Metchosin zoning: find your zone and what it allows
How do I find out how my property is zoned and what I can build on it in Metchosin?
Metchosin's Land Use and Zoning page links a Zoning Map, and the zones are set in the Land Use Bylaw No. 259. The page is for reference only, so confirm with Development Services at 250-474-3167.
Zoning map
Find your zone on the Zoning Map (PDF), then look it up below.
Zones in Metchosin
From Metchosin Land Use Bylaw No. 259, 1995 (consolidated March 2026). The District's consolidation is marked "NOT THE OFFICIAL VERSION - FOR REFERENCE ONLY" and "consolidated for convenience only". Metchosin's zoning bylaw is called the Land Use Bylaw. Zone names carry (ALR) or (FLR) where the bylaw does. Zone regulations are Part 10 (sections 51 to 72). Each zone has its own page with its uses, lot sizes, heights and setbacks. Zone pages are drafts taken from the bylaw text and not yet reviewed by a person.
Agricultural zones
Rural zones
- UP Upland
- UP1 Upland 1
- UP2 Upland 2 (FLR)
- RU Rural
- RR1 Rural Residential 1
- RR2 Rural Residential 2
- RR3 Rural Residential 3
- RR4 Rural Residential 4 (ALR)
Residential zones
Commercial zones
- C1 Commercial 1
- C2 Commercial 2 (ALR)
- CR1 Commercial Recreation 1
- CR2 Commercial Recreation 2
- CR3 Commercial Recreation 3
- CR4 Commercial Recreation 4 (ALR)
Industrial zones
Public zones
Key facts
| How to find your zone | The District's Land Use and Zoning page links a Zoning Map (in the District's document library). The page says the information is for reference only and to confirm with staff at 250-474-3167.Land Use and Zoning · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06Official wordingthe information is provided for reference only Please confirm accuracy with municipal staff by calling 250-474-3167 |
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| Zoning bylaw | Metchosin Land Use Bylaw No. 259 (consolidated March 2026 on the District page).Land Use and Zoning; Metchosin Land Use Bylaw No. 259 (consolidated March 2026, reference copy), Title · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06Official wordingLand Use Bylaw - Consolidated March 2026 This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the Metchosin Land Use Bylaw No. 259. NOT THE OFFICIAL VERSION |
| What the zone controls | Each zone sets the permitted use of land and buildings, the density of uses, the siting, size and dimensions of buildings and uses, locations of uses, and the minimum lot size for subdivision.Land Use and Zoning · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06Official wordingEach zone sets out the permitted use of land and buildings, the density of the uses; siting, size and dimensions of buildings and uses |
| Contact | Development Services, 250-474-3167 (Municipal Hall) or building@metchosin.ca; Development, Land Use, Subdivision and GIS: Susan Dyble, Development Services Coordinator, sdyble@metchosin.ca.Contact Us; Land Use and Zoning · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06Official wordingDevelopment, Land Use, Subdivision & GIS sdyble@metchosin.ca Please confirm accuracy with municipal staff by calling 250-474-3167 |
| Bylaw | Metchosin Land Use Bylaw No. 259Metchosin Land Use Bylaw No. 259 (consolidated March 2026, reference copy), s. 1 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06Official wordingThis Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the Metchosin Land Use Bylaw No. 259. |
How it works
Metchosin has no separate zoning bylaw. Zones come from the Land Use Bylaw No. 259 (consolidated March 2026 on the District page). Each zone sets the permitted use of land and buildings, the density of uses, the siting, size and dimensions of buildings and uses, locations of uses, and the minimum lot size for subdivision.
The District's Land Use and Zoning page links a Zoning Map in its document library. The page says the information is for reference only and to confirm with staff.
Steps
- Open the Land Use and Zoning page and the Zoning Map linked from it to find your zone.
- Read your zone's section in the Land Use Bylaw.
- Confirm with Development Services, 250-474-3167 or building@metchosin.ca. For development, land use, subdivision and GIS questions, the contact is Susan Dyble, Development Services Coordinator, sdyble@metchosin.ca.
Good to know
- The bylaw copy in the District's library is marked "Not the official version, for reference only".
- A Property Information request (zoning information) is $25 per parcel, except to the owner.
- We could not read the map file, so ask staff if you cannot tell which zone a lot is in.
Official forms and pages
The same question in other places
Colwood · Langford · View Royal · Sooke · Esquimalt · Victoria
Sources
- Land Use and Zoning, District of Metchosin (read 2026-11-06)
- Metchosin Land Use Bylaw No. 259 (consolidated March 2026, reference copy) (read 2026-11-06)
- Contact Us, District of Metchosin (read 2026-11-06)
- Fees and Charges Bylaw 2024, No. 696 (Schedule 1) (read 2026-11-06)
Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 5 of 5 facts was matched to the official text. How answers are checked.