City of Colwood Zoning Bylaw
103 zone definitions. 39 with development rules (height, FAR, setbacks).
The City of Colwood zoning bylaw establishes 103 zone designations across six categories: 32 residential, 15 commercial, 46 comprehensive development, 6 institutional, 2 agricultural, and 2 industrial zones. Residential zones range from rural designations like A1 (10.5m height, 7.5m front setback, 10.0m rear setback, 3.0m side setback) to mixed-use formats, with overall heights spanning 8.5m to 77.0m across the municipality. Commercial zones include neighbourhood, community, and district options, with the Towncentre Mixed Use A zone (C8A) permitting up to 27.0m height and 2.3 floor area ratio. The bylaw data provided does not specify secondary suite permissions for individual zones. Colwood is located in the Capital Region on Vancouver Island's West Shore, adjacent to Victoria and other municipalities in the region.
Region: Capital Region, West Shore
| Zone Code | Zone Name | Category | Max Height | FAR | Front Setback | Rear Setback | Side Setback | Secondary Suite | Bylaw |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | Rural 1 | residential | 10.5m | -- | 7.5m | 10.0m | 3.0m | -- | Bylaw |
| AG1 | Agricultural 1 | agricultural | 10.5m | -- | 7.5m | 10.0m | 3.0m | -- | Bylaw |
| AG2 | Agricultural 2 | agricultural | 10.5m | -- | 7.5m | 10.0m | 3.0m | -- | Bylaw |
| AR1 | Rural Residential 1 | residential | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| AR2 | Rural Residential 2 | residential | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| C1 | Neighbourhood Commercial | commercial | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| C2 | Community Commercial | commercial | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| C3 | District Commercial | commercial | 15.0m | 2.0 | 7.5m | 3.0m | 4.5m | -- | Bylaw |
| C4 | Apartment Commercial | commercial | 15.0m | 1.0 | 7.5m | 3.0m | 4.5m | -- | Bylaw |
| C5 | Mixed Commercial | commercial | 15.0m | 1.0 | 3.0m | 3.0m | 4.5m | -- | Bylaw |
| C6 | Commercial Tank Farm | commercial | 12.0m | 0.2 | 7.5m | 7.5m | 7.5m | -- | Bylaw |
| C7 | Mixed Commercial/Residential | commercial | -- | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| C8 | Towncentre Mixed Use | commercial | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| C8A | Towncentre Mixed Use A | commercial | 27.0m | 2.3 | 1.2m | 6.0m | 4.0m | -- | Bylaw |
| CD1 | Comprehensive Development 1 | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD10 | Comprehensive Development 10 | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD11 | Comprehensive Development 11 | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD12 | Comprehensive Development 12 | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD13 | Comprehensive Development 13 (Latoria and Bezanton) | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD14 | Comprehensive Development 14 | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD15 | Comprehensive Development 15 | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD16 | Comprehensive Development 16 | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD17 | Comprehensive Development 17 | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD18 | Comprehensive Development 18 | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD19 | Comprehensive Development 19 (Goldstream) | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD2 | Comprehensive Development 2 (Olympic View) | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD20 | Comprehensive Development 20 (Bona Vita) | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD21 | Comprehensive Development 21 (Centro) | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD22 | Comprehensive Development 22 | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD24 | Comprehensive Development 24 | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD25 | Comprehensive Development 25 | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD26 | Comprehensive Development 26 (Wishart) | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD27 | Comprehensive Development 27 (Jerome Belmont) | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD28 | Comprehensive Development 28 (Latoria South) | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD29 | Comprehensive Development 29 (Meaford) | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD3 | Comprehensive Development 3 | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD30 | Comprehensive Development 30 (Royal Beach) | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD31 | Comprehensive Development 31 (3554 Ryder Hesjedal) | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD32 | Comprehensive Development 32 (791 Drummond) | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD33 | Comprehensive Development 33 (2350 Sooke) | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD34 | Comprehensive Development 34 | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD35 | Comprehensive Development 35 | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD36 | Comprehensive Development 36 | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD37 | Comprehensive Development 37 (3211 Jacklin) | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD38 | Comprehensive Development 38 (641 Latoria Road) | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD39 | Comprehensive Development 39 (3494 Wishart Road) | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD4 | Comprehensive Development 4 | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD40 | Comprehensive Development 40 (2324 Sooke) | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD5 | Comprehensive Development 5 | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD6 | Comprehensive Development 6 (Ocean Grove) | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD7 | Comprehensive Development 7 | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD8 | Comprehensive Development 8 | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CD9 | Comprehensive Development 9 | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CN1 | Comprehensive Neighbourhood Development 1 | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CS1 | Service Commercial | commercial | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CS2 | Highway Commercial | commercial | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| CS3 | Service Commercial 3 | commercial | 12.0m | 1.0 | 7.5m | 3.0m | 4.5m | -- | Bylaw |
| CT1 | Tourist Commercial - Motel | commercial | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| HAH1 | Hillside Attached Housing 1 | residential | 12.5m | 1.2 | 4.0m | 7.5m | 1.5m | -- | Bylaw |
| M1 | Light Industrial | industrial | 12.0m | -- | 7.5m | 7.5m | 6.0m | -- | Bylaw |
| M2 | General Industrial | industrial | -- | -- | 7.5m | 10.0m | 6.0m | -- | Bylaw |
| MUEC1 | Mixed Use Employment Centre | commercial | 18.0m | 1.0 | 7.5m | 10.0m | 6.0m | -- | Bylaw |
| MUEC2 | Mixed Use Employment Centre 2 | commercial | 18.0m | 1.0 | 7.5m | 10.0m | 6.0m | -- | Bylaw |
| P1 | Neighbourhood Institutional | institutional | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| P2 | Community Institutional | institutional | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| P3 | Public Utility | institutional | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| P4 | Park and Open Space | institutional | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| P5 | Natural Park | institutional | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| P6 | Day Care | institutional | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| R-1 | Residential One | residential | 9.0m | 0.5 | 6.0m | 7.5m | 1.5m | -- | Bylaw |
| R-2 | Residential Two | residential | 8.5m | 0.4 | 7.5m | 7.5m | 1.5m | -- | Bylaw |
| R-3 | Residential Three | residential | 8.5m | 0.4 | 7.5m | 7.5m | 1.5m | -- | Bylaw |
| R-4 | Residential Four | residential | 9.0m | 0.4 | 6.0m | 7.5m | 1.5m | -- | Bylaw |
| R-5 | Residential Five | residential | 9.0m | 0.45 | 7.5m | 6.0m | 1.5m | -- | Bylaw |
| R-6 | Residential Six | residential | 8.5m | -- | 4.5m | 6.0m | 1.2m | -- | Bylaw |
| R1 | Residential 1 | residential | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| R2 | Residential 2 | residential | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| R3 | Residential 3 | residential | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| R4 | Residential 4 | residential | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| R5 | Residential 5 | residential | 9.0m | 0.45 | 7.5m | 6.0m | 1.5m | -- | Bylaw |
| R6 | Residential 6 | residential | 8.5m | -- | 4.5m | 6.0m | 1.2m | -- | Bylaw |
| RBCD1 | Royal Bay CD 1 | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| RBCD1A | Royal Bay CD 1A | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| RBCD2 | Royal Bay CD 2 | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| RBCD3 | Royal Bay CD3 | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| RBCD3A | Royal Bay CD3A | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| RBCD5 | Royal Bay CD5 | comprehensive_development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bylaw |
| RC1 | Comprehensive Residential 1 | residential | 9.0m | -- | 7.5m | 10.0m | 6.0m | -- | Bylaw |
| RM-1 | Low Density Attached Housing | residential | 9.0m | -- | 7.5m | 10.0m | 6.0m | -- | Bylaw |
| RM-1A | Medium Density Attached Housing | residential | 9.0m | -- | 7.5m | 10.0m | 6.0m | -- | Bylaw |
| RM1 | Low Density Attached Housing | residential | 9.0m | -- | 7.5m | 10.0m | 6.0m | -- | Bylaw |
| RM1A | Medium Density Attached Housing | residential | 9.0m | -- | 7.5m | 10.0m | 6.0m | -- | Bylaw |
| RM1B | Medium Density Attached Housing B | residential | 9.0m | -- | 7.5m | 10.0m | 6.0m | -- | Bylaw |
| RM2 | Attached Housing | residential | 9.0m | -- | 7.5m | 10.0m | 6.0m | -- | Bylaw |
| RM3 | Apartment | residential | 15.0m | -- | 7.5m | 10.0m | 7.5m | -- | Bylaw |
| RM4 | Apartment (Senior Citizens) | residential | 14.0m | -- | 7.5m | 10.0m | 7.5m | -- | Bylaw |
| RM5 | Medium Density Apartment | residential | 15.0m | 0.9 | 7.5m | 10.0m | 7.5m | -- | Bylaw |
| RM6 | Medium Density Low Rise Residential | residential | 15.0m | 0.9 | 7.5m | 10.0m | 7.5m | -- | Bylaw |
| RM7 | Medium Density Residential 7 | residential | 15.0m | 1.0 | 7.5m | 10.0m | 1.5m | -- | Bylaw |
| RT1 | Residential Towncentre | residential | 22.5m | 1.55 | 2.5m | 6.5m | 4.0m | -- | Bylaw |
| RT4 | Residential Towncentre 4 | residential | 77.0m | 3.45 | 10.0m | 7.5m | 3.6m | -- | Bylaw |
| RTS-2 | Towncentre Seniors Residential | residential | 22.5m | 1.75 | 4.5m | 6.5m | 4.0m | -- | Bylaw |
| TGA1 | Transit Growth Area 1 | residential | 24.0m | 2.5 | 3.0m | 7.5m | 4.0m | -- | Bylaw |
Zoning data extracted from municipal bylaw documents. Development rules may not reflect the most recent amendments. Always verify with City of Colwood before making decisions.