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title: "C-5 zone in Oak Bay: Local Commercial / Neighbourhood Deli Use"
place: Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/oak-bay
zone: C-5
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw 3531, 1986 (office consolidation to June 8, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/oak-bay/zoning/c-5/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/oak-bay/zoning/c-5.json"
---

# C-5 zone in Oak Bay: Local Commercial / Neighbourhood Deli Use

Local commercial / neighbourhood deli zone

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Local commercial / neighbourhood deli zone
- **Main uses:** Retail sale and storage of groceries, meat, fish, delicatessen, bakery goods and sundry household and garden items; Barbers, hairdressers and beauty shops; Neighbourhood deli use
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Up to four apartment residential dwelling units (The bylaw lists the apartment units under accessory uses.)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 35% (principal building); 5% (accessory buildings and structures)
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 0.5 (total of all buildings); up to four dwelling units
- **Maximum height:** Up to two dwelling units: 7.3 m, 2 storeys. Three or four dwelling units: 8.5 m, 3 storeys
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** Accessory buildings 3.0 m; accessory structures 4.6 m
- **Front setback:** 7.6 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.6 m
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m; not required along a side lot line shared with a parcel zoned for commercial use
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Accessory buildings and structures: front 7.6 m, rear 1.5 m (structures 1.52 m), interior side 1.5 m
- **Other rules:** Total of side setbacks at least 4.6 m; Retail, barber/hairdresser and deli uses limited to 92 sq. m total floor area; Deli seating limited to 15 spaces; No liquor retail sale

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw 3531, 1986 (office consolidation to June 8, 2026), s. Part 9](https://www.oakbay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/3531-Oak-Bay-Zoning-Bylaw-Consolidated.pdf#page=138) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Oak Bay: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/oak-bay/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/oak-bay/zoning/c-5/_