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title: "MU1A zone in Langford: Mixed Use Residential Commercial"
place: Langford, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/langford
zone: MU1A
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/mu1a/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/zoning/mu1a.json"
---

# MU1A zone in Langford: Mixed Use Residential Commercial

A mix of residential and commercial uses forming a transition between the Core Downtown Commercial Area and other nearby uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** A mix of residential and commercial uses forming a transition between the Core Downtown Commercial Area and other nearby uses.
- **Main uses:** Apartment; Business support service (ground floor only); Community garden; Financial institution (ground floor only); Group daycare; Medical Clinics and accessory related commercial uses; Office (ground floor only); Personal service establishment (ground floor only); Preschool; Restaurant (ground floor only); Retail store (ground floor only); School (up to 200 m² gross floor area, not with residential use); Townhouse
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings and structures; 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:** Home office with listed home-based uses (artist studio, bed and breakfast with two rental rooms, carpentry shop, dance school, tutoring, jewelry manufacturing, music studios, retail of goods made in the dwelling, etc.): Lot A, Section 72, Esquimalt District, Plan 12506, Except Part in Plan 36622 (685 Fairway Avenue); Group daycare on any floor of a structure built before 2012: Lot 2, Section 5, Esquimalt District, Plan 26285 (997 and 999 Goldstream Avenue)
- **Minimum lot area:** 700 m²; 356.9 m² at Lot C, Section 5, Esquimalt District, Plan 28421 (972/974 Preston Way)
- **Minimum lot width:** 15 m; 8.1 m at Lot C, Section 5, Esquimalt District, Plan 28421 (972/974 Preston Way)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 90% maximum; minimum 50% (40% for a townhouse lot; 35% at listed Meaford Avenue and Millstream Road lots; 25% in the area shaded on Schedule AK; 29% at listed Goldstream Avenue lots; may be less than 50% at 731 Station Avenue)
- **Maximum density:** One dwelling unit per 550 m² of lot area and floor area ratio 0.3; floor area ratio up to 2.0 on listed lands with payment (2.5 at listed Jacklin Road lots); one group daycare at 997 and 999 Goldstream Avenue
- **Maximum height:** Six storeys
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4 m
- **Front setback:** 2 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m (6 m for Unit A and 3.7 m for Unit B at 972/974 Preston Way)
- **Street side setback:** 2 m
- **Other rules:** Unenclosed storage is not permitted; Above-ground dwelling units in a mixed-use building need a separate ground-level entrance; Parking and loading must be at the rear of the principal building or underground; Landscape and screening area 1 m wide with a 1.8 m fence required along lot lines next to Residential or Multiple Residential Zones

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 300, 1999 (consolidated 5 Oct 2026), s. 6.51B](https://langford.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Zoning-Bylaw-20240415-1.pdf#page=224) (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/mu1a/_