---
title: "M-1 zone in Victoria: Limited Light Industrial District"
place: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/victoria
zone: M-1
bylaw: "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)"
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/m-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/m-1.json"
---

# M-1 zone in Victoria: Limited Light Industrial District

Main uses: Bakeries, Banks, Car washes, except those with hand operated sprayers and other driver operated machinery, Carpet cleaning, Churches, and 27 more.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Bakeries; Banks; Car washes, except those with hand operated sprayers and other driver operated machinery; Carpet cleaning; Churches; Clubs; Docks, wharves and piers; Dry cleaners; Dye works; Funeral undertaking; Garages; Limited light industries, including testing, servicing and repair (excluding manufacturing, processing or assembly); Mail order businesses; Milk processing and distribution; Printing and publishing; Quick-freeze lockers; Restaurants; Residence for watchman as ancillary use on a lot; Retail sales and offices as accessory uses; Schools, including trade schools; Storage lots for undamaged vehicles (impounded, or used to park passenger transportation, emergency, commercial service or delivery vehicles; not vehicles for sale, rent or lease); Tire vulcanizing; Vehicle sales and rentals; Veterinary hospitals, provided all runs are totally enclosed within a building; Warehouses; Wholesale; High tech; Call centre; Professional services, including architects, engineers and surveyors; Transient accommodation; Retail sales of home furnishings, home supplies, or sporting goods; Work-live (Uses must not be noxious or offensive to adjacent property or the public (odours, dust, smoke, gas, noise, effluent, radiation, glare, heat, vibration or hazard).)
- **Maximum density:** Floor space ratio 3.0 to 1 (high tech, call centre and transient accommodation each up to 1.6 to 1 of lot area; home furnishings, home supplies or sporting goods retail up to 1.4 to 1)
- **Maximum height:** 15 m; 4 m for any part of a building within 7.5 m of an internal boundary that adjoins the rear lot line of a residential lot
- **Front setback:** No street setbacks required, except on corner lots (no building closer to the intersection than a line joining points 3 m from it)
- **Interior side setback:** 3 m where the lot adjoins the side yard of a predominantly residential lot; otherwise none required (at least 3 m if provided)
- **Street side setback:** No street setbacks required, except on corner lots (no building closer to the intersection than a line joining points 3 m from it)
- **Other rules:** More than one building may be on a lot; Loading space at least 4 m wide, 9 m long and 4.3 m high, at least 3 m from any street; Work-live: at least one parking space per work-live unit; residential use is accessory and no more than 50% of the unit floor space

## 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. 7.1](https://www.victoria.ca/media/file/71pdf#page=1) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Victoria: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/m-1/_