---
title: "DT9 zone in Nanaimo: Old City Central"
place: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/nanaimo
zone: DT9
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 (consolidated 2026-MAR-23)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/dt9/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/dt9.json"
---

# DT9 zone in Nanaimo: Old City Central

A wide range of businesses and services serving the community at large, with adaptive reuse of character buildings

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** A wide range of businesses and services serving the community at large, with adaptive reuse of character buildings
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Dwelling; Boarding and Lodging; Home Based Business; Secondary Suites; Short-Term Rental
- **Minimum lot area:** 375 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 12 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 70%
- **Maximum density:** 0.85 FAR; +0.15 for mixed use
- **Maximum height:** 11.2 m
- **Front setback:** 2 m minimum, 4 m maximum; residential portion of a mixed building 4 m
- **Rear setback:** 0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 0 m
- **Street side setback:** 2 m (4 m for the residential portion of a mixed building)
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 (consolidated 2026-MAR-23), s. Part 11](https://www.nanaimo.ca/bylaws/ViewBylaw/4500.pdf#page=101) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Nanaimo: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/dt9/_