---
title: "TGA1 zone in Colwood: Transit Growth Area 1"
place: Colwood, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/colwood
zone: TGA1
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/tga1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/tga1.json"
---

# TGA1 zone in Colwood: Transit Growth Area 1

To support orderly development of lands designated Transit Growth Area in the Official Community Plan, allowing a range of residential, institutional and commercial uses, with street-oriented residential development at medium density; a low-density base with bonus density for amenity contributions.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** To support orderly development of lands designated Transit Growth Area in the Official Community Plan, allowing a range of residential, institutional and commercial uses, with street-oriented residential development at medium density; a low-density base with bonus density for amenity contributions.
- **Main uses:** Affordable housing; Apartment; Attached housing; Bakery; Churches; Civic uses; Congregate housing; Daycare; Hospitals; Live/work studio; Offices; Personal services; Restaurants; Retail stores (Uses in Section 2.1.10 are also permitted.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings and structures; Accessory dwelling unit; Home occupation
- **Minimum lot area:** 1,000 m² (attached housing); 2,000 m² (low-rise apartment); 4,000 m² (mid-rise apartment)
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 m (attached housing); 40 m (low-rise apartment); 60 m (mid-rise apartment)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 35 % (attached housing); 40 % (low-rise apartment); 50 % (mid-rise apartment)
- **Maximum density:** Base level: no more than 2 dwelling units. Floor area ratio up to 1.2 (attached housing), 1.75 (low-rise apartment), 2.5 (mid-rise apartment)
- **Maximum height:** Lesser of 3 storeys or 12 m (attached housing); lesser of 4 storeys or 16 m (low-rise apartment); lesser of 6 storeys or 24 m (mid-rise apartment)
- **Front setback:** 3 m minimum; 6 m maximum
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m for the first 3 storeys; 10 metres for the 4th storey and above where next to a one family or two family (duplex) use
- **Interior side setback:** 4 m for the first 3 storeys; 7.5 metres for the 4th storey and above where next to a one family or two family (duplex) use
- **Other rules:** Usable open space at least 5%; Underground structured parking and parking ramps at least 3 m from any lot line; Where a parcel abuts a lane or local street, driveway access must be only from the lane or local street; Landscaped area at least 1.5 m wide inside the property line along a public road

## Source

- [Colwood Land Use Bylaw No. 151, 1989 (with amendments to August 24, 2026), s. 6.12](https://colwood.civicweb.net/document/1999#page=103) (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/tga1/_