C-1 zone in Victoria: Limited Commercial District
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.
Zone rules
| Main uses |
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| Maximum density | 1.4 to 1 floor space ratio |
| Maximum height | 12m |
| Maximum height, accessory buildings | 1 storey or 4m |
| Front setback | 6m from the street line to any main wall |
| Rear setback | Not less than 6m, nor less than one half of the height of the rear wall of the main building |
| Interior side setback | 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 |
| Street side setback | 2.4m on a corner lot |
| Accessory building setbacks | Accessory building must be in the rear yard, with a passage of not less than 2.4m between it and the main building |
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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. 4.1 (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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