---
title: "MUE1 zone in Langford: Mixed-Use Employment 1"
place: Langford, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/langford
zone: MUE1
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/mue1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/zoning/mue1.json"
---

# MUE1 zone in Langford: Mixed-Use Employment 1

Pedestrian-oriented mixed-use residential and commercial activity.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Pedestrian-oriented mixed-use residential and commercial activity.
- **Main uses:** All uses permitted in the CS1 Zone; Financial institution (including drive-through); Hotel; Licensed premises; Parking facility; Restaurant (up to 1,858 m² gross floor area); Retail store (up to 1,858 m² gross floor area); Health Services; Transportation terminal; Underground Vehicle storage; Underground mini-storage; Business support service; Catering; Electronics sale, service and manufacturing; Film production studio; Industrial use, light; Medical Clinics and accessory related commercial uses; Office; Research and development facility; Charitable facility; Community care facility; Community garden; Cultural facility; Group daycare; Fitness centre; Recreation facility, indoor and outdoor; School; Training and education facility; Dormitory; In Area B only: Apartment, Assisted living, Townhouse
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings and structures; Uses accessory to a principal use permitted in this Zone; Dwelling, one-family, built prior to July 1, 2014; One caretaker dwelling unit; Secondary suite in a one-family dwelling; Temporary housing for construction workers; Home occupation (Area B); Equipment sale, service, repair and rental, minor, relating directly to another principal use
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Place of Worship (Area B): Lot 1, Sections 85, 99, 115 and 116, Esquimalt District, Plan EPP67815 (2750 Leigh Road)
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio no more than 2.5; at most three dwelling units or 150 m² non-residential floor area per parcel unless amenity and traffic requirements are met, up to 92,900 m² gross floor area in Area A and 204,386 m² in Area B; up to 200 Assisted Living units in Area A
- **Front setback:** 2 m from any lot line that abuts a highway (no setback where flanked by a sidewalk at least 2 m wide)
- **Rear setback:** 6 m from any lot line that abuts a lot in a Residential or Multiple Residential Zone
- **Interior side setback:** 6 m from any lot line that abuts a lot in a Residential or Multiple Residential Zone
- **Street side setback:** 2 m from any lot line that abuts a highway
- **Other rules:** Applies in Area A and Area B shown on Schedule AJ; Area B also allows residential uses; Landscape and screening area at least 2 m wide required along lots abutting a highway; 2.5 m wide with a 1.8 m fence along lots abutting a Residential or Multiple Residential Zone

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 300, 1999 (consolidated 5 Oct 2026), s. 6.53](https://langford.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Zoning-Bylaw-20240415-1.pdf#page=230) (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/mue1/_