{"title":"C-1 zone in Victoria: Limited Commercial District","code":"C-1","slug":"c-1","name":"Limited Commercial District","group":"Commercial","section":"4.1","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Uses permitted in the R1-B Zone (Single Family Dwelling) and R-2 Zone (Two Family Dwelling), with the most restrictive height, floor, yard and site area rules applying, Chartered banks, Business offices, Professional businesses, Mixed residential uses (ground floor commercial only; storeys above residential as permitted in R3-1 and R3-2), and 10 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Uses permitted in the R1-B Zone (Single Family Dwelling) and R-2 Zone (Two Family Dwelling), with the most restrictive height, floor, yard and site area rules applying","Chartered banks","Business offices","Professional businesses","Mixed residential uses (ground floor commercial only; storeys above residential as permitted in R3-1 and R3-2)","Retail stores, including retail sale of bakery products","Restaurants","Theatres","Launderettes","Clubs for social or recreational purposes","Attended coin-operated drycleaning plants","Drycleaning or clothes pressing businesses (up to 280m² of floor space)","Establishments for the care and treatment of animals under a registered veterinarian","High tech","Call centre"],"quotes":["(a) those permitted in the R1-B Zone, Single Family","(b) chartered banks;","(c) business offices;","(d) professional businesses;","(e) mixed residential uses, provided that the","(f) retail stores, including, without limiting the","(g) restaurants;","(h) theatres;","(i) launderettes, provided that there is at least one off-","(j) clubs for social or recreational purposes;","(k) attended coin-operated drycleaning plants, not","(l) Drycleaning or clothes pressing businesses or both,","(i) do not occupy in excess of 280m 2 of floor","(m) Establishments for the care and treatment of","(n) high tech;","(o) call centre."]},"max_density":{"value":"1.4 to 1 floor space ratio","quotes":["No building shall have a floor space ratio in excess","of 1.4 to 1."]},"max_height":{"value":"12m","quotes":["The height of any building shall not exceed 12m."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"1 storey or 4m","quotes":["storey or 4m in height."]},"setback_front":{"value":"6m from the street line to any main wall","quotes":["any main wall will be closer to a street line than 6m."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"Not less than 6m, nor less than one half of the height of the rear wall of the main building","quotes":["6m, nor less than one half of the height of such rear wall."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"Side yards next to other zones: not less than 2.4m wide nor less than one-quarter the height of the adjoining side wall; no side yard needed on a lot line bordering another lawful non-residential site, except where no lane exists, one side yard of at least 3m is required for rear access and loading","quotes":["shall be not less than 2.4m wide nor","less than one-quarter the height of the adjoining side wall.","residential purpose, no side yard is required for any lot line","side yard of a minimum width of 3m shall be provided"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"2.4m on a corner lot","quotes":["On a corner lot, the minimum side yard on the flanking","street shall be 2.4m."]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"Accessory building must be in the rear yard, with a passage of not less than 2.4m between it and the main building","quotes":["12 An accessory building shall be situated in the rear yard of","passage of not less than 2.4m in width between the"]},"other":{"value":["Accessory buildings may not occupy more than 10% of the site or 30% of the rear yard","Commercial goods may not be stored or displayed in the setback, side yard or rear yard areas except within a building","Launderettes and coin-operated drycleaning plants need one parking space per 18.5m² of floor area"],"quotes":["11 No accessory buildings shall occupy more than 10% of the","area of the site, nor more than 30% of the area of the rear","related to any commercial use shall be stored or displayed","every 18.5m 2 of floor area in the building, with"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"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)","url":"https://www.victoria.ca/building-business/permits-development-construction/zoning/zoning-regulation-bylaw","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"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)."},"source_url":"https://www.victoria.ca/media/file/41pdf#page=1","place":{"path":"ca/bc/victoria","name":"Victoria","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/c-1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/c-1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/c-1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/index.json"}}