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IAI-1 zone in Victoria: Industry, Arts & Innovation – 1 Zone

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

In short

Main uses: Art and Cultural Facility, Assembly, Automotive Repair, Brew Pub (beer, spirits, wine), Civic Facility, and 9 more.

Zone rules

Main uses
  • Art and Cultural Facility
  • Assembly
  • Automotive Repair
  • Brew Pub (beer, spirits, wine)
  • Civic Facility
  • Drinking Establishment
  • Food and Beverage Service
  • Laboratory
  • Light Industrial
  • Office
  • Personal Service
  • Retail Trade
  • Utility
  • Veterinary Clinic
Each of three sub areas allows extra uses (for example Heavy Industrial in Sub Area 1 and Residential in Sub Area 3); the sub areas are defined on a map in the bylaw.
Also allowed (secondary uses)Accessory Building
Maximum lot coverage90% (Sub Area 1 and Sub Area 2); 80% (Sub Area 3)
Maximum densitySub Area 1: 3.0:1; Sub Area 2: 5.0:1; Sub Area 3: 5.5:1 with no Residential use, 4.0:1 where the building has Residential or Studio use, 5.5:1 where the building has Residential or Studio use plus an Art and Cultural Facility occupying at least 5% of its floor area
Maximum heightSub Area 1: 30m; Sub Area 2: 45m; Sub Area 3: 60m (HA-2), 50m (HA-3) or 45m (HA-4)
Front setback0m
Rear setbackResidential portions: 8.0m where exterior wall is over 5.0m high (up to 18.0m high for buildings over 23.0m), 10.0m where exterior wall is over 18.0m high (buildings over 23.0m); non-Residential portions: 6.0m where exterior wall is over 5.0m high, 0.0m where exterior wall is up to 5.0m high
Interior side setback0.0m for buildings up to 23.0m high; buildings over 23.0m high: 10.0m for portions with a Residential use and exterior wall over 18.0m high, 6.0m for portions with a non-Residential use and exterior wall over 23.0m high
Street side setback0m
Other rules
  • Sub Area 1: at least 65% of the ground floor lot area must be occupied by Light Industrial, Heavy Industrial, Automotive Repair, Laboratory or Equipment Rental
  • Sub Area 3: Residential is not allowed on the ground floor or second storey
  • Minimum first storey height 4.5m (Sub Area 1 and Sub Area 3)

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. 4.9 (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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