---
title: "MUEC1 zone in Colwood: Mixed Use Employment Centre 1"
place: Colwood, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/colwood
zone: MUEC1
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/muec1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/muec1.json"
---

# MUEC1 zone in Colwood: Mixed Use Employment Centre 1

Accommodate a mix of uses with active commercial frontages that provide service employment opportunities.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Accommodate a mix of uses with active commercial frontages that provide service employment opportunities.
- **Main uses:** Animal hospital in enclosed buildings; Assembly and Entertainment Uses; Bakery (floor area limit of 250 m² as written); Brewhouse; Colleges, Universities and Trade Schools; Daycare; Indoor Sports and Recreation Facility; Liquor Retail Store; Mini-storage warehouse; Offices; Personal service; Pet daycare; Restaurants, including drive-thru; Retail (Uses are in addition to those permitted by Section 2.1.10 of the bylaw.)
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Lot B, Section 67, Esquimalt Land District, Plan EPP93779 (681 Allandale Road): a Cannabis Retail Store of up to 112 m² is permitted
- **Minimum lot area:** 1,800 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 18 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50%
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 1.0
- **Maximum height:** 18 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 10.0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 6.0 m
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m
- **Other rules:** Where a lot joins a residential use, institutional use or a street, a landscaped area at least 2.5 m wide and 2.0 m high is required inside the property line; Loading areas, refuse removal areas and recycling containers must be screened and gated to at least 2.0 m

## Source

- [Colwood Land Use Bylaw No. 151, 1989 (with amendments to August 24, 2026), s. 7.10](https://colwood.civicweb.net/document/1999#page=145) (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/muec1/_