{"title":"OTD-1 zone in Victoria: Old Town District – 1 Zone","code":"OTD-1","slug":"otd-1","name":"Old Town District – 1 Zone","group":"Mixed use","section":"4.8","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Art and Cultural Facility, Assembly, Assisted Living Facility, Brew Pub (beer, spirits, wine), Care Facility, and 17 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Art and Cultural Facility","Assembly","Assisted Living Facility","Brew Pub (beer, spirits, wine)","Care Facility","Civic Facility","Dock, Pier and Wharf","Drinking Establishment","Equipment Rental","Financial Service","Food and Beverage Service","Hotel","Laboratory","Light Industrial","Office","Personal Service","Residential","Retail Liquor Sale","Retail Trade","Studio","Utility","Veterinary Clinic"],"note":"Residential uses and Hotel guest rooms are not allowed on the first storey, except where directly next to and accessed from a lane, alleyway, through-block walkway or interior courtyard.","quotes":["a. Art and Cultural Facility m. Hotel","b. Assembly n. Laboratory","c. Assisted Living Facility o. Light Industrial","d. Brew Pub (beer, spirits, wine) p. Office","e. Care Facility q. Personal Service","f. Civic Facility r. Residential","g. Dock, Pier and Wharf s. Retail Liquor Sale","h. Drinking Establishment t. Retail Trade","i. Equipment Rental u. Studio","j. Financial Service v. Utility","k. Food and Beverage Service w. Veterinary Clinic"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home Occupation"],"quotes":["l. Home Occupation"]},"max_density":{"value":"3.0:1; 1.0:1 for Office within any Building constructed after 1914","quotes":["a. Density of Development - Maximum: 3.0:1","b. Density of Development - Maximum for 1.0:1","Office within any Building constructed after","1914."]},"max_height":{"value":"15.0m","quotes":["a. Height - Maximum: 15.0m"]},"other":{"value":["Motor vehicle parking is only required for lots of 1100m² or more, and all required parking must be within a Building","Lot coverage, lot dimensions and building setbacks: no regulations stated (left blank)"],"quotes":["a. Motor vehicle parking is only required for any Lot that has an overall area of 1100m2 or greater, and subject","b. Notwithstanding the requirements in Part 5 of this bylaw, all motor vehicle parking must be located within a","(Intentionally left blank)"]}},"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/zoning-bylaw-2018#page=82","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/otd-1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/otd-1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/otd-1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/index.json"}}