---
title: "S-1 zone in Victoria: Limited Service District"
place: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/victoria
zone: S-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/s-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/s-1.json"
---

# S-1 zone in Victoria: Limited Service District

Limited Service District.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Limited Service District.
- **Main uses:** Automobile, truck, trailer and other chattel rentals; Bakeries; Banks and other financial institutions; Churches and places of worship; Professional services; Carpet cleaning; Clubs; Recreation and entertainment services; Dye works and dry cleaning; Washing of motor vehicles; Garages (excluding impound lots and storage of damaged vehicles in any yard); Laundries; Milk processing and distribution stations; Printing and publishing establishments; Quick freeze locker plants; Restaurants; Taxi offices; Tire vulcanizing; Wholesale and retail sales; Parking facilities (excluding impound lots, storage of damaged vehicles and storage of vehicles for sale, rent or lease); Offices; Servicing and repair of goods; Uses incidental to any of the above uses; High tech; Call centre
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 60%
- **Maximum density:** Floor space ratio of all buildings on a lot not to exceed 1.5 to 1; more than one building may be on a lot
- **Maximum height:** 15 m; within 7.5 m of an internal boundary adjoining the rear lot line of a residential lot, 4 m
- **Front setback:** No street setback required, except on corner lots (no building closer to the intersection than the diagonal line joining points 3 m from the intersecting point)
- **Rear setback:** None required; if provided, at least 3 m; 3 m where the lot adjoins the side yard of a residential lot
- **Interior side setback:** None required; if provided, at least 3 m; 3 m where the lot adjoins the side yard of a residential lot
- **Other rules:** Loading space at least 4 m wide, 9 m long and 4.3 m high, set back at least 3 m from the street; Parking, loading or outdoor storage yards must be separated from any street by a landscape screen at least 1 m wide; Yards next to residential lots need a landscape screen at least 1.5 m high and 60 cm wide

## 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. 7.6](https://www.victoria.ca/media/file/76pdf#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/s-1/_