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title: "CS3 zone in Colwood: Service Commercial 3"
place: Colwood, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/colwood
zone: CS3
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/cs3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/cs3.json"
---

# CS3 zone in Colwood: Service Commercial 3

Main uses: Auto repair, body and painting shops, Drive-in businesses, Funeral parlours, Gasoline service stations and car wash, Offices, and 9 more.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Auto repair, body and painting shops; Drive-in businesses; Funeral parlours; Gasoline service stations and car wash; Offices; Personal service; Assembly and entertainment uses (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); Public transportation depots; Restaurants; Repair of household furnishings; Retail and wholesale warehouses; Retail sale, rental and repair of small tools and equipment; Retail stores not exceeding 200 m² in gross floor area; Storage buildings (excluding unenclosed storage) (Uses are in addition to those permitted by Section 2.1.10 of the bylaw.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings and structures
- **Minimum lot area:** 1800 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 18 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50 percent of the lot
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 1.0
- **Maximum height:** 12 m or three storeys
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 3 m (7.5 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; 7.5 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; Panhandle lots are not permitted

## Source

- [Colwood Land Use Bylaw No. 151, 1989 (with amendments to August 24, 2026), s. 7.9](https://colwood.civicweb.net/document/1999#page=143) (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/cs3/_