---
title: "C3 zone in Langford: District Commercial"
place: Langford, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/langford
zone: C3
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 300, 1999 (consolidated 5 Oct 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/zoning/c3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/zoning/c3.json"
---

# C3 zone in Langford: District Commercial

Commercial and service uses serving the community as a whole.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Commercial and service uses serving the community as a whole.
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** 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
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 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
- **Minimum lot area:** 695 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 16 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 75%
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 4.5
- **Maximum height:** Six storeys
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m (4.5 m if the area between the building and the front lot line, apart from driveways, is landscaped)
- **Rear setback:** 3 m; at least 6 m if the rear lot line abuts a Residential or Multiple Family Residential Zone
- **Interior side setback:** 6 m where the interior side lot line abuts a Residential or Multiple Family Residential Zone (no other minimum stated)
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m (4.5 m if the area between the building and the exterior side lot line, apart from driveways, is landscaped)
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 300, 1999 (consolidated 5 Oct 2026), s. 6.41](https://langford.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Zoning-Bylaw-20240415-1.pdf#page=180) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Langford: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/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/langford/zoning/c3/_