TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL BYLAW NO. 1163
A bylaw to amend Official Community Plan No. 811, 2011, by adding Residential and Large Lot Residential land use designations back into Land Use Policy 1.5.
TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL BYLAW NO. 1163
A BYLAW TO AMEND OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN NO. 811, 2011, TO ADD THE RESIDENTIAL AND LARGE LOT RESIDENTIAL LAND USE DESIGNATIONS BACK INTO LAND USE POLICY 1.5, LAND USE DESIGNATIONS
The Council of the Town of View Royal, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows:
This Bylaw may be cited as “Official Community Plan Bylaw, No. 811, 2011, Amendment Bylaw No. 1163, 2026”.
Official Community Plan Bylaw, No. 811, 2011, is amended as follows:
(a) By deleting “Policy LU1.5 Land Use Designations” in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
Policy LU 1.5 Land Use Designations
The OCP establishes the following land use designations, as mapped on Schedule L and listed in the following table.
| Land Use, Form & Character* | Examples |
|---|---|
| Large Lot Residential • Detached Homes • Large Lots and Yards • Up to 2.5 storeys |
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| Residential • Predominantly detached houses and townhouses • Up to 2.5 storeys • Max FSR 0.6 permitted for appropriate infill |
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| Small-Scale, Multi-Unit Housing • Uses include Detached and Attached Dwellings, such as Detached Residential, Duplex, Secondary Suite, Garden Suite, Rowhouse, Townhouse, Houseplex, and Apartments. • Up to 3 storeys • Up to a maximum of 6 dwelling units |
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| Mixed Residential • Small Lot Detached Houses, Townhouses and Low-Rise Apartments • Up to 3 Storeys/1.25 FSR Permitted • 4 Storeys/1.6 FSR Permitted for Apartment Dwellings |
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| Neighbourhood Mixed Use • Commercial with Townhouses and Low-Rise Apartments • Up to 3 Storeys • 1.5 FSR Permitted |
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| Neighbourhood Centre • Commercial with Apartments • Up to 6 storeys • 3.0 FSR Permitted |
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| Intensive Mixed Use • Commercial with Townhouses and Low-Rise Apartments • Up to 4 Storeys • 2.5 FSR Permitted |
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| Commercial • Retail, Office, Technology and Service Commercial • Up to 4 Storeys • 2.5 FSR Permitted |
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| Hospital Transit-Oriented Area • Uses include Mixed-use with Apartments, Visitor Accommodations, Restaurants, Retail, Office, Institutional (i.e. Hospital), and Civic Use (e.g., daycares, libraries, public gathering and amenity spaces). • Up to 10 Storeys • Up to 3.5 FSR permitted |
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| Neighbourhood Village • Uses include Small-scale, Mixed-use buildings, such as Multi-unit Housing and community serving Commercial and Civic uses (schools, offices, restaurants, retail, small grocery store, and community spaces). • Up to 6 storeys • Up to 2.5 FSR permitted |
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| Park, Open Space, Recreation • Local and Regional Parks and Trails • Protected Natural Areas and Open Space |
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| Community Facility • Government Buildings & Publicly Owned Facilities, including Schools • Community Centres |
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| Rural • Agricultural, Recreation and Large Lot Residential • Up to 2 Storeys • 1 unit per 10 hectares |
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| Comprehensive Development Areas (CDAs) Areas with unique Comprehensive Development designations. |
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*Allowable density is expressed as a Floor Space Ratio (FSR) for mixed use and commercial land uses. Density for all land uses will be specified in the Zoning Bylaw. Additional density may be determined for development applications with increased community amenities such as affordable housing, public art, child care facilities and park dedication.
READ A FIRST TIME THIS 3RD DAY OF MARCH, 2026
READ A SECOND TIME THIS 3RD DAY OF MARCH, 2026
PUBLIC HEARING HELD THIS ____ DAY OF _____, 2026
READ A THIRD TIME THIS _____ DAY OF _____, 2026
ADOPTED BY COUNCIL, SIGNED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CORPORATE OFFICER AND SEALED WITH THE SEAL OF THE TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL THIS ____ DAY OF _____, 2026.
______________________________ MAYOR
______________________________ CORPORATE OFFICER
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