{"title":"CA-OV zone in Victoria: Olympic View District","code":"CA-OV","slug":"ca-ov","name":"Olympic View District","group":"Commercial","section":"6.106","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Office, Public Building, Cultural Facility, Drinking Establishment, Financial Service, and 7 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Office","Public Building","Cultural Facility","Drinking Establishment","Financial Service","Restaurant","Hotel","Personal Service","Retail Liquor Sale","Retail Trade","Small-scale Commercial Urban Agriculture","Utility"],"quotes":["a. Office g. Hotel","b. Public Building h. Personal Service","c. Cultural Facility i. Retail Liquor Sale","d. Drinking Establishment j. Retail Trade","e. Financial Service k. Small-scale Commercial Urban Agriculture","f. Restaurant l. Utility"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor space ratio 3:1 (5.2:1 where the community amenities have been provided)","quotes":["c. Floor space ratio (maximum) 3:1","5.2:1"]},"max_height":{"value":"43 m; parapets may project 1.0 m and rooftop structures 5.0 m above the maximum","quotes":["a. Building height (maximum) 43m","i. Parapets 1.0m","ii. Rooftop Structures 5.0m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"4.5 m (interior southeast); 4.5 m (interior southwest)","quotes":["a. Interior Southeast (minimum) 4.5m","b. Interior Southwest (minimum) 4.5m"]},"other":{"value":["Buildings abutting Douglas and Humboldt Street: setback plane of 5:1 for any portion above 20.0 m in height","No first storey office use within 6 m of a building wall that abuts a street or pedestrian walkway","Garbage and recycling storage must be enclosed within a building","Extra density requires community amenities such as rights-of-way, transit shelter areas and BC Transit EcoPasses"],"quotes":["c. Buildings abutting Douglas and Humboldt Street, for any 5:1 (Angle of Inclination)","building portion above 20.0m in height:","a. No first storey office use is permitted within 6m of the wall of any building that abuts a street","b. Areas used for the storage of garbage or recyclable materials must be enclosed within a","As a condition of additional density pursuant to section 6.106.4, the following amenities must be"]}},"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/6106pdf#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-ov/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/ca-ov.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/ca-ov.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/index.json"}}