---
title: "C8A zone in Langford: Community Town Centre Pedestrian A"
place: Langford, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/langford
zone: C8A
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/c8a/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/zoning/c8a.json"
---

# C8A zone in Langford: Community Town Centre Pedestrian A

All types of retail and general business uses customarily found in urban central business districts, oriented to pedestrians.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** All types of retail and general business uses customarily found in urban central business districts, oriented to pedestrians.
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** 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
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Automobile glass repair: Strata Lot 1, Section 72, Esquimalt District, Strata Plan VIS5806 (721 Station Avenue)
- **Minimum lot area:** 695 m²; lots abutting Goldstream Avenue between Jacklin and Millstream Streets must be at least 4,000 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 15.2 m (min. lot depth 34 m)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 90% maximum; 40% minimum
- **Maximum density:** 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
- **Maximum height:** Six storeys (height at 721 Station Avenue is governed by that property's density provision instead)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4 m
- **Front setback:** 2 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 6 m where the interior side lot line abuts an area designated Residential or Multiple Residential in the Official Community Plan
- **Street side setback:** 2 m
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 300, 1999 (consolidated 5 Oct 2026), s. 6.44A](https://langford.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Zoning-Bylaw-20240415-1.pdf#page=200) (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/c8a/_