CR-F zone in Victoria: Fernwood Commercial Residential District

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

In short

Main uses: Call centre, Chartered banks, Clubs for social or recreational purposes, Commercial-residential buildings, Drycleaning or clothes pressing businesses (up to 280 m² of floor space), and 8 more.

Zone rules

Main uses	Call centre Chartered banks Clubs for social or recreational purposes Commercial-residential buildings Drycleaning or clothes pressing businesses (up to 280 m² of floor space) High tech Launderettes Live-work unit Office Professional businesses Retail stores Theatres Animal care and treatment establishments under a registered veterinarian
Also allowed (secondary uses)	Home occupation (subject to Schedule D) Accessory Buildings (subject to Schedule F)
Maximum lot coverage	59%
Maximum density	Floor space ratio 1.4:1
Maximum height	12 m
Front setback	6 m
Rear setback	6 m
Interior side setback	0 m; 2.4 m or one-quarter of the building height, whichever is greater, if next to a residential use
Street side setback	2.4 m on a flanking street of a corner lot
Other rules	Live-work units are not allowed above the ground floor or along a street frontage Commercial uses in commercial-residential buildings are only allowed on the ground floor Minimum 21 vehicle parking spaces on a lot Where no lane gives access to the rear yard, a side yard at least 3 m wide is required for loading

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. 4.92 (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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