{"title":"CA-1 zone in Victoria: Pandora Avenue Special Commercial District","code":"CA-1","slug":"ca-1","name":"Pandora Avenue Special Commercial District","group":"Commercial","section":"6.4","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Bakeries (retail sale), Business and professional offices, Financial institutions, Stores and shops (retail), Restaurants and coffee shops, and 12 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Bakeries (retail sale)","Business and professional offices","Financial institutions","Stores and shops (retail)","Restaurants and coffee shops","Personal services","Rental of tools and appliances","Religious, charitable or philanthropic institutions","Cultural facilities","Service and fraternal organizations","Gymnasia","Launderettes and drycleaning","Commercial/residential buildings (ground floors not residential)","Hospitals, private hospitals, nursing homes, intermediate care facilities and community care facilities","Transient accommodation","High tech","Call centre"],"quotes":["(a) bakeries used principally for the retail sale of bakery","(b) business and professional offices;","(c) financial institutions including chartered banks, credit","(d) stores and shops for the retail sale of goods, wares and","(e) restaurants and coffee shops;","(f) personal services, including barbering, hairdressing,","(g) rental of tools and appliances, excluding tools and","(h) institutions of a religious, charitable or philanthropic","(i) cultural facilities including museums, galleries and exhibits;","(j) service and fraternal organizations;","(k) gymnasia;","(l) launderettes and drycleaning operations used or intended","(m) commercial/residential buildings, provided that the ground","(n) hospitals, private hospitals, nursing homes, intermediate","(o) transient accommodation;","(p) high tech;","(q) call centre."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor space ratio not more than 2.0:1","quotes":["Floor Space Ratio 3 No building shall have a floor space ratio in excess of 2.0:1."]},"max_height":{"value":"15.5 m","quotes":["Height of Building 2 (a) No building shall exceed 15.5m in height."]},"setback_front":{"value":"3 m from any street (roof projections, entrance canopies, steps, balconies and lawful signs excepted)","quotes":["lawful signs shall be nearer to any street than a horizontal","distance of 3m."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3 m from any lot boundary other than the street frontage, unless the entire wall facing that boundary is at the boundary","quotes":["be nearer than 3m to any boundary of a lot, other than the street","frontage unless the entire wall of such building facing such"]},"other":{"value":["Area between a street and a building must be landscaped (except where used for vehicle movement); parking areas within 3 m of a street must be landscaped","Parking: residential 0.55 space per dwelling unit; other uses 50% of Schedule C requirements"],"quotes":["(1) The area of any lot lying between any street and any","(2) Where the area of any lot is used for parking, the area of","the lot within 3m of any street shall be landscaped.","(a) residential – 0.55 space per accommodation dwelling unit;","(b) other uses – 50% of the requirements laid down in"]}},"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/64pdf#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/ca-1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/ca-1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/ca-1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/index.json"}}