C3 zone in Langford: District Commercial

Langford, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

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 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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