{"title":"CS1 zone in Colwood: Service Commercial","code":"CS1","slug":"cs1","name":"Service Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"7.6","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Animal hospitals in enclosed buildings, Auction rooms, Automobile repair, body and painting shops, Car wash establishments and drive-in businesses, Commercial nurseries and greenhouses, and 11 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Animal hospitals in enclosed buildings","Auction rooms","Automobile repair, body and painting shops","Car wash establishments and drive-in businesses","Commercial nurseries and greenhouses","Gasoline service stations","Offices, storage buildings and enclosed yards for building, electrical, heating, ventilating and air conditioning, painting, plumbing, refrigeration, roofing, septic tank and sign contractors","Printing, publishing and bookbinding","Personal service, limited to 200 m² in gross floor area","Public transportation depots","Restaurants","Repair of household furnishings","Retail lumber and building supply establishments","Retail sale, rental and repair of tools and small equipment","Retail stores not exceeding 200 m² in gross floor area","Unenclosed storage accessory to a retail lumber and building supply establishment"],"note":"Uses are in addition to those permitted by Section 2.1.10 of the bylaw.","quotes":["In addition to the uses permitted by Section 2.1.10 of this Bylaw, the following uses and no others shall be","1. Animal hospitals in enclosed buildings;","3. Automobile repair, body and painting shops;","9. Personal service, limited to 200 m2 in gross floor area;","15. Retail stores not exceeding 200 m2 in gross floor area;","16. Unenclosed storage accessory to a retail lumber and building supply establishment; and","11. Restaurants;"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory buildings and structures"],"quotes":["17. Accessory buildings and structures."]},"site_specific":{"value":["Lot A, Section 1, Esquimalt District, Plan VIP85614: additional uses permitted include apartment dwelling units (one dwelling unit per 2 hectares of site area), bakeries, business colleges and trade schools, day care, funeral parlours, hotels and motels, indoor sports and recreation facilities, offices, personal service, post office, restaurants, retail stores, scientific or technological research facilities, shopping centre, light manufacturing, uses permitted in the P2 zone, wholesale and storage buildings, one caretaker dwelling unit and accessory dwelling unit","#202-310 Wale Road (Strata Lot 10 Section 1 Esquimalt District Strata Plan VIS6898): a Cannabis Retail Store of up to 270 m² is permitted"],"quotes":["7.6.01A Comprehensive Development (Lot A, Section 1, Esquimalt District, Plan VIP85614).","1. apartment dwelling units;","14. scientific or technological research facilities;","15. shopping centre;","a. The maximum density of an Apartment dwelling unit use shall be one dwelling unit per 2","21. Despite section 2.1.09(2)(g) a Cannabis Retail Store limited to a maximum floor area of 270m2","is permitted at the property have a civic address of #202-310 Wale Road, and more","particularly described as “Strata Lot 10 Section 1 Esquimalt District Strata Plan VIS6898”."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"695 m²","quotes":["1. The minimum lot area that may be created by subdivision shall be 695 m2."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"16 m","quotes":["2. The minimum highway frontage and lot width that may be created by subdivision shall be 16 m."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50 percent of the lot","quotes":["The maximum coverage shall be 50 percent of the lot."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 1.0; 1.5 at 310, 314, 318 and 328 Wale Road and 2675 Wilfert Road","quotes":["a. The floor area ratio shall in no case exceed 1.0;","Wilfert Road), the floor area ratio shall in no case exceed 1.5;”","Entitlement Of The Strata Lot As Shown On Form V (310, 314, 318 and 328 Wale Road and 2675"]},"max_height":{"value":"12 m or three storeys","quotes":["The height of a building shall not exceed 12 m or three storeys."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["1. A front yard shall be provided of not less than 7.5 m in depth."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3 m (6 m where the lot abuts an Agricultural, Residential, Multiple Family Residential or Institutional Zone)","quotes":["e. A rear yard shall be provided of not less than 3 m in depth, except where such lot abuts a lot","Zone, such yard shall be not less than 6 m in depth."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"4.5 m on at least one side where the lot is not serviced by a rear access highway; 6 m where the lot abuts an Agricultural, Residential, Multiple Family Residential or Institutional Zone","quotes":["a. Where a lot is not serviced by a rear access highway, a side yard of 4.5 m in width shall be","b. Where a lot abuts a lot in an Agricultural Zone, Residential Zone, Multiple Family","c. Residential Zone or Institutional Zone, a side yard shall be provided of not less than 6 m in"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"7.5 m on a corner lot next to a flanking street","quotes":["d. On a corner lot a side yard of not less than 7.5 m in width shall be provided adjoining a"]},"other":{"value":["Landscaping must cover at least 5 percent of the developed lot area","A landscaping strip at least 3 m wide is required along each side of the lot that abuts a highway","Screen planting or a solid decorative fence at least 1.5 m high is required where the lot adjoins a Residential, Multiple Family Residential or Institutional Zone","Panhandle lots are not permitted"],"quotes":["1. Landscaping shall cover not less than 5 percent of the developed lot area.","2. A continuous landscaping strip not less than 3 m wide shall be provided along the developed portion","3. Except in those portions where a building abuts a lot line, screen planting at least 1.5 m high in a strip","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=135","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/cs1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/cs1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/cs1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/index.json"}}