---
title: "C8A zone in Colwood: Towncentre Mixed Use A"
place: Colwood, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/colwood
zone: C8A
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/c8a/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/c8a.json"
---

# C8A zone in Colwood: Towncentre Mixed Use A

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.

## Zone rules

- **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; 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) (Area 1 has the uses listed; Area 2 allows all Area 1 uses plus Attached Housing.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home occupations; Accessory buildings and structures; Accessory dwelling unit
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 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
- **Minimum lot area:** 1800 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 18 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 70 percent
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 2.3
- **Maximum height:** 27 m or 8 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 m
- **Interior side setback:** 4 m (7 m if an emergency access route is required)
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Colwood Land Use Bylaw No. 151, 1989 (with amendments to August 24, 2026), s. 7.5D](https://colwood.civicweb.net/document/1999#page=131) (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/c8a/_