{"title":"DT12 zone in Nanaimo: Gateway","code":"DT12","slug":"dt12","name":"Gateway","group":"Commercial","section":"Part 11","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"A mixture of uses and active street frontages at the entrance gateway to downtown Nanaimo","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"A mixture of uses and active street frontages at the entrance gateway to downtown Nanaimo","quotes":["This zone provides for a mixture of uses and active street frontages"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Arcade","Artist Studio","Assembly Hall","Auto Repair","Auto Sales and Rental","Club or Lodge","Commercial School","Convention Centre","Court of Law","Cultural Facility","Custom Workshop","Daycare","Electric Vehicle Charge Station","Financial Institution","Funeral Parlour","Hotel","Internet Centre","Laundromat","Library","Live / Work","Micro Brewery","Multiple Family Dwelling","Neighbourhood Pub","Office","Parking Lot / Parkade","Pawn Shop","Personal Care Facility","Personal Service Use","Pharmacy","Printing and Publishing Facility","Production Studio","Public Market","Recreation Facility","Refund Container Recycling Depot","Repair Shop","Religious Institution","Restaurant","Retail","Rooming House","Shopping Centre","Single Residential Dwelling","Social Service Resource Centre","Theatre","Transportation Terminal","Veterinary Clinic","Wholesale"],"quotes":["Arcade -- -- -- -- -- P -- -- P -- -- P","Artist Studio P P P P P P P -- -- -- P P","Assembly Hall P P P P P P P P P -- -- P","Auto Repair -- -- -- P -- -- -- -- -- -- -- P","Auto Sales -- -- P P -- P P -- -- -- -- P","Club or Lodge P P P P P P P -- -- -- -- P","Commercial P P P P P P P P P -- -- P","Convention P P P P P P P -- -- -- -- P","Court of Law P P P P P P P -- P -- -- P","Cultural P P P P P P P -- P -- -- P","Custom -- -- -- SS -- -- -- -- P -- -- P","Daycare P P P P P P P P P P P P","Electric P P P P P P P P P P P P","Financial P P P P P P P P P P P P","Funeral P P P P P P P -- P -- -- P","Hotel P P P P P P P -- P -- -- P","Internet P P P P P P P P P P P P","Laundromat P P P P P P -- P P -- P P","Library P P P P P P P -- -- -- -- P","Live / Work P P P P P P P P P -- P P","Micro Brewery P P -- P P P -- -- -- -- -- P","Multiple P P P P P P P P P -- P P","Neighbour- P P P P P P P P P -- - P","Office P P P P P P P P P P P P","Parking Lot / P P P P P P P P P P P P","Pawn Shop P P P P P P P P P -- P P","Personal Care P P P P P P P P P -- -- P","Personal P P P P P P P P P P P P","Pharmacy P P P P P P P P P -- P P","Printing and P P P P P P P P P -- -- P","Production P -- P P P P -- -- -- -- -- P","Public Market P P P P P P P -- -- -- -- P","Recreation P P P P P P P P P -- -- P","Refund -- -- -- P -- P -- -- -- -- -- P","Repair Shop -- P -- P -- P -- -- P -- -- P","Religious P P P P P P P P P -- -- P","Restaurant P P P P P P P P P P P P","Retail P P P P P P P P P -- P P","Rooming -- P P P P P P P P P P P","Shopping -- -- -- -- -- P -- -- P -- -- P","Single -- P P -- P -- P P P P P P","Social Service P P P P P P P P -- -- -- P","Theatre P P -- P P P -- P P -- -- P","Transportation P P -- P -- P -- -- -- -- -- P","Veterinary P P P P P P P P P -- -- P","-- -- P P -- P -- -- -- -- -- P","Wholesale"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Dwelling","Boarding and Lodging","Home Based Business","Secondary Suites","Short-Term Rental"],"quotes":["Accessory A A A A A A A A A A A A","Boarding -- A A -- -- A A A A A A A","Home A A A A A A A A A A A A","-- A A -- -- A A A A A A A","Secondary","Short- A A A A A A A A A A A A"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Cannabis Retail Store (only at the addresses listed in section 11.2.4)","Fast Food Restaurant (only at the addresses listed in section 11.2.4)","Liquor Store (only at the addresses listed in section 11.2.4)"],"quotes":["Cannabis SS -- -- SS SS -- -- -- -- -- -- SS","Fast Food -- -- SS SS -- SS -- -- -- -- -- SS","Liquor Store -- -- SS -- -- SS -- -- -- -- -- SS","11.2.4 Notwithstanding Subsection 11.2.1 the following uses shall be permitted on site specific"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"750 m²","quotes":["DT12 750m2 15m 30m"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15 m","quotes":["DT12 750m2 15m 30m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"100%","quotes":["DT12 100% 19.8m 2 Storeys"]},"max_density":{"value":"1.00 FAR; +0.25 mixed use, +0.25 Tier 1, +0.25 Tier 2","quotes":["DT12 1.00 +0.25 +0.25 +0.25"]},"max_height":{"value":"19.8 m","quotes":["DT12 100% 19.8m 2 Storeys"]},"setback_front":{"value":"3.5 m minimum, 10 m maximum","quotes":["DT12 3.5m 10m 0m 3.5m 0m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"0 m","quotes":["DT12 3.5m 10m 0m 3.5m 0m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"0 m","quotes":["DT12 3.5m 10m 0m 3.5m 0m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.5 m","quotes":["DT12 3.5m 10m 0m 3.5m 0m"]},"other":{"value":["Minimum lot depth 30 m","Minimum building height 2 storeys","No parking between the front property line and the front face of the building","Residential uses are not permitted on the first storey"],"quotes":["DT12 750m2 15m 30m","DT12 100% 19.8m 2 Storeys","11.6.1 Within all downtown zones, except the DT8 Zone, no parking shall be permitted between the","residential uses","on the first storey."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 (consolidated 2026-MAR-23)","url":"https://www.nanaimo.ca/bylaws/ViewBylaw/4500.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The bylaw is organised by part (one part per zone family, with shared use and regulation tables), so zone line ranges cover the whole part. CD3 is deleted in the bylaw. Zones R1a and R1b are subzones of R1 (R1 / R1a / R1b)."},"source_url":"https://www.nanaimo.ca/bylaws/ViewBylaw/4500.pdf#page=101","place":{"path":"ca/bc/nanaimo","name":"Nanaimo","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/dt12/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/dt12.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/dt12.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/index.json"}}