AGGV zone in Victoria: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria District

Victoria, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

Main uses: Cultural facility, Commercial exhibits, Artist studios, Public building, Retail sales, but only as part of an active cultural facility, and 1 more.

Zone rules

Main uses	Cultural facility Commercial exhibits Artist studios Public building Retail sales, but only as part of an active cultural facility Restaurant, but only as part of an active cultural facility, restricted to not more than 36 seats
Also allowed (secondary uses)	Accessory buildings (bicycle enclosure)
Minimum lot area	5700 m²
Maximum lot coverage	40%
Maximum density	0.99:1 floor space ratio
Maximum height	20m, maximum 4 storeys
Maximum height, accessory buildings	3m (bicycle enclosure)
Accessory building setbacks	Bicycle enclosure in rear yard: side yard 0.6m, rear yard 1.2m; maximum 1 building of 36m²; roof deck not permitted
Other rules	Minimum setbacks for the principal building: 7.00m from Moss Street, 5.70m from Pentrelew Place, 0.60m from the internal boundary, 16.8m from Wilspencer Place Open site space: at least 44% Vehicle parking: at least 26 stalls

Source: Zoning Regulation Bylaw No. 80-159 (consolidated on October 17, 2019 up to Bylaw No. 19-074; zone Parts amended to Bylaw 24-060, August 2024) and Zoning Bylaw 2018 (consolidated on June 9, 2022 up to Bylaw No. 22-048), s. 9.4 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. Victoria has two zoning bylaws in force. Zoning Bylaw 2018 (zones GRD-1, LVD-1, CVD-1, TCD-1, CBD-1, CBD-2, MRD-1, OTD-1, IAI-1, MI-1, LI-1, HI-1; https://www.victoria.ca/media/file/zoning-bylaw-2018) applies to the areas on its Map 1: the Downtown Core Area and most commercial and low-density residential properties in town centres, urban villages and residential fabric. The Zoning Regulation Bylaw No. 80-159 (one PDF per zone) still governs the rest, including most industrial, medium and high density residential outside downtown, comprehensive development districts and some commercial properties. The City says its website bylaws are office consolidations provided for convenience; refer to the bylaws and amendments at City Hall. In text.txt every file starts at a '[source <url>]' line; the first file is the Introduction & General Regulations of Bylaw 80-159 and the Zoning Bylaw 2018 is appended at the end. Zones whose PDF has no text layer (image-only; no OCR was run) have no lines or pdf_page, only source_url; 179 codes, listed in places/victoria/no-text-layer.txt. For zones with text, pdf_page is the page inside that zone's own PDF (always the first page). Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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