{"title":"C3 zone in Langford: District Commercial","code":"C3","slug":"c3","name":"District Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"6.41","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Commercial and service uses serving the community as a whole.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Commercial and service uses serving the community as a whole.","quotes":["The intent of the C3 Zone is to permit commercial and service uses to serve the community as a whole."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Animal hospital in an enclosed building","Auction","Automobile parts and accessories sale, installation and repair","Bakery","Business support service","Car wash","Catering","Charitable facility","Commercial nursery and greenhouse","Community garden","Cultural facility","Film production studio","Financial institution","Fitness centre","Funeral parlour","Gasoline service station","Hotel","Household equipment and appliance service and repair","Library","Licensed premises","Liquor store","Medical Clinics and accessory related commercial uses","Office","Parking facility","Personal service establishment","Recreation facility, indoor","Recycling depot","Restaurant","Restaurant, drive-through (not on lots abutting Goldstream Avenue)","Retail store","School","Shopping centre","Taxi office","Training and education facility","Transportation terminal"],"quotes":["(2) Animal hospital in an enclosed building;","(3) Auction;","(25) Hotel;","(31) Office;","(37) Restaurant;","(39) Retail store;","(41) Shopping centre;","(38) Restaurant, drive-through, except on lots that abut Goldstream Avenue;","(35) Recreation facility, indoor;"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory buildings and structures","One dwelling unit per lot accessory to a permitted use (behind the commercial use, separate entrance)","Unenclosed storage as an accessory use","Uses accessory to a principal use permitted in this Zone"],"quotes":["(1) Accessory buildings and structures, subject to Section 3.05;","(16) Dwelling unit, limited to a maximum of one per lot, and accessory to any of the principal uses","(45) Unenclosed storage, subject to Section 3.13, as an accessory use to a principal use permitted in","(46) Uses accessory to a principal use permitted in this Zone;"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Automobile repair and service facility, minor: Lot 47, Section 80, Esquimalt District, Plan 12203 (2988 Jacklin Road)","Automobile repair and service facility, minor, as an accessory use: 860 Attree Avenue (lands shown on Schedule I)","Automobile repair and service facility, minor (max 20% of building gross floor area): Lot 1, Section 80, Esquimalt District, Plan 29395 (2924 Jacklin Road); 790 Kelly Road; 2945 Jacklin Road","General Industrial Uses limited to sheet metal cutting and fabrication: Lot 1, Section 99, Esquimalt District, Plan EPP19681 (1016 McCallum Road)","Groundwater extraction, processing, packaging, warehousing and retail sale: Lot 1, Section 73, Esquimalt District, Plan 10023 (895 Station Avenue)","Group daycare: Lot 1, Section 72, Esquimalt District, Plan EPP24286 (2780 Veterans Memorial Parkway)","On the lands shaded on Schedule S: Automobile body and paint shop, Automobile rental and sale facility (major and minor), Automobile repair and service facility (major and minor), Contractor service, Equipment sales, service, repair and rental (minor), Warehouse"],"quotes":["(5) Automobile repair and service facility, minor on land legally described as Lot 47, Section 80,","(7) Automobile repair and service facility, minor limited to a maximum of 20% of the gross floor","(22) General Industrial Uses, limited to sheet metal cutting and fabrication, and restricted to one","(23) Groundwater extraction, processing, packaging, warehousing and retail sale, on land legally","(24) Group daycare on the lot legally described as Lot 1, Section 72, Esquimalt District, Plan EPP24286","(48) Within that portion of the lands shown shaded on the map attached as Schedule “S”, the","(h) Warehouse."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"695 m²","quotes":["No lot having a lot area less than 695 m2 (7,480.9 ft2) may be created by subdivision."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"16 m","quotes":["No lot having a lot width less than 16 m (52.5 ft) may be created by subdivision."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"75%","quotes":["Lot coverage of all buildings and structures may not exceed 75%."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 4.5","quotes":["The floor area ratio may not exceed 4.5."]},"max_height":{"value":"Six storeys","quotes":["No building or structure may exceed a height of six storeys."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m (4.5 m if the area between the building and the front lot line, apart from driveways, is landscaped)","quotes":["Within 7.5 m (24.6 ft) of any front lot line or exterior side lot line","the minimum setbacks in respect of the front lot","line and exterior side lot lines may be reduced to 4.5 m (14.8 ft)."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3 m; at least 6 m if the rear lot line abuts a Residential or Multiple Family Residential Zone","quotes":["Within 3 m (9.8 ft) of any rear lot line.","setback in respect of the rear lot line must be increased to at least 6 m (19.7 ft)."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"6 m where the interior side lot line abuts a Residential or Multiple Family Residential Zone (no other minimum stated)","quotes":["Within 6 m (19.7 ft) of any interior side lot line where the interior side lot line abuts a"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"7.5 m (4.5 m if the area between the building and the exterior side lot line, apart from driveways, is landscaped)","quotes":["Within 7.5 m (24.6 ft) of any front lot line or exterior side lot line","line and exterior side lot lines may be reduced to 4.5 m (14.8 ft)."]},"other":{"value":["Landscape and screening area at least 3 m wide required along sides of the lot that abut a highway","Screen planting or solid fence at least 1.8 m high required along rear or side lot lines next to a Residential or Multiple Family Residential Zone"],"quotes":["(1) A continuous landscape and screening area not less than 3 m (9.8 ft) wide must be provided","screen planting at least 1.8 m (5.9 ft)"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 300, 1999 (consolidated 5 Oct 2026)","url":"https://langford.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Zoning-Bylaw-20240415-1.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"Consolidated for convenience only; copies of the original bylaw and amendments are at Langford City Hall. Parking (Part 4) and the Schedules are also published as separate PDFs on the bylaws page; the main PDF includes Part 4 and Schedule text. The zoning map (Schedule B) is not in the PDF."},"source_url":"https://langford.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Zoning-Bylaw-20240415-1.pdf#page=180","place":{"path":"ca/bc/langford","name":"Langford","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/zoning/c3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/zoning/c3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/zoning/c3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/zoning/index.json"}}