{"title":"C8A zone in Langford: Community Town Centre Pedestrian A","code":"C8A","slug":"c8a","name":"Community Town Centre Pedestrian A","group":"Commercial","section":"6.44A","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"All types of retail and general business uses customarily found in urban central business districts, oriented to pedestrians.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"All types of retail and general business uses customarily found in urban central business districts, oriented to pedestrians.","quotes":["The intent of this Zone is to provide for all types of retail and general business Uses customarily associated with the"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Animal Hospital in an enclosed building","Apartment","Appliance repair","Auction room","Bakery","Business college and trade school","Catering","Charitable facility","Community garden","Cultural facility","Equipment and appliance repair, minor","Film production studio","Financial institution","Fitness centre","Funeral parlour","Group daycare","Hotel","Library","Licensed premises","Liquor store","Medical Clinics and accessory related commercial uses","Office","Parking Facility","Personal service establishment","Preschool","Printing, publishing and bookbinding","Restaurant","School (up to 200 m² gross floor area, not with residential use)","Retail store","Shopping centre","Training and education facility","Veterinary practice","Retail sale of parts and accessories for automobiles, trucks, boats, camper vehicles, farm machinery and manufactured homes"],"quotes":["(3) Animal Hospital in an enclosed building;","(4) Apartment;","(6) Auction room;","(21) Hotel;","(26) Office;","(27) Parking Facility;","(33) Retail store;","(30) Printing, publishing and bookbinding;","(32) School, not exceeding 200 m2 (2,152.8 ft2) of gross floor area, and not in conjunction with any","(39) The retail sale of parts and accessories for automobiles, trucks, boats, camper vehicles, farm"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory buildings and structures","Accessory buildings and uses","Home occupation","Uses accessory to a principal use permitted in this Zone","Outdoor seating areas and outdoor display of goods for retail sale"],"quotes":["(1) Accessory buildings and structures, subject to Section 3.05;","(2) Accessory buildings and uses;","(20) Home occupation, subject to Section 3.09;","(36) Uses accessory to a principal use permitted in this Zone;","Outdoor seating areas and the outdoor display of goods for retail sale are permitted as accessory"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Automobile glass repair: Strata Lot 1, Section 72, Esquimalt District, Strata Plan VIS5806 (721 Station Avenue)"],"quotes":["(7) Automobile glass repair, on land legally described as Strata Lot 1, Section 72, Esquimalt District,"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"695 m²; lots abutting Goldstream Avenue between Jacklin and Millstream Streets must be at least 4,000 m²","quotes":["No lot having a lot area less than 695 m2 (7,480.9 ft2) may be created by subdivision, except that","4,000 m2 (1 ac) in lot area."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15.2 m (min. lot depth 34 m)","quotes":["No lot having a lot width less than 15.2 m (49.9 ft) may be created by subdivision.","No lot having a lot depth less than 34 m (111.6 ft) may be created by subdivision."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"90% maximum; 40% minimum","quotes":["may not exceed 90%.","may not be less than 40%."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 1.0; up to 2.5 on listed lands with payment and amenity; up to 5.0 at 721 Station Avenue with underground parking, amenity contributions and residential units above the ground floor","quotes":["the floor area ratio may not exceed 1.0.","the maximum floor area ratio is 2.5","the floor area ratio may be increased to 5.0","(721 Station Avenue), if the owner provides:"]},"max_height":{"value":"Six storeys (height at 721 Station Avenue is governed by that property's density provision instead)","quotes":["No building or structure may exceed a height of six storeys.","(721 Station Avenue), the maximum height"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4 m","quotes":["in no case may they exceed a height of 4 m (13.1 ft)"]},"setback_front":{"value":"2 m","quotes":["Within 2 m (6.6 ft) of any front lot line"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["Within 7.5 m (24.6 ft) of any rear lot line"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"6 m where the interior side lot line abuts an area designated Residential or Multiple Residential in the Official Community Plan","quotes":["Within 6 m (19.7 ft) of any interior side lot line where the interior side lot line abuts an"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"2 m","quotes":["Within 2 m (6.6 ft) of any exterior side lot line"]},"other":{"value":["Unenclosed storage is not permitted","Parking and loading must be at the rear of the principal building or underground; no parking on the ground level of any building","Accessory uses must be at the rear and cover no more than 10% of the lot area"],"quotes":["(1) Unenclosed storage is not permitted.","(2) Parking is prohibited on the ground level of any building.","All parking and loading facilities must be located to the rear of the building accommodating the","cover a total of more than 10% of the lot"]}},"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=200","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/c8a/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/zoning/c8a.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/zoning/c8a.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/zoning/index.json"}}