---
title: "RM8 zone in Langford: Assisted Living Medium Density Apartment"
place: Langford, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/langford
zone: RM8
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/rm8/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/zoning/rm8.json"
---

# RM8 zone in Langford: Assisted Living Medium Density Apartment

Provide for assisted living uses in areas serviced by community sanitary sewer.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Provide for assisted living uses in areas serviced by community sanitary sewer.
- **Main uses:** Assisted living; Community garden
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings and structures
- **Minimum lot area:** 1,500 m²
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 35%
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 1.35
- **Maximum height:** Six storeys
- **Front setback:** 4.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 7.5 m; may be reduced to 2.7 m where it abuts a lot in the RM8 Zone or an Institutional Zone
- **Street side setback:** 6 m
- **Other rules:** A landscape and screening area at least 1 m wide with a solid decorative fence at least 1.8 m high must be provided along lot lines separating the lot from any Residential Zone

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 300, 1999 (consolidated 5 Oct 2026), s. 6.38](https://langford.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Zoning-Bylaw-20240415-1.pdf#page=173) (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/rm8/_