---
title: "C5 zone in Langford: Office Commercial"
place: Langford, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/langford
zone: C5
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/c5/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/zoning/c5.json"
---

# C5 zone in Langford: Office Commercial

Office-oriented commercial use.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Office-oriented commercial use.
- **Main uses:** Assisted living; Community garden; Film production studio; Financial institution; Group daycare; Medical clinics and accessory related commercial uses; Office; Personal Service Establishment; Preschool
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings and structures; One caretaker dwelling unit; Uses accessory to a principal use permitted in this Zone
- **Minimum lot area:** 695 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 16 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50%; 75% in the shaded area of Schedule AE
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 1.0; 1.5 in the shaded area of Schedule AE
- **Maximum height:** 12 m or three 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; 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

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 300, 1999 (consolidated 5 Oct 2026), s. 6.42](https://langford.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Zoning-Bylaw-20240415-1.pdf#page=184) (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/c5/_