CA-80 zone in Victoria: Central Area (Belleville) District

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

In short

Main uses: Multiple dwelling, Transient Accommodation and Transient Accommodation Accessory Uses, Offices, including medical and dental offices, Financial Service, Gymnasium, and 8 more.

Zone rules

Main uses	Multiple dwelling Transient Accommodation and Transient Accommodation Accessory Uses Offices, including medical and dental offices Financial Service Gymnasium Public Building Hospitals, private hospitals, nursing homes, intermediate care facilities and community care facilities High tech Call Centre Cultural facility Retail sales Bakeries used predominantly for the retail sale of bakery products Restaurant
Also allowed (secondary uses)	Home occupation (subject to Schedule D)
Maximum lot coverage	53% site coverage; at least 39% open site space
Maximum density	Floor space ratio 1.2:1 (4:1 where the community amenity contributions have been provided)
Maximum height	45.0 m and 15 storeys
Front setback	4.0 m (north); balconies may project 0.5 m and canopies 2.0 m into the setback
Rear setback	Nil (south) for portions of a building 4.5 m high or lower; 3.6 m for portions above 4.5 m in height
Interior side setback	5.6 m (west side yard); 2.8 m (east side yard; balconies may project 1.5 m)
Other rules	No part of a dwelling unit may be on the first storey At least 350 m² of the first floor must be used only for cultural facility, retail sales, bakery and restaurant uses Seniors Housing parking: 0.35 vehicle stalls per dwelling unit

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. 6.94 (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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