{"title":"IHE zone in Victoria: Inner Harbour Empress District","code":"IHE","slug":"ihe","name":"Inner Harbour Empress District","group":"Commercial","section":"8.23","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Transient accommodation, Transient accommodation accessory use (tourist and travel agencies, beauty parlors and barber shops, restaurants, licensed dining lounges, recreational and pleasure uses, accessory garden structures), Retail sales, except gasoline and automotive fuels, Offices, Rental businesses, and 7 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Transient accommodation","Transient accommodation accessory use (tourist and travel agencies, beauty parlors and barber shops, restaurants, licensed dining lounges, recreational and pleasure uses, accessory garden structures)","Retail sales, except gasoline and automotive fuels","Offices","Rental businesses","Theatres, auditoriums, gymnasiums and other places of recreation or worship","Clubs","Schools","Parking facilities","Commercial exhibits","High tech","Call centre"],"quotes":["The following uses are permitted:","(a) transient accommodation;","(b) transient accommodation accessory use","i. tourist and travel agencies;","ii. beauty parlors and barber shops;","iii. restaurants;","iv. premises validly licensed for use as","v. recreational and pleasure uses;","vi. accessory garden structures;","(c) retail sales, except gasoline and automotive","(d) offices;","(e) rental businesses;","(f) theatres, auditoriums, gymnasiums and","(g) clubs;","(h) schools;","(i) parking facilities;","(j) commercial exhibits;","(k) high tech;","(l) call centre."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"35,000 m² (no building on a lot smaller than this)","quotes":["a lot having an area of less than 35,000m2."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50%","quotes":["Site Coverage 4 The total site coverage shall not exceed 50%."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor space ratio 1.5 to 1","quotes":["Density 3 The floor space ratio shall not exceed 1.5 to 1."]},"max_height":{"value":"40 m","quotes":["Height 5 No building shall exceed 40m in height."]},"setback_front":{"value":"Government Street: 32 m. Belleville Street: 64 m (a one-storey greenhouse up to 140 m² may be at least 10.5 m from Belleville Street). Humboldt Street: 2.5 m. No setback from Douglas Street","quotes":["Setbacks 8 The minimum setback from Government Street","shall be 32m.","minimum setback from Belleville Street shall be","64m.","greenhouse may be sited within the required","setback from Belleville Street, at least 10.5m from","be 2.5m.","A one-storey structure of up to 140m2 for use as a","12 No setback is required from Douglas Street."]},"other":{"value":["At least 40% of the lot must be landscaped","No parking required, unless a building has a floor space ratio over 1.2 to 1, then at least 300 enclosed parking spaces"],"quotes":["Landscaping 6 No less than 40% of the lot shall be landscaped.","13 Subject to Section 14, no parking is required.","excess of 1.2 to 1, no fewer than 300 enclosed"]}},"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/823pdf#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/ihe/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/ihe.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/ihe.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/index.json"}}