{"title":"R2 zone in Fort St James: Residential Apartment Building","code":"R2","slug":"r2","name":"Residential Apartment Building","group":"Residential","section":"4.2","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Multiple-unit dwellings including cluster housing, row housing and apartment buildings, with full urban services.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Multiple-unit dwellings including cluster housing, row housing and apartment buildings, with full urban services.","quotes":["The intent of the R2 zoning district is to accommodate the demand for multiple-unit dwelling use"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Residential use – single-detached dwelling","Residential use – duplex dwelling","Residential use – cluster housing","Residential use – row housing","Residential use – apartment building"],"quotes":["Residential use – single-detached dwelling","Residential use – duplex dwelling","Residential use – cluster housing","Residential use – row housing","Residential use – apartment building"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Bed and breakfast accommodation","Day care centre","Home occupation","Accessory buildings and uses"],"quotes":["Bed and breakfast accommodation","Day care centre","Home occupation","Accessory buildings and uses"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Commercial kitchen / catering services, only on Parcel A, consolidation of lots 20 & 21, District Lot 110, Block 1, Range 5 Coast"],"quotes":["Commercial kitchen / catering services (only for the lands legally described as 'Parcel A,","consolidation of lots 20 & 21, District Lot 110, Block 1, Range 5 Coast)."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1,000 m² (cluster housing); 250 m² (row housing); 1,000 m² (apartment); 556 m² (apartment on Lots 20, 21 or 22, Block Q, District Lot 111, Plan 3304)","quotes":["Cluster housing: Minimum lot area is 1,000 square metres and minimum frontage is 30 metres.","Row housing: Minimum lot area is 250 square metres and minimum frontage is 30 metres.","Apartment: Minimum lot area is 1,000 square metres and minimum frontage is 30 metres.","the minimum lot area is 556 square metres and minimum frontage is 15.2 metres."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"30 m (cluster housing, row housing, apartment); 15.2 m (apartment on Lots 20, 21 or 22, Block Q, District Lot 111, Plan 3304)","quotes":["Cluster housing: Minimum lot area is 1,000 square metres and minimum frontage is 30 metres.","Row housing: Minimum lot area is 250 square metres and minimum frontage is 30 metres.","Apartment: Minimum lot area is 1,000 square metres and minimum frontage is 30 metres.","the minimum lot area is 556 square metres and minimum frontage is 15.2 metres."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40%","quotes":["Maximum lot coverage is 40%."]},"max_density":{"value":"40 dwelling units per hectare (cluster housing); 40 per hectare (row housing); 80 per hectare (apartment)","quotes":["Maximum of 40 dwelling units per hectare for cluster housing.","Maximum of 40 dwelling units per hectare for row housing.","Maximum of 80 dwelling units per hectare for apartment."]},"max_height":{"value":"12 m or three storeys, whichever is less","quotes":["Maximum height of the principal building is 12 metres or three storeys, whichever is less."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"5 m","quotes":["Maximum height for an accessory building or structure is 5 metres."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["A front yard shall not be less than 7.5 metres in depth from the principal building."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["A rear yard shall not be less than 7.5 metres in depth from the principal building."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3 m on each side","quotes":["A side yard shall not be less than 3 metres on each side of the principal building."]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"Not in the required front yard","quotes":["Accessory buildings shall not be located in the required front yard;"]},"other":{"value":["Minimum principal building floor space 60 m² and minimum width 6 m","Maximum two accessory buildings per lot"],"quotes":["Principal building will have a minimum floor space of 60 square metres, and a minimum building","Maximum of two accessory buildings per lot."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 1101, 2025","url":"https://www.fortstjames.ca/sites/default/files/2026-03/1101%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20-%20Signed.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-08","note":"The District's page posts the signed bylaw PDF; Schedule A-1 (the zoning districts map) is an image page in the PDF. No consolidation date is stated."},"source_url":"https://www.fortstjames.ca/sites/default/files/2026-03/1101%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20-%20Signed.pdf#page=27","place":{"path":"ca/bc/fort-st-james","name":"Fort St James","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/zoning/r2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/zoning/r2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/zoning/r2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/zoning/index.json"}}