LVD-1 zone in Victoria: Local Village District – 1 Zone

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

In short

Main uses: Art and Cultural Facility, Assembly, Assisted Living Facility, Care Facility, Civic Facility, and 9 more.

Zone rules

Main uses	Art and Cultural Facility Assembly Assisted Living Facility Care Facility Civic Facility Financial Service Food and Beverage Service Office Personal Service Residential Retail Trade Studio Utility Veterinary Clinic Dwelling Units are not allowed on the first storey unless next to a flanking street lot line; first storey Office is not allowed within 6m of a wall abutting a street or walkway.
Also allowed (secondary uses)	Accessory Building Home Occupation
Minimum lot area	540 m²
Minimum lot width	15.0m
Maximum lot coverage	80%
Maximum density	1.6:1
Maximum height	14.0m
Front setback	0.0m
Rear setback	6.0m for the First Storey and any Storeys without a Residential use; 8.0m or 25% of lot depth, whichever is greater, for any part above the First Storey with a Residential use
Interior side setback	0.0m
Street side setback	0.0m
Other rules	Landscape area: at least 6% of lot area Rooftop structures may project up to 3.6m above the height limit Accessory buildings: maximum flanking street setback is 3.5m or the minimum front setback of adjoining lots, whichever is greater

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. 4.2 (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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