---
title: "RM7A zone in Langford: Medium-Density Apartment A"
place: Langford, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/langford
zone: RM7A
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/rm7a/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/zoning/rm7a.json"
---

# RM7A zone in Langford: Medium-Density Apartment A

Permit two-family, townhouse and apartment residential uses at a medium density in areas serviced by community sanitary sewer, with increased densities through density bonusing.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Permit two-family, townhouse and apartment residential uses at a medium density in areas serviced by community sanitary sewer, with increased densities through density bonusing.
- **Main uses:** Apartment (not on certain listed parcels); Community garden; Dwelling, two-family; Townhouse
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings and structures; Home occupation
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Group daycare at Lot 1, Section 72, Esquimalt District, Plan 45918 (616 Goldstream Avenue); Apartment use is not permitted at 300 Phelps Avenue, 647 Redington Avenue, 2478 Selwyn Road, 2482 Selwyn Road and 3296 Jacklin Road; Apartment floor area ratio may be further increased: 2.1 at 2681 Claude Road; 3.0 at 2691 Secretariat Way; 2.7 at 2716 and 2720 Strathmore Road; 2.02 at 918 and 924 Jenkins Avenue; 667 Redington Avenue: apartment maximum five storeys; 2691 Secretariat Way: apartment maximum 7 storeys; 656, 660 and 664 Strandlund Avenue: minimum setback to the Trans Canada Highway Lands is 4.6 m
- **Minimum lot area:** 3,000 m²; within the area shaded on Schedule AI, lots as small as 90 m² if the owner pays the Schedule AD amount
- **Minimum lot width:** 20 m (minimum lot depth 34 m); within the area shaded on Schedule AI, 4 m wide and 22 m deep
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 35% (50% if the density bonus is used); 75% for buildings of three storeys or more in the area shaded on Schedule AE; 85% within the area shaded on Schedule AI
- **Maximum density:** Not more than three dwelling units on a lot, with a combined floor area ratio of 0.5; floor area ratio up to 1.25 on Schedule AD lands if the owner pays the amount set out there
- **Maximum height:** Apartment building: six storeys; townhouse or two-family dwelling: three storeys
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 3 m; 7.5 m if the rear lot line abuts (or is separated only by a highway from) a lot in a Residential Zone
- **Interior side setback:** 3 m
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 300, 1999 (consolidated 5 Oct 2026), s. 6.36A](https://langford.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Zoning-Bylaw-20240415-1.pdf#page=164) (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/rm7a/_