C8 zone in Colwood: Towncentre Mixed Use

Colwood, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

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 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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