{"title":"C8A zone in Colwood: Towncentre Mixed Use A","code":"C8A","slug":"c8a","name":"Towncentre Mixed Use A","group":"Mixed use","section":"7.5D","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Apartment dwelling units, Bakeries (gross floor area of not more than 300 m²), Day care for three or more preschool children, Hotel, Offices, and 8 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartment dwelling units","Bakeries (gross floor area of not more than 300 m²)","Day care for three or more preschool children","Hotel","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","Live/work studios","Attached Housing (Area 2 only)"],"note":"Area 1 has the uses listed; Area 2 allows all Area 1 uses plus Attached Housing.","quotes":["a. Within those parts of the land identified as Area 1:","1. Apartment dwelling units;","2. Bakeries with a gross floor area of not more than 300 m2;","4. Hotel;","10. Restaurants;","11. Retail stores;","15. Live/work studios","b. Within those parts of the land identified as Area 2:","2. Attached Housing"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home occupations","Accessory buildings and structures","Accessory dwelling unit"],"quotes":["12. Home occupations;","13. Accessory buildings and structures;","14. Accessory dwelling unit.; and"]},"site_specific":{"value":["324 Goldstream Avenue: base development is limited to 3 dwelling units; the higher density applies if the owner contributes $1,500 per dwelling unit to a community amenity reserve fund or every unit is Affordable Housing; at least 490 m² of ground floor and 180 m² of second storey commercial floor space is required in Area 1"],"quotes":["7.5D.02 Comprehensive Development - 324 Goldstream Avenue","2. Base development shall not exceed 3 dwelling units.","1,500 per dwelling","b. Every unit constructed on the land is Affordable Housing.","1. A minimum of 490 m2 (5,274 square feet) of ground floor commercial floor space and 180 m2 (1,938"]},"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":"70 percent","quotes":["The maximum lot coverage shall be 70 percent."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 2.3","quotes":["The floor area ratio shall not exceed 2.3."]},"max_height":{"value":"27 m or 8 storeys to the highest point of a habitable space","quotes":["The height of a building shall not exceed 27m or 8 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 m","quotes":["3. A rear yard shall be provided of not less than 6m in depth."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"4 m (7 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 7m."]},"other":{"value":["Commercial uses only (no apartments or live / work studios) on the ground floor of buildings fronting Goldstream Avenue in Area 1","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 and 1 per 22 m² of commercial floor space"],"quotes":["2. Commercial uses only (no apartment dwelling units or live / work studios) are permitted in the","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.","apartment dwelling units shall be 1.4 per apartment dwelling unit and for commercial uses shall be 1 per 22"]}},"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=131","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/c8a/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/c8a.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/c8a.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/index.json"}}