{"title":"DT8 zone in Nanaimo: Old City Mixed Use","code":"DT8","slug":"dt8","name":"Old City Mixed Use","group":"Commercial","section":"Part 11","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Mixed commercial / residential buildings: commercial at street level, multiple family residential on the second and third storeys","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Mixed commercial / residential buildings: commercial at street level, multiple family residential on the second and third storeys","quotes":["This zone provides for mixed commercial / residential buildings.","Commercial uses are permitted at street level and multiple family"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Assembly Hall","Commercial School","Daycare","Electric Vehicle Charge Station","Financial Institution","Internet Centre","Laundromat","Live / Work","Multiple Family Dwelling","Neighbourhood Pub","Office","Parking Lot / Parkade","Pawn Shop","Personal Care Facility","Personal Service Use","Pharmacy","Printing and Publishing Facility","Recreation Facility","Religious Institution","Restaurant","Retail","Rooming House","Single Residential Dwelling","Social Service Resource Centre","Theatre","Veterinary Clinic"],"quotes":["Assembly Hall P P P P P P P P P -- -- P","Commercial P 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","Internet P P P P P P P P P P P P","Laundromat P P P P P P -- P P -- P P","Live / Work P P P P 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","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","Theatre P P -- P P P -- P P -- -- P","Veterinary P P P P P P P P P -- -- P"]},"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"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"800 m²","quotes":["DT8 800m2 15m 30m"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15 m","quotes":["DT8 800m2 15m 30m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50%","quotes":["DT8 50% 10.5m N/A"]},"max_density":{"value":"0.85 FAR; +0.15 for mixed use","quotes":["DT8 0.85 +0.15 N/A N/A"]},"max_height":{"value":"10.5 m","quotes":["DT8 50% 10.5m N/A"]},"setback_front":{"value":"3 m (first storey); 4 m (second and third storeys); maximum front yard setback 6 m","quotes":["DT8 3m - First 6m 3m 3m 3m","4m – Second"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3 m","quotes":["DT8 3m - First 6m 3m 3m 3m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3 m (4.5 m where the lot abuts a residential zone)","quotes":["DT8 3m - First 6m 3m 3m 3m","zone, the side yard setback","shall be 4.5m."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3 m","quotes":["DT8 3m - First 6m 3m 3m 3m"]},"other":{"value":["Minimum lot depth 30 m","Commercial uses are only permitted on the first storey"],"quotes":["DT8 800m2 15m 30m","11.2.2 Notwithstanding Subsection 11.2.1, commercial uses are only permitted within 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/dt8/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/dt8.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/dt8.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/index.json"}}