---
title: "RS-2 zone in Esquimalt: Single Family Panhandle Residential"
place: Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/esquimalt
zone: RS-2
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050 (consolidated for convenience to September 3, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/esquimalt/zoning/rs-2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/esquimalt/zoning/rs-2.json"
---

# RS-2 zone in Esquimalt: Single Family Panhandle Residential

Accommodate Single Family Dwellings on Panhandle Lots.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Accommodate Single Family Dwellings on Panhandle Lots.
- **Main uses:** Single Family Residential; Home Occupation
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Secondary Suite (subject to Section 30.6); Boarding (subject to Section 30.3); Urban Hens (subject to Section 30.4)
- **Minimum lot area:** 650 m², excluding the Access Strip (parcels created by subdivision; all must be Panhandle Lots)
- **Minimum lot width:** Frontage at least 4.6 m; width at least 18 m measured at the Front Building Line (parcels created by subdivision)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 30% for all buildings and structures combined; accessory buildings and structures combined 10%
- **Maximum density:** Floor Area Ratio 0.35
- **Maximum height:** 7.3 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 3.6 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m; 12 m from the High Water Mark where the parcel abuts the sea
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m from interior side lot line, total of both side yards at least 4.5 m; where there is no rear lane, one side yard at least 3 m
- **Street side setback:** 3.6 m from exterior side lot line (corner lots)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front: not in front of the front face of the principal building; side: 1.5 m interior, 3.6 m exterior; rear: 1.5 m; at least 2.5 m from principal building; rear 4.5 m from High Water Mark where parcel abuts the sea
- **Other rules:** Minimum floor area of the first storey of a principal building: 88 m²; Minimum width of a single family dwelling: 7 m; Fences: up to 1.2 m in front of the front face of the principal building, 2 m behind it

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050 (consolidated for convenience to September 3, 2026), s. 35](https://www.esquimalt.ca/media/file/zoning-bylaw-1992-no-2050-september-3-2026pdf#page=53) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Esquimalt: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/esquimalt/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/esquimalt/zoning/rs-2/_