{"title":"MS-3 zone in Victoria: Kingston Hotel District","code":"MS-3","slug":"ms-3","name":"Kingston Hotel District","group":"Industrial","section":"7.38","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: All uses permitted in the M-S-1 Zone, Marine Service (Outer Harbour) District, Transient accommodation.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["All uses permitted in the M-S-1 Zone, Marine Service (Outer Harbour) District","Transient accommodation"],"quotes":["(a) all of the uses permitted in the M-S-1 Zone, Marine","(b) transient accommodation."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"5000 m²","quotes":["A lot must have an area of at least 5000 m2."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50%","quotes":["Site coverage must not exceed 50%."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor space ratio 1.4:1; for transient accommodation 0.5:1, increased to 1.4:1 where a 5 m wide public path is provided","quotes":["not exceed 1.4:1;","(a) for transient accommodation uses 0.5:1;","(b) where an amenity is provided in the form of a 5 m","accommodation uses may be increased to 1.4:1."]},"max_height":{"value":"26 m","quotes":["A building must not exceed 26 m in height."]},"setback_front":{"value":"9 m from a street","quotes":["Setback must be at least 9 m from a street."]},"other":{"value":["Buildings must be at least 6 m from the high water mark of Victoria Harbour"],"quotes":["must be at least 6 m"]}},"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/738pdf#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/ms-3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/ms-3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/ms-3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/index.json"}}