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BylawsBylaw No. 2126Adopted 2023

Langford Zoning Bylaw, Amendment No. 698, (Omnibus No. 61 – Part 3: Unlicensed Vehicles and Institutional Fencing)

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The rules limit where unlicensed vehicles and automobile parts can be kept on lots, with different restrictions based on lot size and whether a lot is vacant. Fences on lots containing institutional uses are exempt from the height restrictions in the fence subsection.

Who it affects: These rules apply to people using lots to keep vehicles or automobile parts, and to lots containing Institutional uses.

Key rules

The parts residents most often run into. The PDF is the official text.

  • An “Unlicensed Vehicle” is an automobile or large automobile without number plates with active Vehicle Insurance.
  • On lots of 550 m2 (5,920.2 ft2) or more, more than one unlicensed vehicle may not be kept outside a building, except for farm vehicles or recreation vehicles.
  • On lots smaller than 550m2 (5,920.2 ft2), unlicensed vehicles must be completely enclosed in a building or structure.
  • Unlicensed vehicles may not be stored between the abutting highway and the front building line.
  • Automobile or large automobile parts must be completely enclosed in a permanent building; vacant lots in Residential Zones may not keep unlicensed vehicles, large automobiles or parts.
  • Fences on lots containing Institutional uses are exempt from the height restrictions of the fence subsection.

At council

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CITY OF LANGFORD 
 
BYLAW NO. 2126 
 
A BYLAW TO AMEND BYLAW NO. 300,  
“LANGFORD ZONING BYLAW, 1999" 
  
 
The Council of the City of Langford, in open meeting assembled, hereby enacts as follows: 
 
A. Langford Zoning Bylaw No. 300, 1999 is amended as follows: 
 
1. Section 1.01 – Definitions - is amended by inserting the following definition: 
 
“Vehicle Insurance” means vehicle insurance as defined in the Insurance (Vehicle) Act”. 
 
2. Section 1.01 – Definitions - is amended as follows:  
 
“Unlicensed Vehicle” means an automobile or large automobile that does not display number 
plates with active Vehicle Insurance.” 
 
3. By deleting 3.03 (1) (a)-(b) and replacing it with the following: 
 
a) Except where specifically permitted, no lot with a lot area greater than or equal to 550 m2 
(5,920.2 ft2 ) may be used for the keeping of more than one unlicensed vehicle, other than a 
farm vehicle or recreation vehicle, which is not completely enclosed in a building or structure; 
 
b) Except where specifically permitted, no lot with a lot area less than 550m2 (5,920.2 ft2) may 
be used for the keeping of any unlicensed vehicle which is not completely enclosed in a 
building or structure; 
 
c) No lot may be used for the keeping of detached parts of automobiles or large automobiles, 
unless the parts are completely enclosed in a permanent building; 
 
4. By deleting 3.03.02 and replacing it with the following: 
 
“No unlicensed vehicle of any type may be stored on a lot in a location between the abutting 
highway and the front building line.” 
 
5. By deleting 3.03.03 and replacing it with the following: 
 
“No vacant lot in any Residential Zone may be used for the keeping of unlicensed vehicles, 
large automobiles or automobile parts.” 
 
6. Section 3.21.03 – Fences – is amended by adding the following as Article (6):  
 
“Fences on lots containing Institutional uses are exempt from the height restrictions of this 
subsection”. 
 

 
Bylaw No. 2126 
 
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B. This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as “Langford Zoning Bylaw, Amendment No. 698, (Omnibus 
No. 61 – Part 3:  Unlicensed Vehicles and Institutional Fencing), Bylaw No. 2126, 2023". 
 
READ A FIRST TIME this 17th day of April, 2023. 
PUBLIC HEARING held this    day of    , 2023. 
READ A SECOND TIME this    day of    , 2023. 
 
READ A THIRD TIME this     day of    , 2023. 
APPROVED BY THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE this    day of    , 2023. 
ADOPTED this    day of    , 2023. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PRESIDING COUNCIL MEMBER 
CORPORATE OFFICER