{"title":"DT9 zone in Nanaimo: Old City Central","code":"DT9","slug":"dt9","name":"Old City Central","group":"Commercial","section":"Part 11","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"A wide range of businesses and services serving the community at large, with adaptive reuse of character buildings","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"A wide range of businesses and services serving the community at large, with adaptive reuse of character buildings","quotes":["This zone provides for the wide range of businesses and services"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Arcade","Assembly Hall","Bingo Hall","Commercial School","Court of Law","Cultural Facility","Custom Workshop","Daycare","Electric Vehicle Charge Station","Financial Institution","Funeral Parlour","Hotel","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","Repair Shop","Religious Institution","Restaurant","Retail","Rooming House","Shopping Centre","Single Residential Dwelling","Theatre","Veterinary Clinic"],"quotes":["Arcade -- -- -- -- -- P -- -- P -- -- P","Assembly Hall P P P P P P P P P -- -- P","Bingo Hall -- P P P -- P -- -- P -- -- --","Commercial P P 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","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","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","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":"375 m²","quotes":["DT9 375m2 12m 30m"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"12 m","quotes":["DT9 375m2 12m 30m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"70%","quotes":["DT9 70% 11.2m 2 Storeys"]},"max_density":{"value":"0.85 FAR; +0.15 for mixed use","quotes":["DT9 0.85 +0.15 N/A N/A"]},"max_height":{"value":"11.2 m","quotes":["DT9 70% 11.2m 2 Storeys"]},"setback_front":{"value":"2 m minimum, 4 m maximum; residential portion of a mixed building 4 m","quotes":["DT9 2m 4m 0m 2m 0m","setback of 4m.","building shall have a front"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"0 m","quotes":["DT9 2m 4m 0m 2m 0m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"0 m","quotes":["DT9 2m 4m 0m 2m 0m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"2 m (4 m for the residential portion of a mixed building)","quotes":["DT9 2m 4m 0m 2m 0m","setback of 4m.","building shall have a front"]},"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":["DT9 375m2 12m 30m","DT9 70% 11.2m 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/dt9/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/dt9.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/dt9.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/index.json"}}