 
Zoning Map – adopted 07/05 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
590 
Zone Tables - adopted 09/05 
Parts 6/7 
Sections 43/50 
 
 
Zoning Map 
599 
Secondary Suites – adopted 10/06 
Parts 1/6/7 
Sections 2, 29, 
40, 43, 45 & 47 
 
603 
Bare-land strata restrictions – adopted 07/05 
Part 8 
Section 56 
 
622 
Delete Board of Variance – adopted 02/06 
Part 4 
Sections 19/20 
 
624 
Latecomer charge interest rate – adopted 02/06 
Part 8 
Section 59 
 
627 
Riparian Areas Regulation – adopted 03/06 
Part 7 
Division 5 
 
629 
Building Height Requirements – adopted 09/07 
Part 1 
Section 2 

Consolidated Version of 
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Town of View Royal 
 
LAND USE BYLAW, 1990, NO. 35 
AMENDMENT BYLAWS 
 
 
638 
Local Commercial C-8 zone – 2311 Watkiss Way 
 
 
641 
Zone Tables – adopted 09/06 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
646 
Zone Tables – adopted 01/07 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
 
Zoning Map 
 
657 
Secondary Suites revision – adopted 02/07 
Parts 1/7 
Sections 2/45 
 
661 
Zoning Map – adopted 03/07 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
662 
Zoning Map – adopted 03/07 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
665 
Zoning Map – adopted 04/07 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
679 
Zoning Map – adopted  06/07 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
684 
Zone Table/Secondary Suites – adopted 09/07 
Parts 6/7 
Sections 43/45 
 
687 
 
 
691 
Parking Requirements – adopted 09/07 
Part 7 
Section 47 
 
700 
Comprehensive Development – CD-6 Zone – Casino 
Part 6 
Section 42 
 
706 
Comprehensive Development – CD-6 Zone – Casino 
Part 6 
Section 42 
 
708 
Comprehensive Development – CD12 Zone –Erskine Lane Part 6 
Section 41 
 
 
Zoning Table – adopted 06/2008 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
723 
Definitions – adopted 11/08 
Part 1 
Section 2 
 
 
One Family Residential (Medium Lot): R-1C 
Part 6 
Section 41 
 
 
Zone Table/One Family Residential: R-1C 
Part 6 
Section 43(2)  
 
 
Zoning Map – adopted 11/08 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
728 
Zoning Table – adopted 03/2009 
Part 6 
Section 42  
 
729 
Development Application Procedures 
Part 2/5/7 
Section 6,7,8,                          
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
9,54 
 
730 
Development Procedures Bylaw 
 
731 
Comprehensive Development – CD-13- 347//349 Island Highway 
Part 6 Section 41/43
 
 
 
 
Zoning Map – adopted 03/09 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
733 
Zoning Map – adopted 09/09 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
 
739 
Definitions – adopted 07/09 
Part 1 
Section 2 
 
 
 
Fences 
 
Part 6 
Section 34 
 
 
Village Commercial C-1 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
 
Village Service Commercial C-1A 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
 
Business Park Commercial: C-7 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
 
Local Commercial: C-8 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
 
 
Community Institutional: P-1 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
 
Comprehensive Development CD-13 – Island Highway 
Part 7 
Section 48 
 
 
Comprehensive Development CD-8B & C 
Part 7 
Section 48 
 
 
 
 
 – Thetis Cove Waterfront 
 
 
Comprehensive Development CD-9B & C  
 
 
 
– Lakeside Village Mixed Commercial and Residential Part 7 
Section 48 
 
 
Comprehensive Development CD-10A 
 
 
 
– Burnside Corner Comprehensive Development 
Part 7 
Section 48 
 
 
 
Comprehensive Development  CD-12- Erskine Lane 
Part 7 
Section 48 
 
 
Comprehensive Development CD-8A, D & E 
Part 7 
Section 48 
 
 
 
 
 – Thetis Cove Waterfront 
 
 
Comprehensive Development CD-9A 

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– Lakeside Village Mixed Commercial and Residential Part 7 
Section 48 
 
 
Comprehensive Development CD-10B & C 
 
 
 
– Burnside Corner Comprehensive Development 
Part 7 
Section 48 
 
 
 
Comprehensive Development CD-6A 
Part 7 
Section 48 
 
 
Park and Recreational P-3 
Part 7 
Section 48 
 
 
Public Use P-4 
Part 7 
Section 48 
 
 
Public Transportation P-6 
Part 7 
Section 48 
 
 
Designated Highway 
Part 7 
Section 54 
 
738 
Village Commercial C-1 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
739 
Definitions – adopted 07/09 
Part 1 
Section 2 
 
750 
Comprehensive Development – CD-14 
Part 6 
Section 41 
 
 
Zone Tables – adopted 08/09 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
 
Comprehensive Development CD-14 Hallowell 
Part 7 
Section 48 
 
 
Zoning Map – adopted 08/09 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
752 
Definitions 
 
Part 1 
Section 2 
 
 
Accessory Buildings 
Part 6 
Section 32 
 
 
Fences 
 
Part 6 
Section 34 
 
 
Yards 
 
Part 6 
Section 35 
 
 
Home Occupation 
Part 6 
Section 40 
 
 
Special Regulations and Zone Tables 
Part 6 
Section 43 
 
754 
Comprehensive Development – CD-14 
Part 6 
Section 41 
 
 
Zoning Table – Adopted 12/09 
 
756 
Zoning Map – adopted 04/10 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
 
758 
One Building on Any One Lot 
Part 6 
Section 31 
 
759 
Zone Table – adopted 04/14 
Part 6 
Section 41 
 
 
Zoning Map – adopted 04/14 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
761 
Prohibited Use Wording – adopted 03/10 
Part 6 
Section 29(1a) 
 
 
 
 
 
Keeping of Chicken and Bees – adopted 03/10 
Part 6 
Section 40.3 
 
765 
Comprehensive Development – CD-16 
Part 6 
Section 41 
 
 
Zone Table – adopted 04/10 
Part 6 
Section 43(2) 
 
 
Zoning Map – adopted 04/10 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
 
Comprehensive Development CD-16 Mill Hill Residential Part 7 
Section 48 
 
771 
Addition of accessory bldg. subsection 
Part 6 
Section 32 
 
779 
Community Institutional P-1 
Part 6 
Section 42 
 
787 
Comprehensive Development – 17: CD-17 
Part 6 
Section 43(2) 
 
790 
Comprehensive Development – 18: CD-18 
Part 6 
Section 41 
 
 
Zone Table – adopted 04/12 
Part 6 
Section 43(2) 
 
 
Comprehensive Development – 18: CD-18 
Part 7 
Section 48 
 
 
Comprehensive Development – 18: CD-18 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
793 
Comprehensive Development – 19: CD-19 
Part 6 
Section 41 
 
 
Zone Table – adopted 04/11 
Part 6 
Section 43(2) 
 
 
Comprehensive Development – 19: CD-19 
Part 7 
Section 48(2) 
 
 
Zoning Map – adopted 04/11 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
796 
Definitions – adopted 03/11 
Part 1 
Section 2 
 
 
Regional Park Use: P-7 
Part 6 
Section 41 
 
 
Zone Table – adopted 03/11 
Part 6 
Section 43(2) 
 
 
Regional Park Use: P-7 
Part 7 
Section 48 
 
 
Regional Park Use: P-7 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
800 
Park and Recreation: P-3 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
805 
Comprehensive Development: CD-5A 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
810 
Utility Corridor: P-8 
Part 6 
Section 41 
 
 
Zone Table – adopted 10/11 
Part 6 
Section 43(2) 
 
816 
Local Institutional – P-9 
Part 6 
Section 41 

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Zone Table – adopted 07/12 
Part 6 
Section 43(2) 
 
819 
Sub-Zone CD-10A – Medium Density Residential 
Part 6 
Section 43(2) 
 
833 
Zoning Map – adopted 07/12 
Schedule 1  Section 42 
 
835 
Zoning Map – adopted 07/12 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
836 
Zone Table amendment 
Part 6 
Section 43(2) 
 
837 
Attached Residential: RT-1 
Part 6 
Section 41 
 
 
Zone Table – adopted 10/12 
Part 6 
Section 42(2) 
 
838 
Zoning Map – adopted 10/12 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
844 
Mixed Residential – RM-3 
Part 6 
Section 41 
 
845 
Part 8 Subdivision and Development 
Part 8 
 
845 
Schedules 6B, 7, 8A, 8B, 9, 10 and 14 
 
849 
Comprehensive Development – 20: CD-20 
Part 6 
Section 41 
 
 
Comprehensive Development – 20 (Eagle Creek) 
Part 7 
Section 48(2) 
 
 
Zoning Map – adopted 07/13 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
 
Definitions 
 
Part 1 
Section 2 
 
857 
Definitions 
 
Part 1 
Section 2 
 
 
 
Public Safety – P-10 
Part 6 
Section 41 
 
 
Zone Table – adopted 04/13 
Part 6 
Section 43(2) 
 
 
Public Safety: P-10 
Part 7 
Section 48 
 
 
Zoning Map – adopted 04/13 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
858 
Zone Table – adopted 04/13 
Part 6 
Section 43(2) 
 
860 
Brew Pub: C-9 
Part 6 
Section 41 
 
 
Zone Table – adopted 07/13 
Part 6 
Section 43(2) 
 
 
Brew Pub: C-9 
Part 7 
Section 48(2) 
 
 
Zoning Map – adopted 07/13 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
 
880 
Zone Table – adopted 02/14 
Part 6 
Section 43(2)  
 
 
Zoning Map – adopted 02/14 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
 
Regulations  
Part 6 
Section 40(2) 
 
 
Parking 
 
Part 7 
Section 45(3)  
 
884 
Zoning Map – adopted 03/14 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
894 
Permits 
 
Part 5 
 
 
Zoning 
 
Part 6 
 
 
Parking, Flood Plain, Riparian Areas Regulation 
Part 7 
 
 
Zoning Map – adopted 09/14 
Schedule 1 
Section 42 
 
 
Tree Cutting Permit  
Schedule 6B 
 
 
Off-Street Parking Covenant 
Schedule 7 
 
 
 
Deposit or Remove Soil 
Schedule 15 
 
943 
Definitions 
 
Part 7 
Section 48(1) 
 
 
Commercial Real Estate Signs 
Part 7 
Section 48(7)(h) 
 
 
Sign Schedule 
Part 7 
Section 50(2) 
 
 
Sign Zones 
 
Part 7 
Section 48(2) 
 
 
958 
Development Processing Fees – adopted 01/17 
Schedule 13 
 
 
Inspection and Supervision – adopted 01/17 
Part 8 
Section 65(3) 
 
 
Screen Schedule – adopted 01/17 
Part 7 
Section 54(3) 
 
 
Security – adopted 01/17 
Part 8 
Section 67(1)  
 
 
Security – adopted 01/17 
Part 8 
Section 67(5) 
 
 
Temporary Signs – adopted 01/17 
Part 7 
Section 48.7.d.ii 
 
985 
Subdivision and Development 
Part 8 
 
 
Subdivision Servicing Agreement 
Schedule 8A 
 
 
Development Servicing Agreement 
Schedule 8B 
 
 
Developers Agreement Security 
Schedule 9 
 
992 
Division 2 – Signs – adopted 05/18 
 
1057 
Division 3 – Screening – adopted 11/20 
 

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INDEX 
 
PART 1  INTERPRETATION 
PAGE 
 
1. 
Title 
1 
2. 
Definitions 
2 
 
PART 2 ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC INFORMATION 
 
3. 
Application 
14 
4. 
Inspection 
14 
5. 
Direct Enforcement 
14 
6. 
Bylaw Amendment and Permit Applications 
14 
7. 
Fees 
14 
8. 
Public Hearing 
14 
9. 
Notice of Hearings 
14 
10. 
Severability 
14 
 
PART 3 COMPLIANCE 
 
11. 
Permitted Uses 
16 
12. 
Siting, Size and Dimension of Building and Structures 
16 
13. 
Off-Street Parking and Loading 
16 
14. 
Permitted Number of Buildings 
16 
15. 
Subdivision and Development of Land 
16 
16. 
Undersized Existing Lots Regulations 
17 
16.A 
Rebuilding of Damaged Non-conforming Buildings & Structures 
17 
17. 
Violations 
17 
18. 
Penalty 
17 
 
PART 4 BOARD OF VARIANCE 
 
19. 
See Board of Variance Bylaw 2006 No. 623 
18 
20. 
 
18 
 
PART 5 PERMITS  
 
DIVISION 1 DEVELOPMENT PERMITS 
21. 
See Bylaw No. 894, 2014 
19 
22. 
 
19 
 
DIVISION 2 DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMITS 
23. 
See Bylaw No. 894, 2014 
19 
 
DIVISION 3 TREE CUTTING PERMITS 
24. 
See Bylaw No. 894, 2014 
19 
25. 
 
19 
 
DIVISION 4 PERMIT PROCEDURES 
26. 
See Bylaw No. 894, 2014 
19 
27. 
 
19 
28. 
 
19 
 
PART 6 ZONING 

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DIVISION 1 GENERAL REGULATIONS 
29. 
See Bylaw No. 894, 2014 
20 
30. 
 
20 
31. 
 
21 
32. 
 
21 
33. 
 
22 
34. 
 
22 
35. 
 
22 
36. 
 
23 
37. 
 
23 
38. 
 
23 
39. 
 
24 
40. 
 
24 
40.1 
 
25 
40.2 
 
26 
40.3 
 
26 
 
DIVISION 2 ZONE CATEGORIES 
41. 
See Bylaw No. 894, 2014 
27 
42. 
 
28 
43. 
 
28 
 
30 
 
31 
 
32 
 
33 
 
34 
 
35 
 
36 
 
38 
 
40 
 
42 
 
44 
 
46 
 
48 
 
49 
 
50 
 
51 
 
52 
 
58 
 
60 
 
62 
 
64 
 
66 
 
69 
 
72 
 
75 
 
78 
 
83 
 
88 
 
90 
 
91 
 
93 
 
94 
 
95 

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96 
 
97 
 
98 
 
99 
 
PART 7 PARKING, SIGNS, SCREENING AND FLOOD PLAIN 
 
DIVISION 1 PARKING 
44. 
See Bylaw No. 894, 2014 
101 
45.  
 
101 
46. 
 
104 
47. 
 
104 
 
 
DIVISION 2 SIGNS 
48.1 
See Bylaw No. 992, 2018 
108 
48.2 
 
110 
48.3 
 
111 
49. 
 
119 
50.1 
 
120 
50.2 
 
121 
50.3 
 
121 
 
DIVISION 3 SCREENING 
51. 
See Bylaw No. 1057, 2020 
123 
52. 
 
123 
53. 
 
123 
54. 
 
124 
 
DIVISION 4 FLOOD PLAIN 
55. 
See Bylaw No. 894, 2014 
125 
 
DIVISION 5 RIPARIAN AREAS REGULATION 
55a 
See Bylaw No. 894, 2014 
125 
 
PART 8 SUBDIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT 
 
DIVISION 1 GENERAL CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS 
56. 
See Bylaw No. 985, 2017 
126 
57. 
 
127 
58. 
 
128 
59. 
 
129 
60. 
 
130 
61. 
 
133 
62. 
 
133 
63. 
 
134 
 
DIVISION 2 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS 
64. 
See Bylaw No. 985, 2017 
139 
65. 
 
139 
66. 
 
139 
67. 
 
140 
68. 
 
140 
69. 
 
140 
70. 
 
142 
71. 
 
142 

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72. 
 
143 
 
 
SCHEDULES 
 
1. 
Zoning Map 
 
6B. 
Application For A Tree Cutting Permit 
147 
7. 
Off-Street Parking Covenant 
151 
8A. 
See Bylaw No. 985, 2017 
154 
8B. 
See Bylaw No. 985, 2017 
158 
9. 
See Bylaw No. 985, 2017 
163 
10. 
Right-of-Way Agreement 
165 
13. 
Development Processing Fees 
172 
14. 
Application for Access Permit 
173 
15. 
Application for a Permit to Deposit or Remove Soil 
175 
 

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LAND USE BYLAW, 1990, NO. 35 
 
 
PART 1 
INTERPRETATION 
 
TITLE 
 
1.  
This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as Land Use Bylaw, 1990, No. 35 and Schedules 1 to 
15 and A and B are a part hereof. 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1994, No. 184) 
 
2. 
The following Bylaws are hereby repealed as of the date of adoption of the Bylaw: 
 
 
A) 
The Capital Regional District Bylaw, being the "View Royal Zoning Bylaw, 1979, No. 599" 
and all amendments thereto. 
 
 
B) 
The Capital Regional District Bylaw, being the "View Royal Subdivision Bylaw, 1979, No. 
651" and all amendments thereto. 
 
 
C) 
The Capital Regional District Bylaw, being the "View Royal Sign Bylaw, 1988, No. 1655" 
and all amendments thereto. 
 
 
D) 
The Town of View Royal Bylaw, being "Board of Variance Bylaw, 1988, No. 5". 
 
 
 
READ A FIRST TIME THIS 
 
 
17TH 
 
DAY OF 
APRIL  
, 1990 
 
READ A SECOND TIME THIS  
 
2ND 
 
DAY OF 
JUNE  
, 1990 
 
PUBLIC HEARING HELD THIS  
 
19TH 
 
DAY OF 
JUNE  
, 1990 
 
READ A THIRD TIME THIS 
 
 
26TH 
 
DAY OF 
JUNE  
, 1990 
 
APPROVED BY THE MINISTER OF  
TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS THIS 
25TH 
 
DAY OF 
JUNE  
, 1990 
 
 
RECONSIDERED, FINALLY PASSED AND ADOPTED BY COUNCIL, SIGNED BY THE MAYOR AND 
THE CLERK AND SEALED WITH THE SEAL OF THE TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL THIS 31ST DAY OF 
JULY, 1990 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(ORIGINAL BYLAW SIGNED BY MARJORIE ALDERSMITH, MAYOR 
AND DAVID CHRISTENSEN, CLERK/ADMINISTRATOR) 
 
 
 

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DEFINITIONS 
 
2. 
In this Bylaw, unless the context 
otherwise requires: 
 
"Acceptance" means the final approval of the 
Works acknowledged by the issuance of a 
written Certificate of Acceptance of the Works 
signed by the Approving Officer following 
completion and following the warranty period for 
the Works. (Amendment Bylaw, 1994, No. 184) 
 
"Accessory" means a use which is customarily 
incidental, subordinate and exclusively devoted 
to the principal use on the lot.  (Amendment 
Bylaw, 2009, No. 752) 
 
“Accessory Building” means a building devoted 
to an accessory use. (Amendment Bylaw, 
2009, No. 752) 
 
 
 
“Adult Entertainment” means any business use 
in which films, movies, videos or live shows of a 
pornographic nature are played or performed for 
the public on the premises. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2001, No. 440) 
 
"Agricultural Use" means a use providing for 
growing, rearing, producing and harvesting of 
agricultural products; 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; specifically 
excludes all manufacturing, processing, storage 
and repairs not specifically included in this 
definition, livestock and poultry processing, 
piggery use, feed lots, and mink farms. 
 
”Amusement Arcades” means a building or part 
of a building in which three or more coin or 
token-operated machines, games or other 
devices are provided for public amusement. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1996, No. 311) 
 
"Applicant" means a person applying for the 
approval of a subdivision or a permit whether as 
the owner of the property proposed to be 
subdivided or developed, or as agent for the 
owner. 
 
"Approval, Final" means the Approving Officer's 
affixing his signature to the subdivision plan 
pursuant to s.88 of the Land Title Act. 
 
"Approval, Preliminary Layout Consideration" 
means written notification of a review of 
information presented to the Approving Officer 
previous to submission of a subdivision plan for 
final approval. 
 
"Approving Officer" means the Clerk or any 
person duly authorized by the Municipal Council 
to act as Approving Officer pursuant to the 
provisions of the Land Title Act and Municipal 
Act. 
 
"Arterial Highway" means a major highway 
serving as a major traffic route between areas of 
the Municipality. 
 
"Assembly Use" means a use providing for the  
assembly of persons for religious, charitable, 
philanthropic, 
cultural, 
private 
educational 
purposes; includes auditoriums, youth centres, 
social halls, and churches. 
 
“Assisted 
Living 
Apartment” 
means 
an 
apartment use where food, housekeeping, 
personal service and/or nursing care are 
provided in addition to the residential use. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2007, No. 646) 
 
“Attic” means the space above the ceiling of the 
uppermost building storey. (Amendment Bylaw, 
2009, No. 752) 
 
“Automotive Sales, New” means the retail, fleet 
and lease sales and rental of new vehicles, and 
shall allow for the sale of used vehicles and the 
repair and servicing of vehicles only as 
accessory uses to the principal retail or rental 
use, provided that the number of recreational 
vehicles, mobile homes and boats permitted to 
be displayed for sale, lease or rental as an 
accessory use shall not exceed 10% of the total 
vehicles on display on the site. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1998, No. 340) 
 
“Back-lit Sign” means any sign designed to give 
forth artificial light from a source either within or 
behind the sign structure. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1998, No. 330) 
 
"Basement" means that portion of a building 
between two floor levels which is partly below 
grade. (Amendment Bylaw, 2009, No. 752) 
 

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"Bed & Breakfast" means the provision of nightly 
accommodation and breakfast for travellers in a 
private dwelling unit. 
 
"Boarders & Lodgers" means a person who, in 
return for consideration has his place of 
residence in a separate or shared sleeping room 
in a dwelling unit, and who is not a member of 
the family. 
 
"Boulevard" means that a portion of a highway 
between the curb lines or the lateral boundary 
lines of a roadway and the adjoining property or 
between curbs on median strips or islands, but 
does not include curbs, sidewalks, ditches or 
driveways. 
 
"Buffer Zone" means a natural strip of land to 
screen view and sound. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1994, No. 184) 
 
"Building" means a structure located on the 
ground which is designed, erected or intended 
for the support, enclosure or protection of 
persons, animals or property.  For the purpose 
of this Bylaw vehicles shall not be considered to 
be buildings. 
 
"Building Bylaw" means Town of View Royal 
Building 
Bylaw, 
1989, 
No. 
18, 
and 
all 
amendments. 
 
"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 behalf. 
 
"Building Permit" means a permit issued 
pursuant to the Municipality's Building Bylaw. 
 
"Building 
Regulations" 
means 
regulations 
regarding the construction of buildings by the 
current Building Bylaw of the Municipality and as 
authorized by s.694, and s.692 of the Municipal 
Act. 
 
"Building Width" means the lesser of the two 
horizontal dimensions of a building or structure 
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 or structure 
which is primarily engaged in 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 the 
premises. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2000, No. 404) 
 
"Campground" 
means 
a 
facility 
approved 
pursuant to the "Camp-sites Regulations" of the 
Health Act, for the temporary accommodation of 
travellers; specifically excludes a Mobile Home 
Park. 
 
“Carport” means a building or structure or part 
thereof, more than forty (40) percent of the area 
of the perimeter faces of which is open and 
unobstructed by any wall, door, post or pier, for 
the parking or temporary storage of a motor 
vehicle. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2007, No. 657) 
 
“Casino” means a building used for gaming 
activities. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2000, No. 382) 
 
"Cellar" means that portion of a building 
between two floor levels which is partly or wholly 
underground and which has more than one-half 
of its height from finished floor to finished ceiling 
below natural grade. 
 
"Child Care Facility" means a facility licensed 
and used as a Child Care Facility pursuant to 
the Community Care Facility Act. 
 
"Church" means a building wherein persons 
regularly assemble for religious worship and 
which is maintained and controlled by a religious 
body organized to sustain public worship. 
 
"Civic Use" means the use of land, buildings or 
structures for municipal offices and services, 
and which may include cultural, recreational, 
athletic, convention and entertainment facilities 
owned and/or operated by a governmental 
agency. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2000, No. 401) 
 
 
"Clerk" means the Clerk of the Municipality. 
 
"Club" means the premises of a social, service, 
or recreational club. 
 

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"Collector Highway" means a highway serving 
several local highways and may serve as a 
connector between neighbourhoods. 
 
"Combined Commercial and Residential Use" 
means one commercial use combined in a 
building with one dwelling unit, with the 
commercial use having a separate outside 
entrance, except where the use is gasoline 
service station or motel, in which case the 
dwelling unit may be in a separate building from 
the commercial use. 
 
"Commercial Crossing"  means a driveway 
crossing which provides vehicular access to the 
parking and loading areas of any lot zoned 
and/or used for commercial, industrial or 
institutional purposes. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1994, No. 184) 
 
“Common Access Road” means any private on-
site roadway within a common lot strata 
Attached Residential and Apartment Residential 
development. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1996, No. 283) 
 
“Common Amenity Area” means indoor or 
outdoor space designed for active or passive 
recreational use within the boundaries of a 
residential development site, and may include 
natural greenspace area, landscape area, 
patios, communal lounges, children’s play area 
and similar uses, but does not include any area 
occupied at grade level by a building’s service 
areas, parking lots, manoeuvring aisles or 
access driveways. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1996, No. 311) 
 
“Common Property Access Route” means those 
portions of the common property in a bare land 
strata intended to provide vehicular access to 
the strata lots”  (Amendment Bylaw 2009, No. 
739) 
 
"Community Care Facility" means a facility 
licensed pursuant to the Community Care 
Facility Act. 
 
"Community Sewer System" means a sewage 
collection and disposal system that is owned 
and operated by a municipality or regional 
district. 
 
"Community Water System" means a system of 
waterworks owned and operated by a water 
district, 
municipality, 
regional 
district, 
improvement district or a water utility as defined 
in the Water Utility Act. 
 
"Complete" or "Completion", when used with 
respect to the Works shall mean completion of 
the Works by the Developer to the standards 
and specifications set out in this Bylaw, as 
acknowledged by the issuance of a Certificate of 
Completion signed by the Approving Officer. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1994, No. 184) 
 
“Concealed Parking” means any space or area 
that is used for the parking and movement of 
motor vehicles and is contained above grade 
entirely within a building or structure in such a 
manner as to ensure that the area so used is not 
visible from outside the building or structure. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1998, No. 340) 
 
“Conference 
Centre” 
means 
a 
separate 
establishment, or an area within the premises of 
a principal commercial, institutional or residential 
building, used for the holding of conventions, 
seminars, 
workshops 
or 
similar 
activities, 
including 
dining facilities for the 
use of 
participants, as well as compatible accessory 
facilities. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2005, No. 577) 
 
"Consulting Engineer" means a professional 
engineer registered in the Province of B.C. and 
retained by the Developer to act on the 
Developer's behalf. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1994, No. 184) 
 
"Corner Lot" means a lot abutting a combination 
of two or more roadways and / or common 
property access routes where the lot lines form 
an 
interior 
angle 
of 
less 
than 
135°.  
(Amendment Bylaw, 2009, No. 739) 
 
"Council" means the Municipal Council of the 
Town of View Royal. 
 
“Crawl Space” means the space immediately 
above the ground seal 
(a) with a ceiling not more than 1.2m (4ft) 
above grade; and 
(b) a floor to ceiling height, as measured 
from the ground seal to underside of the 
floor joists of the storey above, not more 
than 1.5m (5ft) high for at least 20% of 
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(c) where crawl space floor to ceiling height 
exceeds 1.5m (5ft) the floor must be 
sloping a minimum of 10% and the floor 
must be at natural grade. 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2009, No. 752) 
 
"Cul-de-Sac" means a highway which terminates 
with a vehicular turning area. 
 
"Developer" means the subdivider or improver of 
land or his contractor or his agent appointed in 
writing. 
 
"Development" means the improvement of land 
pursuant to a Building permit. 
 
"Development Permit Area" means an area 
designated in the Official Community Plan which 
can be developed only in accordance with a 
development permit issued by the Council 
according 
to 
the 
special 
conditions 
and 
regulations for development of any property 
within the area. 
 
"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 driveway crossing. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1994, No. 184) 
 
"Driveway 
Crossing" 
means 
the 
improved 
section of a curb, sidewalk or boulevard 
constructed to provide vehicular access to one 
or more lots from any highway. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1994, No. 184) 
 
“Drive-In Restaurant” means a restaurant or 
eating establishment which is designed to 
provide, either wholly or in part, service to 
customers situated outside the confines of a 
building in an automobile parked or momentarily 
stopped on the same site. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1999, No. 311) 
 
"Dwelling Unit" means one or a self-contained 
set of inter-connected rooms for the use of one 
or more persons living together as a single 
domestic unit, sharing cooking, eating, living, 
sleeping and sanitary facilities and having only 
one room equipped for the preparation and 
cooking of food. 
 
“Enclosed Portion of a Building” means a roofed 
part of a building that has more than 60% of the 
total perimeter enclosed by wall, door, glass, 
post, pier, or screen, except a railing required by 
the British Columbia Building Code is not 
considered part of the perimeter enclosure. 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2009, No. 752) 
 
"Enclosed Underground Parking Space" means 
any space or area that is used or intended to be 
used for the parking and movement of motor 
vehicles and is contained entirely within a 
structure below natural grade. 
 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1994, No. 196) 
 
"Excess or Extended Services" means a portion 
of a highway, water, sewer or drainage system 
that will provide access to, or will serve, land 
other than the land being subdivided or 
developed. 
 
"Family" means one or more persons related by 
blood or marriage or up to three unrelated 
persons jointly occupying a dwelling unit. 
 
"Family Resource Centre" means a centre 
providing counselling services to the residents of 
the community, including offices and meeting 
space. 
 
"Fence" means a railing, paling, trellis, tower, 
retaining wall or other screening, or combination, 
thereof, not being a building or vegetation, 
forming a boundary or enclosing some area. 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2009, No. 752) 
 
"Fill" means soil, sand, gravel, rock or other 
clean material free of un-decomposed organic 
matter. 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1994, No. 184) 
 
"First Storey" means the storey above the slab 
on grade, basement or crawl space of the 
building.     (Amendment Bylaw, 2009, No. 
752) 
 
“Float Home” means a house-like structure built 
on a floatation system, not primarily intended or 
usable for navigation on water but intended for 
human habitation. 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2003, No. 521) 
 
"Floor Area" means the total area of all 
basements, storeys, and half-storeys of all 
enclosed portions of all buildings on a parcel as 
measured to the exterior of the buildings’ 
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(i) 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(5ft) 
throughout 
the 
entire 
space 
or 
storage room 
(ii) 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 
(iii) Carports, elevator shafts, rooftop 
stairwells or rooftop enclosures for 
heating, 
ventilation 
or 
air 
conditioning equipment. 
(iv) Underground parking 
 
b) Floor Area within a half-storey is measured to 
the interior face of pony walls. 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2009, No. 752) 
 
"Floor Space Ratio" means the ratio which the 
total floor area of a building bears to the area of 
the lot on which the building stands. 
 
“Food concession” means the use of building, 
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. 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2011, No. 796) 
 
"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. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2000, No. 382) 
 
“Garage” means a detached accessory building 
or portion of a principal building the perimeter 
faces of which are at least sixty (60) percent 
enclosed, whose intended use is for the parking 
or temporary storage of motor vehicles and in 
which there are no facilities for repairing or 
servicing such vehicles. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2007, No. 657) 
 
"Gasoline Service Station" means any building 
or land used or intended to be used for the retail 
sale of motor fuels and lubricants and may 
include, as accessory uses, the servicing and 
minor repair of motor vehicles and the sale of 
automobile accessories, but shall not include 
motor vehicle body work, painting or major 
repairs. 
 
“Grade” means the average natural grade or 
average finished grade, whichever is lower, 
immediately adjoining, or immediately below, 
each exterior wall of a building, except 
(a) localized natural depressions, 
(b) localized depressions no wider than 
10m for vehicle entrances, or 
(c) localized depressions no wider than 
5m for pedestrian entrances, 
 
need not be considered in average grade 
calculations. 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2009, No. 752) 
 
“Grade, Finished” means the final elevation of the 
ground surface after development. 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2006, No. 629) 
 
"Grade, Natural" means the elevation of the 
ground surface of land prior to any disturbance, 
alteration, excavation or filling. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2006, No. 629) 
 
“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; 
• 
surface material comprised of asphalt, 
concrete, tile, metal, wood or similar 
materials. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1998, No. 340) 
 
“Greenspace, Natural” means any area retained 
in a natural state such that existing trees, 
vegetation and soil remain undisturbed by 
development. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1998, No. 340) 
 
"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. 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2009, No. 752) 

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"Height" means the vertical distance of a building 
or structure measured from grade to the highest 
point of the building or structure having a flat roof 
or of a roof with a pitch less than 3:12, including a 
mansard roof, and to the midpoint between the 
eaves and ridge of a gable, hip, gambrel or other 
sloping roof on the building.  Where a building or 
structure incorporates a roof exceeding a pitch of 
12:12, a barrel vaulted roof structure, or in the 
case of a structure without a roof, height shall be 
measured from grade to the highest adjacent 
point of the structure.  The measurement of 
height shall exclude the projection of chimneys, 
vents, stacks, heating, ventilation, air conditioning 
equipment, stairwells, and elevator lifting devices 
which protrude above the surrounding roof line.  
Notwithstanding the use of average finished 
grade in determining height, the height of building 
or structure on the down-slope side of the 
building shall not exceed a neight more than 2.5m 
higher than the maximum height permitted in the 
zone table. 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2009, No. 752) 
 
"Highway" includes a street, road, lane, bridge, 
viaduct, and any other way open to public use, 
but does not include a private right-of-way on 
private property. 
"Hospital" has the meaning assigned thereto by 
the Hospital Act. 
 
"Hospital 
Hostel" 
means 
transient 
accommodation operated by a non-profit society 
available only to those persons visiting or 
accompanying friends or relatives receiving care 
and treatment at a Hospital. 
 
"Hotel" means a building intended for the 
temporary accommodation of travellers, in which 
each sleeping unit contains its own sanitary 
facilities. 
 
"Industrial Uses" means an industry that is not 
noxious or offensive to the public in general or to 
the immediate neighbourhood thereof by reason 
of the emission of odour, dust, smoke, gas 
noise, vibration, glare, or electrical disturbance, 
and excludes auto wrecking yards, refuse and 
garbage dumps. 
 
"Kennel" 
means 
any 
building, 
structure, 
compound, group of pens or cages or property 
in which or where four or more dogs or cats are 
or are intended to be trained, cared for, bred, 
boarded, or kept for any purpose whatsoever. 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 a facility used for 
conducting 
scientific 
or 
medical 
research, 
experimentation or diagnostic work 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2006, No. 638) 
 
"Landscape Screen" means an opaque visual 
barrier formed by a row of shrubs or trees, wood 
fence, masonry wall or other suitable material or 
combination thereof. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1994, No. 184) 
 
"Landscaping" means the planting of lawns, 
shrubs and trees, and the addition of fencing, 
walks, drives, or other structures and materials 
used in landscape architecture. 
 
"Lane" means a highway more than 3 metres 
but not greater than 8 metres in width, intended 
to provide "secondary" access to parcels of land, 
but a lane is not a partial highway. 
 
“Licensed Retail Store” means a building or part 
thereof 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. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2004, No. 540) 
 
“Light Manufacturing” means the manufacture 
and assembly of finished products for retail sale 
to consumers and wholesale distribution to retail 
stores. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1998, No. 340) 
 
“Live-aboard Vessel” means any vessel intended 
for use in navigation on water and used 
incidentally for human habitation, which may or 
may not be dependent on shore facilities. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2003, No. 521) 
 
“Live/Work Studio” means a commercial use 
combined with a residential use in such a 
manner that the residential and commercial uses 
constitute a single occupancy of the premises, 
and have no employees other than persons who 
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use within a live/work studio shall be limited to 
the following uses only: 
 
a) 
Bed and breakfast facility limited to 
two rental rooms; 
b) 
Business and professional office; 
c) 
Craft studios, including but without 
limiting the generality of the foregoing: painting, 
printing, photography, pottery and ceramics, 
sculpture, carvings, ornamental or art glass, and 
excluding boat building and auto refurbishing; 
d) 
Day care providing care to not more 
than five children at a time; 
e) 
Educational tutoring; 
f) 
Garment 
making 
and 
the 
manufacture 
of 
small 
leather 
goods, 
but 
excluding the tanning or curing of leather; 
g) 
Jewellery manufacturing; 
h) 
Personal 
service 
establishments 
including, but without limiting the generality of 
the foregoing: optical or watch repair shop, 
photographic studio and shoe repair; 
i) 
Post office; 
j) 
Printing, 
publishing, 
desktop 
publishing and bookbinding; 
k) 
Repair of minor household goods, 
including computers; and 
l) 
Retail sale of goods manufactured 
within a live/work studio. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2005, No. 590) 
 
"Livestock" means rabbits, goats, sheep, swine, 
horses, cattle, poultry kept for the purpose of 
providing meat or eggs, or fur bearing animals 
as defined in the Fur Farm Act. 
 
"Local Highway" means a highway within a 
residential neighbourhood and not intended to 
carry traffic from one neighbourhood to another. 
 
"Lodgers and Boarders" see Boarders and 
Lodgers. 
 
"Lot" means the smallest unit into which land is 
subdivided as shown on the records of the Land 
Title Office, including strata lots. 
 
"Lot Coverage" means the percentage of the lot 
area covered by buildings and structures. 
 
"Lot Line" means the legally defined limits of any 
lot, and in particular: 
 
(a) 
Front Lot Line mean the shortest lot line 
on a corner lot or any other lot that 
divides the lot from a roadway or 
common property access route which, 
when considering front yard setbacks, 
results in buildable lot area, and in the 
case of panhandle lot, the front lot line 
shall be deemed to be any lot line 
adjoining 
and 
approximately 
perpendicular to the access strip, but 
excluding any lot line in the access strip. 
(Amendment Bylaw 2009, No. 739) 
 
(b) 
Flanking Lot Line means any lot line that 
divides the lot from a roadway or 
common property access route, other 
than the front lot line. 
(Amendment Bylaw 2009, No. 739) 
 
(c) 
Side Lot Line means a lot line other than 
a front or rear lot line. 
 
(d) 
Rear Lot Line means the lot line 
opposite to and most distant from the 
front lot line or in the case of a triangular 
shaped lot, a line 3m (9.ft) in length 
entirely within the lot, parallel to and at a 
maximum distance from the front lot 
line. 
(Amendment Bylaw 2009, No. 739) 
 
"Lot Depth" means the shortest horizontal 
distance between the front and rear lot lines. 
 
"Lot Width" means the same as "frontage" under 
s.944 of the Municipal Act and is defined as the 
horizontal distance between side lot lines 
measured at right angles to the lot depth and 7 
metres from the front lot line to the rear lot line. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1992, No. 109) 
 
"Marina" means the use of land or surface of the 
water for the sale and/or rental of boats, docking 
berths, marine engines and marine supplies. 
 
"Marine Business" means the sale of boats and 
supplies related to boats and the repair and 
servicing of boats. 
 
“Marine Commercial” means commercial or 
mixed residential and commercial uses that are 
placed on the foreshore and/or water surface, 
either as a floating structure or fixed by way of 
pilings.  No vessel fuelling station or other 
petroleum product sales shall be permitted.  

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Marine Commercial uses shall be limited to the 
following: 
 
a) 
Bed and breakfast facility limited to 
two rental rooms; 
b) 
Mixed commercial and residential; 
c) 
Retail commercial; 
d) 
Office space limited to businesses 
predominantly oriented to marine consulting; 
marine activities or marine tourism activities; and 
e) 
Restaurant, 
excluding 
fast-food 
restaurants. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2005, No. 590) 
 
“Medical Clinic” means a building or structure 
where 
a) 
one or more members of the medical 
profession, 
including 
physicians, 
dentists, 
chiropractors, and veterinarians, and/or 
b) 
one or more members of health-related 
professions 
including 
physiotherapists, 
occupational therapists, massage therapists, 
acupuncturists, 
orthotists, 
prosthetists, 
naturopaths, 
homeopaths, 
and 
dietitians, 
provide diagnosis and treatment to the general 
public or household pets without overnight 
accommodation, and may include such ancillary 
uses as reception areas, offices, consultation 
rooms, 
coffee 
shops 
and 
pharmaceutical 
dispensary, providing that all such ancillary uses 
have access only from the interior of the clinic 
building. 
 
  
(Amendment Bylaw 849, 2012) 
 
"Medical Health Officer" means the Medical 
Health Officer appointed by the Capital Regional 
District for the territorial jurisdiction of the area in 
which a subdivision or development is located. 
 
"Minor Residential Street" means any highway 
which is not an arterial, major road or collector 
road. 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1994, No. 184) 
 
"Mixed Commercial and Residential Use" means 
one or more commercial uses combined in a 
building with one or more dwelling units. 
 
“Mobile 
Business” 
means 
a 
commercial 
operation, 
including 
retail 
of 
food 
and 
beverages, or office use 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 structure. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2000, No. 403) 
 
"Mobile Home" means a single family dwelling 
unit equipped with a water-closet and a bath-tub 
or shower, waste from which shall be disposed 
of directly into a sewer, and manufactured as a 
unit or units intended to be occupied on a year-
round, long term basis in a place other than 
where it was manufactured.  It may be designed 
with detachable towing and touring gear and 
upon arrival at the site, can be completed and 
ready for occupancy except for placing on 
foundations, connections of utilities and some 
incidental 
assembly; 
and 
must 
meet 
the 
standards specified in the Canadian Standards 
Association Standard Z-240 and A-277. 
 
"Motel or Auto Court" means a building or 
buildings, occupied or intended to be occupied 
solely by transient motorists, each sleeping unit 
of which has its own sanitary facilities with a 
water closet, wash basin and bath or shower. 
 
"Municipal Engineer" means the Engineer of the 
Municipality appointed as such by the Municipal 
Council or such other person as may, from time 
to time, be duly appointed to act in his stead by 
the Municipal Council. 
 
"Municipality" means the Town of View Royal or 
the area within the municipal boundaries thereof 
as the context may require. 
 
"Natural Boundary" means the visible high water 
mark of any lake, river, stream, or other body of 
water where the presence and action of the 
water are so common and usual, and so long 
continued as to mark on the soil of the bed of 
the body of water a character distinct from that 
of its banks, in vegetation and the nature of the 
soil. 
 
“Neighbourhood 
Public 
House” 
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. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2005, No. 590) 
 
"Non-Conforming Building or Use" means any 
building or use already existing which does not 
conform with all the applicable regulations of this 
Bylaw. 
 

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"Official Community Plan" means the plan 
adopted by the Town of View Royal, 1990, 
Bylaw No. 34. 
 
"Owner" means the registered owner of an 
estate in fee simple. 
 
"Panhandle Lot" means any lot which is serviced 
and gains access to a highway by means of a 
narrow strip of land which is an integral part of 
the lot (hereinafter called the "access strip"). 
 
"Parcel" has the same meaning as in the 
Municipal Act. 
 
"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. 
 
”Personal Service Establishment” means a 
business use within a building or structure in 
which services are provided that are specifically 
related to the clothing or body of a person or 
household pet, and includes, as an ancillary use 
only, the retailing of items ancillary to the 
provision of such service(s), but specifically 
excludes massage (unless such use is ancillary 
to a licensed aesthetic care facility), tattoo and 
escort service. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw,  No. 459, 2002) 
 
"Potable Water" means water which is approved 
for drinking purposes by the Medical Health 
Officer. 
 
"Principal Building" means a building which 
contains the chief or main use on a lot. 
 
"Professional Engineer" means a person who is 
registered or duly licensed as such under the 
provisions of the Engineers Act. 
 
"Proven Supply" means that a minimum of 2000 
litres per day of potable water must be proven to 
be available to the satisfaction of the Municipal 
Engineer. 
 
“Public Safety Facility” means a facility for safety 
and emergency services, including the provision 
of 
police, 
ambulance, 
emergency 
or 
fire 
protection services and related administrative, 
training and operational use. 
(Amendment Bylaw No. 857, 2013) 
 
"Public Utility" means the lawful distribution or 
distributor of electricity, gas, water, telephonic or 
television signals under the Utilities Commission 
Act, the Municipal Act or a Statute of Canada or 
British Columbia. 
 
“Recreational Facility” means a facility used and 
equipped for the carrying on of sports or leisure 
activities, specifically excluding amusement 
arcades, dance halls and pool halls. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1996, No. 311) 
 
“Recreational greenways” means trails that link 
parks and other recreational spaces, and shall 
include support facilities that are integral to 
recreational use.  Recreational trails may be 
single or multi-use and are intended to provide 
safe recreational opportunities for persons of all 
ages and abilities. 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2002, No. 470) 
 
“Recreational Vehicle” means a vehicular type 
portable structure without permanent foundation, 
which can be towed, hauled or primarily designed 
as 
temporary 
living 
accommodation 
for 
recreational camping and travel use and including 
but not limited to travel trailers, truck campers and 
self propelled motor homes. 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2006, No. 599) 
 
"Residential 
Apartment" 
means 
a 
building 
divided into not less than three dwelling units 
other than Attached Residential; specifically 
excludes a building used for a Hotel or Motel. 
 
"Residential Attached" means a building (or 
buildings) divided into not less than three 
dwelling units with each dwelling unit having 
direct 
access 
to 
the 
outside; 
specifically 
excludes a building used for a Hotel or Motel. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1994, No. 196) 
 
"Residential Crossing, Low Density: means a 
driveway crossing which provides vehicular 
access to the parking and loading areas of any 
lot zoned and/or used by single-family or two-
family dwelling. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1994, No. 184) 
 
"Residential Crossing, Medium Density" means 
a driveway crossing which provides vehicular 
access to the parking and loading areas of any 
lot zoned and/or used for multiple-family 
residential use in excess of a two-family 
dwelling. 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1994, No. 184) 
 
 “Residential, Linked” means one of a pair of 
single family residential detached dwellings 
which have no apparent structural connection 

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above grade, but which are horizontally coupled 
at the footing or foundation along not more than 
one side of each such dwelling unit, provided 
that for a horizontal distance of not more than 2 
metres of its length, each such coupled side 
may have that portion of its footing or foundation 
which is not coupled. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1999, No. 362) 
 
“Residential, Mixed” means development on a 
site which combines single family residential use 
with attached residential and/or linked residential 
uses. 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1999, No. 362) 
 
"Residential Multiple Family" means a building 
consisting of two or more dwelling units each of 
which is occupied or intended to be occupied as 
a permanent home or residence. 
 
"Residential Single Family" means a building 
consisting of one dwelling unit which is occupied 
or intended to be occupied as the permanent 
home or residence of one family, and containing 
not more than one (1) set of cooking appliances. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1992, No. 109) 
 
"Resource Development" means to harvest, 
explore 
for, 
develop, 
and 
produce 
wood 
products, coal or mineral ore with related plant, 
equipment, storage, repair and transportation 
facilities and to develop and produce gravel and 
related material in conjunction with mining or 
forestry. 
 
“Restaurant, 
Carry-Out” 
means 
an 
establishment in which the design of facilities, 
serving and/or packaging procedures provide 
solely for the purchase of prepared, ready-to-eat 
food, in which the vast majority of customers do 
not consume the food on the premises in which 
it was purchased/obtained.  To this effect, 
seating within the establishment for the purpose 
of consumption of foods on the premises shall 
be limited to six seats.  Consumption of foods in 
motor vehicles on the premises/property is not 
permitted.  (Amendment Bylaw, 2000, No. 404) 
 
“Restaurant, 
Drive-In” 
means 
a 
‘Café’, 
‘Restaurant: Carry-Out’, ‘Restaurant: Drive-In’, 
‘Restaurant: Fast-Food’, or ‘Restaurant: Full-
Service’, which provides in while or in part, by 
design, physical facilities and/or service, the 
opportunity for customers to obtain food or 
beverages while remaining in their motor 
vehicles. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2000, No. 404) 
 
 
“Restaurant, Fast-Food” means the use of a 
building or structure wherein the principal 
business is the sale of pre-prepared or rapidly 
prepared food which is ready for consumption by 
the customer, is served or provided directly to 
customers at a walk-up counter, and provides 
for its consumption within the building or 
structure or on the property through the 
provision of seating, and/or within customer 
vehicles parked on site. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2000, No. 404) 
 
“Restaurant, 
Full-Service” 
means 
an 
establishment which is primarily engaged in 
serving food and beverages to customers 
seated at tables either inside or outside the 
building for consumption on the premises, and, 
as an accessory use only thereto, may also be 
engaged in providing customers with take-out 
service of food and beverages for off-site 
consumption.  The consumption of food or 
beverages in motor vehicles on the premises is 
not permitted. 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2000, No. 404) 
 
"Retail Sales" means the selling of goods and 
services, excluding beer, wine and liquor, 
directly to the consumer. 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2004, No. 540) 
 
“Retail Store” means a building or part thereof 
where goods, wares, merchandise, processed 
foods or other articles are offered for sale at 
retail, and includes the enclosed storage of 
limited quantities of such items sufficient only to 
service such a store, but shall not include 
premises from which beer, wine and liquor are 
sold. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2004, No. 540) 
"Roadway" means the portion of a highway that 
is constructed, improved, designed or used for 
vehicular traffic. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1994, No. 184) 
 
"Screening" means a continuous opaque fence, 
wall, compact evergreen hedge or combination 
thereof, supplemented with landscape planting, 
that would effectively screen the property  which 
it encloses, and is broken only for access 
pedestrian and motor vehicle access. 
 
“Secondary Suite” means an additional dwelling 
unit that is entirely contained within a residential 
single family use building and is located on the 
same legal parcel as the residential single family 

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use with which it is associated, such that the 
building containing the secondary suite is a single 
real property entity. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2006, No. 599) 
 
“Self-storage warehousing” means the provision 
of rental space for the storage of domestic goods 
of a non-offensive and non-hazardous nature 
where the storage space offers the following 
characteristics: 
a) The renting customer has exclusive use of 
the storage area; 
b) The storage area is secured to prevent 
access except by the renting customer; 
c) The storage area is in a fixed location; 
d) Access to each individual storage area shall 
not require the use of a ladder; 
e) The renting customer has unrestricted access 
to the storage area only during open hours of the 
facility; 
f) 
The transfer of goods into and out of the 
storage area must be possible without reliance on 
machinery.” 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2004, No. 555) 
 
"Service Business" means a business within a 
building or structure engaged in providing 
services for the public, including, without limiting 
the generality of the foregoing: 
 
a) establishments 
for 
trade 
contractors 
involved in building, electrical, painting, 
plumbing, refrigeration, signs, heating and 
air-conditioning, including ancillary storage 
and administrative offices, but excluding 
roofing and septic system trades; 
b) repair and servicing of articles, goods and 
materials as well as accessory retail sales or 
rentals, ancillary storage and administrative 
offices. 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1996, No. 311) 
 
"Service Club" means the meeting place of an 
association of persons as a registered nonprofit 
society for the purposes of providing services 
and raising funds for community projects. 
 
"Shopping Centre"  means a group of retail 
stores in one or more buildings designed as an 
integrated unit. 
 
"Shopping Centre, Neighbourhood" means a 
shopping centre having a gross leasable area of 
more than 100 m2 (1076 sq ft), but less than 
1,000 m2 (10760 sq ft). 
 
"Shopping 
Centre, 
Community" 
means 
a 
shopping centre having a gross leasable area of 
more than 1,000 m2 (10760 sq ft), but less than 
6,000 m2 (64582 sq ft). 
 
"Shopping Centre, Regional" means a shopping 
centre having a gross leasable area of 6,000 m2 
(64582 sq ft), or more. 
 
“Soil” means soil, sand, gravel, rock, peat or 
other substance of which land is composed. 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1994, No. 184) 
 
"Staff 
Accommodation" 
means 
any 
accommodation for employees of an industrial 
enterprise 
on 
a 
temporary, 
seasonal, 
or 
permanent basis, and shall be considered a 
form of residential multi-family for the purposes 
of this Bylaw. 
 
"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, or 
other materials, goods, products, equipment or 
machinery are stored, baled, placed, piled or 
handled, whether a principal or an accessory 
use. A storage yard shall not include an 
automobile wrecking yard or a junk yard. 
 
"Storage of Vehicles" means the placing of 
unlicensed vehicles located outside an enclosed 
structure. (Amendment Bylaw, 1992, No. 109) 
 
"Storage of Boats" means the placing on land of 
a marine vessel(s) that meet any two of the 
following conditions; fixed for more than 18 
months, has a current or expired commercial 
licence, or that is greater than 9.0 m long. 
 
"Storey" means the space between a floor and 
the ceiling or roof above, excluding basements, 
crawl spaces, underground parking, attics, half-
storeys, rooftop stairwells, rooftop projections of 
elevator lifting devices, or enclosures for rooftop 
heating, 
ventilation 
or 
air 
conditioning 
equipment. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2009, No. 752) 
 
"Street Boundary"  means any property line 
abutting a highway. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1994, No. 184) 
 
"Street Line"  means the outside edge of the 
roadway of any highway. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1994, No. 184) 

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"Structure" means anything constructed or 
erected, the use of which requires location on 
the ground or attachment to something having 
location on the ground, but does not include 
(a) fences, 
(b) walkways, driveways or parking lots, 
or 
(c) patios, decks or stairs no higher 
than 0.3m (1ft) above finished or 
natural grade, whichever is lower. 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2009, No. 752) 
 
 
"Subdivision" means any change in the existing 
size, shape, number or arrangement of a lot or 
lots, whether by plan, descriptive words or 
otherwise. 
 
"Surveyor" means a land surveyor licensed and 
registered as a land surveyor in the Province of 
British Columbia. 
"Survey Plan" means a fully dimensioned legal 
plan prepared by a surveyor for final approval. 
 
"Temporary Construction Camp" means a facility 
used to accommodate construction workers only 
during the course of construction of a building to 
accommodate a principal use on the lot. 
 
"Top Soil" means a mineral soil with an organic 
content between 10% and 20% humus by 
volume. 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1994, No. 184) 
 
"Total Highway Frontage" means the sum of all 
those boundaries of a lot which abut a highway. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1994, No. 184) 
 
"T.V.R." means a device for receiving television 
signals for domestic purposes. 
 
“Underground Parking” means an enclosed 
portion of a building used primarily for the 
parking of vehicles where the ceiling height is no 
more than 1.8m (6ft) above grade, and may 
include storage rooms, garbage and recycling 
enclosures, 
mechanical 
rooms, 
stairwells, 
elevators and hallways. 
(Amendment Bylaw, 2009, No. 752) 
 
"Unsuitable Material"  means any rubbish, 
derelict vehicle, metals, demolition wastes, 
garbage 
or 
waste 
materials, 
including 
containers, packages, bottles, cans or parts 
thereof, or any abandoned or discarded article, 
product, or goods of manufacture, but not 
including wastes of the primary processes of 
farming. 
 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1994, No. 184) 
 
“Urban Trails” means functional trails that 
conveniently and safely link neighbourhoods to 
community and cultural resources.  Urban trails 
are intended to provide a viable alternative to 
motorized traffic. 
(Amendment Bylaw, No. 470, 2002) 
 
"Vehicle" means a device in, on, or by which a 
person or thing is or may be transported or 
drawn on a highway, except a device designed 
to be moved by human physical power. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1992, No. 109)  
“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. 
 
 (Amendment Bylaw, 1998, No. 340) 
 
“Vehicles, Used” means motor vehicles which 
have been previously sold or leased. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1998, No. 340) 
 
"Walkway" means a highway intended to carry 
pedestrian traffic only, except that a walkway 
may be designed to permit emergency vehicle 
use. 
 
"Water Course" means any natural drainage 
course or source of water, whether usually 
containing water or not, and includes any lake, 
river, creek, spring, ravine, swamp, gulch, or 
source of ground water whether or not enclosed 
or in a conduit. 
 
"Works"  means the works and services required 
to be constructed and installed pursuant to 
Sections 57 and 58 of Part 8 of this Bylaw and 
includes all things required to be done in relation 
to the construction and installation of the works 
and services. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1994, No. 184) 
 
"Works and Services" means the highways, 
drainage, water and sewer systems, the 
sidewalks, boulevards, highway lighting and 
underground wiring or any other works to be 
required as a condition of subdivision or 
development of land under this Bylaw. 
 

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"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 side yard. 
(Amendment Bylaw 2009, No. 739) 
 
"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, but does 
not include that portion deemed to be the 
flanking side yard. (Amendment Bylaw, 2009, 
739) 
 
"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 Side 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 nearest 
exterior wall of the principal building on the lot, 
but does not include that portion deemed to be 
the front yard.  (Amendment Bylaw 2009, No. 
739) 
 
"Youth Oriented", in relation to correctional 
facilities, shall have the same meaning as is 
derived from similar terms in the Young 
Offenders Act of Canada." 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1993, No. 158) 
 
"Zone" means a zone created by this Bylaw. 

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PART 2 
ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC INFORMATION 
 
 
APPLICATION 
 
3. 
This Bylaw applies to the entire geographical area of the Municipality and to all land, buildings 
and structures therein. 
 
INSPECTION 
 
4. 
(1) 
The Building Inspectors, Municipal Engineer, and the Approving Officer ARE HEREBY 
AUTHORIZED to enter, at all reasonable times, upon any properties subject to this Bylaw 
to ascertain whether this Bylaw is being obeyed. 
 
 
(2) 
No person shall prevent or obstruct, or attempt to prevent or obstruct, the entry of any 
authorized official upon the property as authorized under this Bylaw. 
 
DIRECT ENFORCEMENT 
 
5. 
(1) 
Whenever a person is directed by this Bylaw to carry out a matter or thing, on default by 
that person, the matter or thing shall be done at the expense of the person in default, and 
the Municipality may recover the expense, with interest at the rate of six percent a year 
(6%), with costs, in the same manner as municipal taxes. 
 
 
(2) 
The Municipality shall give 30 days written notice to the owner, by double registered mail, 
(i) of intent to enforce under this section, and (ii) to attend before Council.  
 
BYLAW AMENDMENT AND PERMIT APPLICATIONS 
 
6. 
(Deleted by Amendment Bylaw, 2009, No. 729 
 
(  
FEES 
 
7. 
(Deleted by Amendment Bylaw, 2009, No. 729) 
 
PUBLIC HEARING 
 
8. 
(Deleted by Amendment Bylaw, 2009, No. 729) 
 
NOTICE OF HEARINGS 
 
9. 
(Deleted by Amendment Bylaw, 2009, No. 729) 
 
SEVERABILITY 
 
10. 
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Bylaw is for any reason held to be 
invalid by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, it shall be severed from this Bylaw 
without affecting the validity of the remaining portions of this Bylaw. 
 

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PART 3 
COMPLIANCE 
 
 
PERMITTED USES 
 
11. 
No land, the surface of water, buildings or structures in any zone shall be used by the owner, 
occupier or other person for any uses except those specifically permitted in Part 6 of this Bylaw 
for the zone in which it is located. 
 
SITING, SIZE AND DIMENSION OF BUILDING AND STRUCTURES 
 
12. 
No building or structure shall be constructed, reconstructed, altered, moved or extended by the 
owner, occupier or any other person so that it contravenes the requirements in Part 6 of this 
Bylaw for the zone in which it is located. 
 
OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING 
 
13. 
No land, water, building or structure shall be used by the owner, occupier or any other person for 
any use unless the off-street parking and off-street loading requirements for that use have been 
provided in accordance with Part 7, Division 1 of this Bylaw. 
 
PERMITTED NUMBER OF BUILDINGS 
 
14. 
No lot shall have constructed or placed upon it by the owner, occupier or any other person more 
buildings or structures of any kind than that specified in Part 6 of this Bylaw for the zone in which 
it is located. 
 
SUBDIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LAND 
 
15. 
No owner, occupier or other person shall subdivide or develop any land, except in compliance 
with the provisions of Part 8 of this Bylaw. 
 
UNDERSIZED EXISTING LOTS REGULATIONS 
 
16. 
Where a residential or rural lot exists prior to the effective date of this Bylaw and the area or 
frontage of the rural or residential lot does not conform to the provisions of this Bylaw, such lot 
may be developed in accordance with the following regulations: 
 
 
(1) 
All existing lots less than 650 m2 (7000 sq ft) in area may be developed only in 
accordance with the provisions and regulations of the R-1A Zone. 
 
 
(2) 
All existing lots less than 1000 m2 (10760 sq ft) in area may be developed in accordance 
with the provisions and regulations of the R-1 Zone. (Amendment Bylaw, 1991, No. 97) 
 
 
(3) 
All existing lots greater than 1800 m2 (19375 sq ft) in area may be developed in 
accordance with the provisions and regulations of the Zone in which it is located. 
 
 
(4) 
All existing lots designated R-C or R-D in Schedule "B" of the OCP which are less than 
1,500 m2 (16,146 sq. ft.) in area, and which have no opportunity to consolidate with 
adjacent parcels of land, may be developed in accordance with the provisions of the RM-
1 or RM-2 zones upon being rezoned to the applicable zoning category and having a 
development permit approved. 
 

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For the purposes of this Section, "no opportunity to consolidate" shall mean that all 
adjacent parcels have been developed to their full potential in accordance with their 
Official Community Plan land use designation and development on the subject property 
cannot be practically integrated with such existing adjacent development. 
 
 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1994, No. 212) 
 
REBUILDING OF DAMAGED NON-CONFORMING BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES 
 
16A. 
Where a single-family residential building or accessory building within the R-1 or R-1A Zones: 
 
 
(a) 
was lawfully constructed prior to the adoption of "Land Use Bylaw, 1990, No. 35, 
Amendment Bylaw, 1994, No. 195"; 
 
 
(b) 
does not meet the regulations for size and siting of buildings and structures set out for the 
applicable zone; and 
 
 
(c) 
is destroyed or damaged by any accidental or insurable cause, 
 
 
the building may be repaired or rebuilt, but only to the extent that the repair or rebuilding would, 
upon completion, result in no further contravention than existed before the loss. 
 
(Amendment Bylaw, 1994, No. 195) 
VIOLATIONS 
 
17. 
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Bylaw, or who suffers or permits any act or 
thing to be done in contravention of this Bylaw, or who neglects to do or refrains from doing any 
act or thing which is required by any of the provisions of this Bylaw, commits an offence. 
 
 
 
 
PENALTY 
 
18. 
Any person who commits an offence against this Bylaw shall, upon summary conviction, be liable 
to a minimum penalty of $100.00 and the maximum penalty provided in the Offence Act, and, in 
addition to a maximum penalty of $500.00 for each day the offence continues, all costs and any 
other penalties provided by the Municipal Act and the Offence Act. 
 
 

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PART 4  
BOARD OF VARIANCE 
 
19. 
This section is intentionally left blank 
 
20. 
This section is intentionally left blank 
(Amendment Bylaw 2006, No. 622) 
 
Refer to Board of Variance Bylaw 623 
 
 

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PART 5 
PERMITS 
 
 
DIVISION 1 DEVELOPMENT PERMITS 
 
(Deleted by Amendment Bylaw, 2009, No. 729) 
 
DIVISION 2 DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMITS 
 
(Deleted by Amendment Bylaw, 2009, No. 729) 
 
DIVISION 3 TREE CUTTING PERMITS 
 
(Deleted by Amendment Bylaw No. 894, 2014) 
 
DIVISION 4 PERMIT PROCEDURES 
 
(Deleted by Amendment Bylaw, 2009, No. 729) 
 
 

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PART 6 
ZONING 
 
 
DIVISION 1 GENERAL REGULATIONS 
 
(Deleted by Amendment Bylaw No. 894, 2014)

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DIVISION 2 ZONE CATEGORIES 
 
(Deleted by Amendment Bylaw No. 894, 2014)

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PART 7 
PARKING, SIGNS, SCREENING AND FLOOD PLAIN  
 
DIVISION 1 PARKING 
 
(Deleted by Amendment Bylaw No. 894, 2014)

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DIVISION 2 SIGNS 
 
(Deleted by Amendment Bylaw No. 992, 2018) 
 

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DIVISION 3 SCREENING 
 
(Deleted by Amendment Bylaw No. 1057, 2020) 
 
 
DIVISION 4 FLOOD PLAIN 
 
(Deleted by Amendment Bylaw No. 894, 2014) 
 
 
DIVISION 5 – RIPARIAN AREAS REGULATION 
 
(Deleted by Amendment Bylaw No. 894, 2014) 
 
 

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PART 8 
SUBDIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT 
(Deleted by Bylaw No. 985, 2017) 

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(Deleted by Amendment Bylaw, 2009, No. 729) 
 
(Deleted by Amendment Bylaw No. 845, 2012) 
  
DEVELOPMENT PROCESSING FEES 
 Schedule 13  
 
(Deleted by Amendment Bylaw No. 958, 2016) 
 

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Schedule 15 (i) 
 
(Deleted by Amendment Bylaw No. 894, 2014)