{"title":"PB zone in Victoria: Public Buildings District","code":"PB","slug":"pb","name":"Public Buildings District","group":"Public","section":"8.10","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Public buildings used for non-profit purposes.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Public buildings used for non-profit purposes.","quotes":["No land or building may be used for the above-mentioned","purposes if such purpose includes the making of a profit,"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Churches","Government services (at all levels of government)","Activities and enterprises of agents of the Crown","Hospitals","Physical recreational facilities","Public assemblies","Art galleries","Cultural exhibits and activities"],"quotes":["The following uses are permitted, namely:","(a) churches;","(h) cultural exhibits and activities."]},"max_density":{"value":"Limited to the most restricted density applicable to any abutting site at the time of construction","quotes":["shall be restricted to that of the most restricted density"]},"max_height":{"value":"Not more than the height set for the most restricted zone the public buildings zone adjoins at the time of construction","quotes":["The height of any building shall not exceed the height","prescribed in this by-law for the most restricted zone which"]},"setback_front":{"value":"Same as the most restrictive standards applicable to any abutting site at the time of construction","quotes":["All setbacks (front, side and rear) shall be in accord with the","most restrictive standards applicable to any of the sites"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"Same as the most restrictive standards applicable to any abutting site at the time of construction","quotes":["All setbacks (front, side and rear) shall be in accord with the","most restrictive standards applicable to any of the sites"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"Same as the most restrictive standards applicable to any abutting site at the time of construction","quotes":["All setbacks (front, side and rear) shall be in accord with the","most restrictive standards applicable to any of the sites"]},"other":{"value":["Off-street loading and parking as required by Schedule C"],"quotes":["Off-street loading and parking shall be provided in accord"]}},"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/810pdf#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/pb/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/pb.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/pb.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/index.json"}}