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City of Langley zoning bylaw, section P3

Zone P3: P3 Shelter

A zone for a combined temporary homeless shelter and transitional housing facility, with care services and offices, in the University District area of the Official Community Plan.

1 lots carry this zone in the City of Langley lot records.

How many homes

  • The zone allows transitional housing and sets no count for it. Its density table allows at most 1 caretaker's dwelling unit, although its list of uses does not name one. (section P3, 1. Permitted Uses and 3. Density)

The rules of zone P3

What the zone allows

  • Community and family services, such as counselling, life skills training, meal programs and food banks. (section P3, 1. Permitted Uses and 1.3)
  • A temporary homeless shelter: free short-term stays for people who are homeless. (section P3, 1. Permitted Uses and 1.3)
  • Transitional housing: homes for people returning to the community after treatment for substance use, abusive relationships or similar situations. (section P3, 1. Permitted Uses and 1.3)
  • Offices and storage for personal belongings, as accessory uses. (section P3, 1. Permitted Uses)

Lot size for new lots

  • New lots must be at least 668 m² (7,190 sq ft). The zone sets no minimum frontage. (section P3, 2. Lot)

How much of the lot buildings may cover

  • The main building may cover at most 50% of the lot. (section P3, 5. Lot Coverage)

Floor area and density

  • The zone sets no floor area ratio limit. (section P3, 3. Density)

Height

  • Main buildings may be as high as the AZR for Langley Regional Airport allows. (section P3, 4. Height)
  • The zone sets no height limit for accessory buildings. (section P3, 4. Height)
  • The Airport Zoning Regulation (AZR) is the federal rule that sets the most a building may rise within 4,000 m (13,123 ft) of Langley Regional Airport. (section 1.3 AZR)
  • Fences may be at most 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) high. (section 2.3 b) iv))
  • The height limits do not apply to monuments, hydro towers, flag poles or telecommunication aerials. (section 2.3 b) ii))

Distance from the property lines

  • Main buildings: at least 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) from the front lot line and from a side lot line on a street, and 6 m (19 ft 8 in) from the rear and interior side lot lines. (section P3, 6. Setbacks)
  • Basements must be at least 2 m (6 ft 7 in) from the front lot line and from a side lot line along a street. Swimming pools may not sit in the front setback. (section 2.4 f) iv))
  • No building or structure may be built within 30 m (98 ft) of the natural boundary (the usual high water mark) of a Class A watercourse, 15 m (49 ft 3 in) of a Class B watercourse, or 5 m (16 ft 5 in) of a Class C watercourse. The Schedule B map in the bylaw gives each watercourse its class. A different distance may apply where a Qualified Environmental Professional sets one and the Province accepts it. (section 2.3 f) i) and ii))
  • These watercourse distances do not apply where the lot's subdivision was approved with a stream-side study and the building follows the covenant on title, or where a development permit for protecting nature sets where the building goes. (section 2.3 f) iii))
  • If the lot fronts a provincial highway and the Ministry of Transportation and Transit asks for a larger front setback than this bylaw, the Ministry's setback applies. (section 2.3 d))

Parking

  • Parking for homes must be on the same lot as the homes. (section 3.2 b.)
  • Parking for uses other than homes may be on another lot within 160 m (525 ft), if that lot is zoned for it or held for it by a covenant on title. (section 3.2 a.)
  • Commercial, industrial and institutional uses need at least 2 Level 2 electric car chargers, and 20% of the other spaces need power outlets for future chargers. Hotels and motels need a Level 2 charger at every space. (section 3.4 g.)
  • Bicycle parking: 0.1 secure spaces per 100 m² (1,076 sq ft) of gross floor area for staff, plus 6 visitor spaces per lot. (section 3.8 b) 2.)
  • Each commercial or industrial building needs 1 loading space. A building with both apartments and commercial space needs at least one loading space for each use. (section 3.9 b))

Other rules

  • Landscaping follows Section 4: trees, shrubs or a fence at least 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) high along any lot line next to a lot zoned for different uses; a planted or paved strip at least 1 m (3 ft 3 in) wide along the front lot line and any side lot line on a street; a screen at least 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) high for parking within 6 m (19 ft 8 in) of a street; screens for loading areas, open storage and garbage containers; and a planted strip at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) wide along a provincial highway. (section 4.1)
  • On land listed in the City's Floodplain Elevation Bylaw, the living space of any building must meet the floor heights and distances that bylaw sets. (section 2.3 e))
  • On a corner lot, a swimming pool may not sit inside the triangle formed by the two street lot lines and a line joining the points 9 m (29 ft 6 in) from where those lot lines meet. (section 2.3 c))
  • On a corner lot, the triangle formed by the two street lot lines and a line joining the points 3 m (9 ft 10 in) from the corner must stay clear: no building, structure or planting, and no fence or retaining wall over 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) high. Out to the points 6 m (19 ft 8 in) from the corner, nothing built or planted may be more than 1 m (3 ft 3 in) above the ground. (section 2.4 e))

Source: City of Langley Zoning Bylaw, 2025, No. 3300. Section numbers are the bylaw's own.

Questions about zone P3

What is zone P3 in the City of Langley?

P3 is the P3 Shelter in the City of Langley zoning bylaw (section P3). A zone for a combined temporary homeless shelter and transitional housing facility, with care services and offices, in the University District area of the Official Community Plan.

How many homes can I build in zone P3?

The zone allows transitional housing and sets no count for it. Its density table allows at most 1 caretaker's dwelling unit, although its list of uses does not name one.

How tall can I build in zone P3?

Main buildings may be as high as the AZR for Langley Regional Airport allows. The zone sets no height limit for accessory buildings.

How many lots are zoned P3?

The City of Langley lot records list 1 lots in zone P3, on 1 streets.

Streets with lots in zone P3

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