---
title: "CS3 zone in Langford: Commercial Industrial"
place: Langford, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/langford
zone: CS3
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/cs3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/zoning/cs3.json"
---

# CS3 zone in Langford: Commercial Industrial

Development of industry.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Development of industry.
- **Main uses:** Animal hospital, in enclosed buildings; Auction; Automobile body and paint shop; Automobile rental and sale facility, major and minor; Automobile repair and service facility, minor; Automobile towing and storage facility; Building and lumber supply store; Business support service; Car wash; Carpentry shop; Commercial nursery and greenhouse; Community garden; Contractor service; Drive through facility; Equipment sales, service, repair and rental, minor; Film production studio; Gasoline service station; Household equipment and appliance service and repair; Machine shop (up to 100 m² gross floor area); Parking facility; Personal service establishment; Pet daycare; Recycling depot; Recycling facility; Restaurant; Restaurant, drive-through; Retail store (up to 200 m² gross floor area); Transportation terminal; Warehouse (up to 900 m² gross floor area); Welding shop
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings and structures; Accessory unenclosed storage; One dwelling unit with another permitted use; 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
- **Rear setback:** 3 m; 6 m where the rear lot line abuts an Agricultural, Residential, Rural Residential or Institutional Zone
- **Interior side setback:** 6 m where the interior side lot line abuts an Agricultural, Residential, Rural Residential, Multiple Residential or Institutional Zone (no other minimum stated)
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m
- **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 lot lines next to Residential, Multiple Residential or Institutional Zones

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 300, 1999 (consolidated 5 Oct 2026), s. 6.46](https://langford.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Zoning-Bylaw-20240415-1.pdf#page=210) (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/cs3/_