---
title: "R2 zone in Fort St James: Residential Apartment Building"
place: Fort St James, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/fort-st-james
zone: R2
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1101, 2025
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/zoning/r2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/zoning/r2.json"
---

# R2 zone in Fort St James: Residential Apartment Building

Multiple-unit dwellings including cluster housing, row housing and apartment buildings, with full urban services.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Multiple-unit dwellings including cluster housing, row housing and apartment buildings, with full urban services.
- **Main uses:** Residential use – single-detached dwelling; Residential use – duplex dwelling; Residential use – cluster housing; Residential use – row housing; Residential use – apartment building
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Bed and breakfast accommodation; Day care centre; Home occupation; Accessory buildings and uses
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Commercial kitchen / catering services, only on Parcel A, consolidation of lots 20 & 21, District Lot 110, Block 1, Range 5 Coast
- **Minimum lot area:** 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)
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 m (cluster housing, row housing, apartment); 15.2 m (apartment on Lots 20, 21 or 22, Block Q, District Lot 111, Plan 3304)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40%
- **Maximum density:** 40 dwelling units per hectare (cluster housing); 40 per hectare (row housing); 80 per hectare (apartment)
- **Maximum height:** 12 m or three storeys, whichever is less
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 3 m on each side
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Not in the required front yard
- **Other rules:** Minimum principal building floor space 60 m² and minimum width 6 m; Maximum two accessory buildings per lot

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1101, 2025, s. 4.2](https://www.fortstjames.ca/sites/default/files/2026-03/1101%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20-%20Signed.pdf#page=27) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Fort St James: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/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/fort-st-james/zoning/r2/_