---
title: "U1 zone in Sidney: Public Utility"
place: Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/sidney
zone: U1
bylaw: "Town of Sidney Zoning Bylaw No. 2275 (in force July 1, 2024; consolidated for convenience July 21, 2025)"
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sidney/zoning/u1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sidney/zoning/u1.json"
---

# U1 zone in Sidney: Public Utility

Land for public utility uses and government works yards.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Land for public utility uses and government works yards.
- **Main uses:** Outside Storage (conditional); Public Works Facility; Telecommunications Tower (conditional)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory, Building, Structure, or Use
- **Maximum height:** 9.0 m
- **Front setback:** 6.0 m where an interior side lot line directly abuts land designated Neighbourhood Residential, Intensive Neighbourhood Residential or Multi-Unit Residential by the OCP; 1.0 m for all others
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m where a rear or interior side lot line directly abuts land designated Neighbourhood Residential, Intensive Neighbourhood Residential or Multi-Unit Residential by the OCP
- **Interior side setback:** 4.5 m where a rear or interior side lot line directly abuts land designated Neighbourhood Residential, Intensive Neighbourhood Residential or Multi-Unit Residential by the OCP
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m where a rear lot line directly abuts land designated Neighbourhood Residential, Intensive Neighbourhood Residential or Multi-Unit Residential by the OCP
- **Other rules:** Outside Storage only as an accessory use, in rear and interior side yards (and exterior side yard if it abuts Highway 17); Telecommunications towers at most 1 m in diameter at 1.5 m above the ground

## Source

- [Town of Sidney Zoning Bylaw No. 2275 (in force July 1, 2024; consolidated for convenience July 21, 2025), s. 4.7](https://www.sidney.ca/wp-content/uploads/2275-Zoning-Bylaw.pdf#page=46) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Sidney: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sidney/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/sidney/zoning/u1/_