---
title: "R2 zone in Langford: One- and Two-Family Residential"
place: Langford, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/langford
zone: R2
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 300, 1999 (consolidated 5 Oct 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/zoning/r2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/zoning/r2.json"
---

# R2 zone in Langford: One- and Two-Family Residential

Permit a one-family dwelling on lots of at least 1 ha where there is no community sewer, and one-family dwellings (400 m² or more) and two-family dwellings (600 m² or more) where community sewer is available.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Permit a one-family dwelling on lots of at least 1 ha where there is no community sewer, and one-family dwellings (400 m² or more) and two-family dwellings (600 m² or more) where community sewer is available.
- **Main uses:** Dwelling, one-family; Dwelling, two-family; Group daycare; Schools (on lands shaded on Schedule WL); Townhouse (lots under 4,047 m²)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings and structures; Home occupation; Secondary suite, garden suite or carriage suite with a one-family dwelling; Secondary suite in a two-family dwelling; Keeping of horses, cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits and poultry for domestic purposes; Keeping of not more than four boarders in a one-family dwelling
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Group daycare without the proprietor living in the dwelling at Lot 27, Section 5, Esquimalt District, Plan 16167 (2773 Strathmore Road); Townhouses at 798 Gwendolynn Drive (not more than 12 units), 3690 Happy Valley Road, 3694 Happy Valley Road, 4342 West Shore Parkway, and on lands shaded on Schedule WL (not more than 80 townhouse units); 3690 and 3694 Happy Valley Road: density not to exceed 125 Single-Family Equivalent dwelling units; 2955 Irwin Road (Lot 1, Section 26, Goldstream District, Plan 24172): minimum subdivision lot area 260 m² if conditions met, not more than 18 lots; 2207 Millstream Road: not more than 60 lots
- **Minimum lot area:** 2 ha, except a 400 m² lot may be created if the property has community sewer, is not in the City Centre, and (if listed in Schedule AD) the owner pays the amount set out there; 200 m² on lands shaded on Schedule WL if the owner pays
- **Minimum lot width:** 12 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50%
- **Maximum density:** One dwelling unit per lot (not counting a suite); on lots of 280 m² or less up to 3 units; on lots 281 m² to 4,047 m² up to 4 units; up to 6 units on lots 281 m² to 4,047 m² within 400 m of a prescribed transit stop
- **Maximum height:** 11 m
- **Front setback:** 3 m; garage or carport facing the front lot line: 5.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 3 m
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 3 m; garage or carport facing the exterior side lot line: 5.5 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Buildings for poultry and rabbits: 6 m from an interior side lot line and 7.6 m from an exterior side, front or rear lot line; buildings for horses, cattle, sheep or goats must meet Section 3.12
- **Other rules:** No panhandle lots may be created; Minimum building envelope 6 m wide and deep and 93 m² in area for new lots; Two-family dwellings need an approved development permit and a 1 m wide landscape screen with a shrub, hedge or fence at least 1.8 m high along interior side lot lines

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 300, 1999 (consolidated 5 Oct 2026), s. 6.22](https://langford.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Zoning-Bylaw-20240415-1.pdf#page=135) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Langford: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/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/langford/zoning/r2/_