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title: "CS1 zone in Colwood: Service Commercial"
place: Colwood, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/colwood
zone: CS1
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/cs1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/cs1.json"
---

# CS1 zone in Colwood: Service Commercial

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.

## Zone rules

- **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; 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 (Uses are in addition to those permitted by Section 2.1.10 of the bylaw.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings and structures
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 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
- **Minimum lot area:** 695 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 16 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50 percent of the lot
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 1.0; 1.5 at 310, 314, 318 and 328 Wale Road and 2675 Wilfert Road
- **Maximum height:** 12 m or three storeys
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 3 m (6 m where the lot abuts an Agricultural, Residential, Multiple Family Residential or Institutional Zone)
- **Interior side setback:** 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
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m on a corner lot next to a flanking street
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Colwood Land Use Bylaw No. 151, 1989 (with amendments to August 24, 2026), s. 7.6](https://colwood.civicweb.net/document/1999#page=135) (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/cs1/_