{"title":"C8 zone in Colwood: Towncentre Mixed Use","code":"C8","slug":"c8","name":"Towncentre Mixed Use","group":"Mixed use","section":"7.5C","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Apartment dwelling units, Attached housing, Bakeries (gross floor area of not more than 300 m²), Day care for three or more preschool children, Hotel, and 8 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartment dwelling units","Attached housing","Bakeries (gross floor area of not more than 300 m²)","Day care for three or more preschool children","Hotel","Live / work studios","Offices","Personal service","Post offices","Premises licensed pursuant to the Liquor Control and Licensing Act","Assembly and entertainment uses (indoor movie theatres, auditoriums, billiard and pool halls, bowling alleys, catering establishments, dance and fitness studios, gymnasiums, martial arts studios, schools and assemblies for educational and philanthropic purposes)","Restaurants","Retail stores"],"quotes":["1. Apartment dwelling units;","2. Attached housing;","3. Bakeries with a gross floor area of not more than 300 m2;","5. Hotel;","6. Live / work studios;","12. Restaurants;","13. Retail stores;"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home occupations","Accessory buildings and structures","Accessory dwelling unit"],"quotes":["14. Home occupations;","15. Accessory buildings and structures; and","16. Accessory dwelling unit."]},"site_specific":{"value":["Remainder of Lot 7, Section 1, Esquimalt District, Plan 2479 (82 Belmont Road): apartment and attached housing units combined limited to three, unless the owner makes affordable housing ($500 per attached housing unit) and community amenity ($2,500 per attached housing unit, $1,500 per apartment unit) contributions; then floor area ratio up to 2.18 and a minimum 575 m² of ground floor commercial space with four live / work studios"],"quotes":["On land legally described as Remainder of Lot 7, Section 1, Esquimalt District, Plan 2479 (82 Belmont","Road) the number of dwelling units in all apartment and attached housing dwelling units","$500 per attached housing dwelling unit; and","3. Despite subsections 1 and 2, the floor area ratio shall not exceed 2.18 for the land referred to in","4. A minimum of 575 m2 (6,200 square feet) of ground floor commercial floor space and four live / work"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1800 m²","quotes":["1. The minimum lot area that may be created by subdivision shall be 1800 m2."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"18 m","quotes":["2. The minimum highway frontage and lot width that may be created by subdivision shall be 18 m."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50 percent","quotes":["The maximum lot coverage shall be 50 percent."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 2.0; any floor area ratio over 1.25 must be residential use","quotes":["1. The floor area ratio shall not exceed 2.0.","2. Any floor area ratio over 1.25 shall consist of a residential use."]},"max_height":{"value":"20 m or 6 storeys to the highest point of a habitable space","quotes":["The height of a building shall not exceed 20m or 6 storeys to the highest point of a habitable space. Sloped"]},"setback_front":{"value":"At least 1.2 m and not more than 4.5 m; residential uses above the second storey at least 1.5 m (balconies excluded)","quotes":["1. A front yard shall be provided of not less than 1.2m and not more than 4.5 m, except that above the","second storey, residential uses shall be set back from the front lot line not less than 1.5m, excluding"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6.5 m","quotes":["3. A rear yard shall be provided of not less than 6.5m in depth."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"4 m (7.5 m if an emergency access route is required)","quotes":["2. Side yards shall be provided of not less than 4m in depth provided, however, that if an emergency","access route is required the side yard shall not be less than 7.5m."]},"other":{"value":["Not less than 10 percent of the lot must be usable open space","Unenclosed parking area may not exceed 35 percent of the lot","Required parking: 1.4 per apartment dwelling unit, 2 per attached housing dwelling unit and 2 per live / work studio","Panhandle lots are not permitted"],"quotes":["Not less than 10 percent of the lot shall be developed as usable open space.","The proportion of the lot area that constitutes unenclosed parking area shall not exceed 35 percent.","1.4 per apartment dwelling unit, 2 per attached housing dwelling unit and 2 per live / work studio.","3. Panhandle lots are not permitted."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Colwood Land Use Bylaw No. 151, 1989 (with amendments to August 24, 2026)","url":"https://colwood.civicweb.net/document/1999","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"Consolidated for convenience only; the original bylaws should be consulted for interpretation and application. Colwood's zoning bylaw is called the Land Use Bylaw. Zone sections for CD zones from 10.5 onward are numbered with roman-numeral page footers in the document; pdf_page is the PDF page. No Section 10.28 exists in the consolidation."},"source_url":"https://colwood.civicweb.net/document/1999#page=127","place":{"path":"ca/bc/colwood","name":"Colwood","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/c8/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/c8.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/c8.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/index.json"}}