Bylaws

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Zoning Bylaws

• Zoning Regulation Bylaws

General Bylaws

Disclaimer: The frequently requested bylaws listed below have been placed on the Internet for convenience only and may not contain the latest amendment(s). We make every effort to ensure the bylaws on our web site are accurate; however, the City of Victoria cannot guarantee the accuracy of information provided. The latest or most accurate version may be obtained from Legislative Services at 250.361.0571.

• Abandoned Properties Bylaw - No. 08-058 [PDF - 42 KB]
• Administration Fees Bylaw - No. 04-040 [PDF - 10 KB]
  • Administrative Fees Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 1) - No. 09-071 [PDF - 13 KB]
  • Administrative Fees Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 2) - No. 10-010 [PDF - 13 KB]
• Alternative Municipal Tax Collection Scheme Bylaw - 13-016 [PDF - 474 KB]
• Animal Control Bylaw - No. 11-044 [PDF - 2.7 MB]
  • Animal Control Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 1) - No. 12-020 [PDF - 12 KB]
  • Animal Control Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 2) - No. 12-021 [PDF - 706 KB]
• Blasting (Construction) Operations Bylaw - No. 06-008 [PDF - 116 KB]
• Board of Variance Bylaw - No. 07-097 [PDF - 40 KB]
• Boulevard Tax Bylaw, 2013 - No. 13-024 [PDF - 288 KB]
• Boulevard Tree Lighting Bylaw - No. 05-45 [PDF - 121 KB]
• Building Bylaw - No. 93-111 [PDF - 104 KB]
  • Building Bylaw - No. 93-111, Schedule A [PDF - 64 KB]
  • Building Bylaw - No. 93-111, Schedule B [PDF - 28 KB]
  • Building Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 1) - No. 93-176 [PDF - 46 KB]
  • Building Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 2) - No. 94-034 [PDF - 8 KB]
  • Building Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 3) - No. 95-001 [PDF - 7 KB]
  • Building Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 5) - No. 96-024 [PDF - 41 KB]
  • Building Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 6) - No. 99-095 [PDF - 68 KB]
  • Building Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 7) - No. 04-038 [PDF - 12 KB]
  • Building Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 8) - No. 11-052 [PDF - 10 KB]
• Business Improvement Area Rate Bylaw, 2013 - No. 13-022 [PDF - 7.9 MB]
• Council Bylaw - No. 09-046 [PDF - 140 KB]
• Council Remuneration Bylaw - No. 08-103 [PDF - 19 KB]
• Development Cost Charge Bylaw - No. 06-65 [PDF - 46 KB]
• Emergency Program Bylaw - No. 04-023 [PDF - 94 KB]
• False Alarms Bylaw - No. 10-073 [PDF - 33 KB]
• Fence Bylaw No. 93-112 [PDF - 57 KB]
  • Fence Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 1) - No. 93-161 [PDF - 11 KB]
• Fire Prevention and Regulation Bylaw, 1996 - No. 96-010 [PDF - 3.3 MB]
  • Fire Prevention and Regulation Bylaw, 1996, Amendment Bylaw (No. 1) - No. 99-089 [PDF - 483 KB]
  • Fire Prevention and Regulation Bylaw, 1996, Amendment Bylaw (No. 2) - No. 99-106 [PDF - 489 KB]
  • Fire Prevention and Regulation Bylaw, 1996, Amendment Bylaw (No. 3) - No. 99-136 [PDF - 1.7 MB]
• Fireworks Bylaw No. 07-070 [PDF - 45 KB]
• Five Year Financial Plan Bylaw, 2013 - No. 13-023 [PDF - 1.1 MB]
• Freedom of Information Administration Bylaw - No. 94-193 [PDF - 60 KB]
  • Freedom of Information Administration Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 1) - No. 03-043 [PDF - 52 KB]
• Fuel Equipment & Storage Bylaw - No. 07-049 [PDF - 102 KB]
• Highway Access Bylaw - No. 91-038 [PDF - 17 KB]
  • Highway Access Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 1) - No. 93-116 [PDF - 5 KB]
  • Schedule A - Driveway Crossing Application [PDF - 32 KB]
  • Schedule B - Typical Driveway Crossings [PDF - 50 KB]
  • Schedule C - Typical Driveway Sight Line Clearance [PDF - 24 KB]
  • STD 106 - Site Plan for Driveway Crossing Applications [PDF - 58 KB]
• Idling Control Bylaw - No. 07-069 [PDF - 36 KB]
• Inspection Bylaw - No. 06-061 [PDF - 104 KB]
• Land Use Procedures Bylaw 09-048 [PDF - 82 KB]
  • Land Use Procedures Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 1) - No. 12-009)
• Liquor Licensing Fee Bylaw - No. 01-036 [PDF - 813 KB]
• Low-Speed Electric-Powered Vehicle Authorization Bylaw - No. 13-006 [PDF - 17 KB]
• Noise Bylaw - No. 03-012 [PDF - 131 KB]
  • City of Victoria Noise District Map [PDF - 1.8 MB]
  • Noise Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 1) - No. 06-053 [PDF - 19 KB]
  • Noise Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 2) - No. 08-016 [PDF - 19 KB]
  • Noise Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 3) - No. 08-060 [PDF - 19 KB]
• Nuisance (Business Regulation) Bylaw - No. 05-069 [PDF - 109 KB]
  • Nuisance (Business Regulation) Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 1) - 07-045 [PDF - 70 KB]
• Outdoor Market Bylaw - No. 93-121 [PDF - 48 KB]
• Parks Regulation Bylaw - No. 07-059 [PDF - 582 KB]
  • Parks Regulation Bylaw, Amendment (No. 1) - No. 09-014 [PDF - 22 KB]
  • Parks Regulation Bylaw, Amendment (No. 2) - No. 09-021 [PDF - 23 KB]
  • Parks Regulation Bylaw, Amendment (No. 6) - No. 10-021 [PDF - 19 KB]
• Pesticide Use Reduction Bylaw - No. 07-094 [PDF - 52 KB]
• Plumbing Bylaw - No. 04-067 [PDF - 203 KB]
  • Plumbing Permit Fees Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 2) - No. 02-029
• Property Maintenance Bylaw - No. 07-050 [PDF - 38 KB]
  • Property Maintenance Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 1) - 09-049 [PDF - 17 KB]
• Property Maintenance Hearing Delegation Bylaw - No. 09-045 [PDF - 29 KB]
• Recreation Fees Bylaw - No. 06-056 [PDF - 58 KB]
  • Recreation Fees Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 1) - No. 08-073 [PDF - 40 KB]
  • Recreation Fees Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 2) - No. 09-055
  • Recreation Fees Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 3) - No. 10-036
  • Recreation Fees Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 4) - No. 10-053
  • Recreation Fees Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 5) - No. 11-047
  • Recreation Fees Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 6) - No. 12-064 
• Revitalization Tax Exemption (Green Power Facilities) Bylaw - No. 09-040 [PDF - 59 KB]
• Ross Bay Cemetery Bylaw - No. 10-046 [PDF - 132 KB]
• Sidewalk Cafes Regulation Bylaw - No. 02-75 [PDF - 131 KB]
• Sign Bylaw - No. 92-030 [PDF - 49 KB]
  • Sign Bylaw Amendment - No. 92-127 [PDF - 7 KB]
  • Sign Bylaw Amendment - No. 93-101 [PDF - 33 KB]
  • Sign Bylaw Amendment - No. 93-142 [PDF - 47 KB]
  • Sign Bylaw Amendment - No. 93-160 [PDF - 31 KB]
  • Sign Bylaw Amendment - No. 94-019 [PDF - 8 KB]
  • Sign Bylaw Amendment - No. 94-051 [PDF - 13 KB]
  • Sign Bylaw Amendment - No. 95-056 [PDF - 44 KB]
  • Sign Bylaw Amendment - No. 97-091 [PDF - 44 KB]
  • Sign Bylaw Amendment - No. 98-020 [PDF - 39 KB]
  • Sign Bylaw Amendment - No. 01-082 [PDF - 49 KB]
  • Sign Bylaw Amendment - No. 03-061 [PDF - 52 KB]
  • Sign Bylaw Amendment - No. 06-030 [PDF - 17 KB]
• Smoke Alarm Bylaw - No. 92-018 [PDF - 38 KB]
• Solid Waste Bylaw - No. 12-086 [PDF - 58 KB]
• Storm Water Bylaw - No. 01-154 [PDF - 78 KB]
  • Storm Water Bylaw Amendment - No. 05-080 [PDF - 121 KB]
    • Codes of Practice, Best Management Practices, Tools
• Streets and Traffic Bylaw - No. 09-079 [PDF - 297 KB]
  • Streets and Traffic Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 1) - No. 10-061 [PDF - 25 KB]
• Street Entertainment Miscellaneous Amendments Bylaw, 2012 - No. 12-030 [PDF - 21 KB]
• Tax Bylaw, 2013 - No. 13-027 [PDF - 569 KB]
• Ticket Bylaw - No. 10-071 [PDF - 157 KB]
  • Ticket Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 1) - No. 11-045 [PDF - 31 KB]
  • Ticket Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 2) - No. 12-022 [PDF - 30 KB]
  • Ticket Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 3) - No. 12-031
  • Ticket Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 4) - No. 13-013 [PDF - 59 KB]
• Ticketing Amendments Bylaw, 2012 - 12-089 [PDF - 31 KB]
• Ticketing Consequential Amendments Bylaw - No. 10-074 [PDF - 44 KB]
• Towing and Immobilizing Companies Bylaw - No. 11-033 [PDF - 37 KB]
• Towing Consequential Amendments Bylaw - No. 11-034 [PDF - 25 KB]
• Tree Preservation Bylaw - No. 05-106 [PDF - 122 KB]
• Vehicle Impoundment - No. 02-121 [PDF - 85 KB]
• Vehicles For Hire Bylaw - No. 03-060 [PDF - 145 KB]
  • Vehicles for Hire Bylaw, Amendment (No. 4) - No. 05-101 [PDF - 72 KB]
  • Vehicles for Hire Bylaw, Amendment (No. 5) - No. 07-086 [PDF - 17 KB]
    • Taxicab Rates in the Capital Regional District [PDF - 409 KB]
  • Vehicles for Hire Bylaw, Amendment (No. 6) - No. 09-089 [PDF - 21 KB]
  • Vehicles for Hire Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 8) - No. 12-027 [PDF - 12 KB
  • Vehicles for Hire Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 9) - No. 12-091 [PDF - 17 KB]
    • Horsedrawn Vehicle - Area of Operation [PDF - 253 KB]
    • Pedicab - Existing Area of Operation [PDF - 243 KB]
  • Vehicles for Hire Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 10) - No. 13-012 [PDF - 1.9 MB]
• Victoria Subdivision and Development Servicing Bylaw - No. 12-042 [PDF - 55 KB]
  • Schedule A [PDF - 67 KB]
  • Schedule B Table of Contents [PDF - 202 KB]
  • Schedule B1 Drawing Specifications [PDF - 700 KB]
  • Schedule B2 Supplementary Specifications [PDF - 283 KB]
  • Schedule B3-1 Supplementary Drawings-Concrete [PDF - 2.2 MB]
  • Schedule B3-2 Supplementary Drawings-Electrical [PDF - 1.1 MB]
  • Schedule B3-3 Supplementary Drawings-General [PDF - 4 MB]
  • Schedule B3-4 Supplementary Drawings-Parks [PDF - 1 MB]
  • Schedule B3-5 Supplementary Drawings-Roadworks [PDF - 552 KB]
  • Schedule B3-6 Supplementary Drawings-Sanitary Storm [PDF - 1.2 MB]
  • Schedule B3-7 Supplementary Drawings-Waterworks [PDF - 1.1 MB]
  • Schedule C [PDF - 375 KB]
  • Schedule D - F [PDF - 904 KB]
  • Schedule G [PDF - 39 KB]
• Waterworks Bylaw - No. 07-030 [PDF - 78 KB]
  • Waterworks Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 1) - No. 07-104 [PDF - 22 KB]
  • Waterworks Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 2) - No. 08-105 [PDF - 22 KB]
  • Waterworks Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 3) - No. 09-086 [PDF - 12 KB]
  • Waterworks Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 4) - No. 10-086 [PDF - 20 KB]
  • Waterworks Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 5) - No. 11-071 [PDF - 17 KB]
  • Waterworks Bylaw, Amendment Bylaw (No. 6) - No. 12-092 [PDF - 20 KB]

Please note that maps are office consolidations only and are provided for your convenience. Every effort has been made to ensure their accuracy - for accurate information, please refer to specific bylaws and amendments available at City Hall.

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