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R3-C-V zone in Victoria: Central Area Residential (Vancouver) District

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

In short

Central Area Residential (Vancouver) District.

Zone rules

PurposeCentral Area Residential (Vancouver) District.
Main uses
  • Business and professional offices
  • Care Facility
  • Church
  • Cultural facility
  • Financial service
  • High tech
  • Home occupation
  • Multiple dwelling
  • Personal services
  • Restaurant
  • Retail
  • Studio
Financial service may not occupy floor space within 6m of any portion of the building facing a street at street level; the only use permitted above the second storey is multiple dwelling.
Minimum lot area2000 m²
Maximum densityFloor space ratio 3:1; 3.62:1 where the rental-only legal agreement amenity is provided
Maximum height19.5 m; parapets may project 1.0 m and rooftop structures 5.0 m above
Front setback1.5 m (Vancouver Street), except for canopies, steps and parkade projections
Rear setback3.0 m (West), except for steps and parkade projections
Interior side setback3.0 m (South), except for parkade projections
Street side setback3.0 m (View Street), except for balconies, canopies, steps and parkade projections
Other rules
  • Front yard parkade projection maximum 0.9 m; other parkade projections maximum 2.4 m; balcony projections maximum 1.5 m
  • Vehicle and bicycle parking follow Schedule C

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. 3.138 (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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