---
title: "C8 zone in Colwood: Towncentre Mixed Use"
place: Colwood, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/colwood
zone: C8
bylaw: Colwood Land Use Bylaw No. 151, 1989 (with amendments to August 24, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/c8/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/c8.json"
---

# C8 zone in Colwood: Towncentre Mixed Use

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.

## Zone rules

- **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; 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home occupations; Accessory buildings and structures; Accessory dwelling unit
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 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
- **Minimum lot area:** 1800 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 18 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50 percent
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 2.0; any floor area ratio over 1.25 must be residential use
- **Maximum height:** 20 m or 6 storeys to the highest point of a habitable space
- **Front setback:** 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)
- **Rear setback:** 6.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 4 m (7.5 m if an emergency access route is required)
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Colwood Land Use Bylaw No. 151, 1989 (with amendments to August 24, 2026), s. 7.5C](https://colwood.civicweb.net/document/1999#page=127) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Colwood: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/c8/_