{"title":"DT3 zone in Nanaimo: Wallace","code":"DT3","slug":"dt3","name":"Wallace","group":"Commercial","section":"Part 11","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Residential and commercial uses with retail at the street level.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Residential and commercial uses with retail at the street level.","quotes":["This zone provides for residential and commercial uses with retail at","the street level."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Artist Studio","Assembly Hall","Auto Sales and Rental","Bingo Hall","Club or Lodge","Commercial School","Convention Centre","Court of Law","Cultural Facility","Daycare","Electric Vehicle Charge Station","Financial Institution","Funeral Parlour","Hotel","Internet Centre","Laboratory","Laundromat","Library","Live / Work","Lounge","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","Religious Institution","Restaurant","Retail","Rooming House","Single Residential Dwelling","Social Service Resource Centre","University, College, Technical School","Veterinary Clinic","Wholesale"],"quotes":["DT1 DT2 DT3 DT4 DT5 DT6 DT7 DT8 DT9 DT10 DT11 DT12","Artist Studio P P P P P P P -- -- -- P P","Assembly Hall P P P P P P P P P -- -- P","Auto Sales -- -- P P -- P P -- -- -- -- P","Bingo Hall -- 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","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","Laboratory 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","Lounge P 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","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","Single -- P P -- P -- P P P P P P","Social Service P P P P P P P P -- -- -- P","University, P P 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 Unit","Boarding and Lodging","Home Based Business","Secondary Suites","Short-Term Rental"],"note":"Secondary suites are only permitted where a single residential dwelling is the only use on the lot.","quotes":["DT1 DT2 DT3 DT4 DT5 DT6 DT7 DT8 DT9 DT10 DT11 DT12","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 Suites","Short- A A A A A A A A A A A A","where a single","dwelling is the","only use on the lot."]},"site_specific":{"value":["Fast Food Restaurant (permitted only on specific sites; see bylaw section 11.2.4)","Liquor Store (permitted only on specific sites; see bylaw section 11.2.4)"],"quotes":["DT1 DT2 DT3 DT4 DT5 DT6 DT7 DT8 DT9 DT10 DT11 DT12","Fast Food -- -- SS SS -- SS -- -- -- -- -- SS","Liquor Store -- -- SS -- -- SS -- -- -- -- -- SS"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"370 m²","quotes":["DT3 370m2 12m 25m","Zone Minimum Lot Size Minimum Lot Minimum Lot Depth"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"12 m","quotes":["DT3 370m2 12m 25m","Zone Minimum Lot Size Minimum Lot Minimum Lot Depth"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"100%","quotes":["DT3 100% 14m N/A","Zone Lot Coverage Maximum Allowable Height Minimum Required Height"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor Area Ratio 2.55; plus 0.2 for Schedule D Tier 1 and 0.25 for Tier 2; extra for underground parking","quotes":["DT3 2.55 N/A +0.2 +0.25","Zone Maximum Allowable Density Additional Density","(Floor Area Ratio) Mixed Use* Tier 1 Tier 2","grade), an amount may be added to the Floor Area Ratio equal to 0.25 multiplied by the"]},"max_height":{"value":"14 m","quotes":["DT3 100% 14m N/A","Zone Lot Coverage Maximum Allowable Height Minimum Required Height"]},"setback_front":{"value":"3 m minimum","quotes":["DT3 3m N/A 0m 3m 10m","Zone Minimum Maximum Side Flanking Rear Notes","Front Yard Front Yard Yard Side Yard Yard"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"10 m","quotes":["DT3 3m N/A 0m 3m 10m","Zone Minimum Maximum Side Flanking Rear Notes","Front Yard Front Yard Yard Side Yard Yard"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"0 m","quotes":["DT3 3m N/A 0m 3m 10m","Zone Minimum Maximum Side Flanking Rear Notes","Front Yard Front Yard Yard Side Yard Yard"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3 m","quotes":["DT3 3m N/A 0m 3m 10m","Zone Minimum Maximum Side Flanking Rear Notes","Front Yard Front Yard Yard Side Yard Yard"]},"other":{"value":["No parking is allowed between the front property line and the front face of the building","Auto sales and rental: no more than 4 vehicles on display or in storage on the lot","No pawn shop within a 300 m radius of another pawn shop"],"quotes":["Within all downtown zones, except the DT8 Zone, no parking shall be permitted between the","front property line and the front face of the building.","display / storage","4 per lot.","within a 300m","radius of another"]}},"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/dt3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/dt3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/dt3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/index.json"}}