{"title":"RR4 zone in Langford: Rural Residential 4","code":"RR4","slug":"rr4","name":"Rural Residential 4","group":"Rural","section":"6.13","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Permit one- and two-family residential uses on smaller rural lots with sanitary sewer service, and keep large lots where community sewer is not provided.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Permit one- and two-family residential uses on smaller rural lots with sanitary sewer service, and keep large lots where community sewer is not provided.","quotes":["The intent of the RR4 Zone is to permit one- and two-family residential uses on smaller rural lots with sanitary","sewer service, and to maintain large lots where community sanitary sewer is not provided."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Agriculture","Boarding kennel","Breeding kennel","Community garden","Dwelling, one-family","Dwelling, two-family (lots 835 m² or larger and 18 m wide or wider)","Group daycare","Intensive agriculture (lots 4 ha or larger)"],"quotes":["Agriculture;","Boarding kennel, subject to Section. 3.10;","Breeding kennel, subject to Section. 3.11;","Community garden;","Dwelling, one-family;","Dwelling, two-family, on lots with a lot area greater than or equal to 835 m2","width greater than or equal to 18 m (59.1 ft)","Group daycare, subject to Subsection 3.26.02;","Intensive agriculture, on lots with a lot area greater than or equal to 4 ha"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory buildings and structures","Home occupation","Secondary suite, garden suite or carriage suite in a one-family dwelling","Keeping of not more than four boarders in a one-family dwelling"],"quotes":["Accessory buildings and structures, subject to Section 3.05;","Home occupation, subject to Section 3.09;","Secondary suite garden suite, or carriage suite in a one-family dwelling","The keeping of not more than four boarders in a one-family dwelling;"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Truck terminal facility on Lot 1, Sections 99 and 100, Metchosin District, Plan 20923, Except That Part in Plan 51055 and VIP75263 (2981 and 2985 Awsworth Road)","Lots 1, 2, 3 ... 16, Section 26, Goldstream District, Plan VIP68970: two one-family dwellings on a lot allowed if conditions are met","Lots at 2983, 2965 and 2961 Sooke Road: lots under 2,000 m² may be created by subdivision","1319 and 1323 Ravensview Dr (Strata Plan VIS5460): minimum subdivision lot 0.70 ha unless sewered","3690 Happy Valley Road: lots of 2.7 ha to under 40 ha may be created without sewer connection"],"quotes":["Truck terminal facility on the property legally described as Lot 1, Sections 99 and 100, Metchosin","District, Plan 20923, Except That Part in Plan 51055 and VIP75263, PID No. 003-488-250 (2981","there may be two one-family","a lot having a lot area less than 2,000 m2 (0.5 ac) may be","(1319 and 1323","no lot having a lot area less than 0.70 ha (1.7 ac) may be created by subdivision","(6.7 ac) may be created by subdivision without connection to the municipal sanitary sewer","(3690 Happy Valley Road)"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"0.4 ha; 40 ha unless serviced by the municipal sanitary sewer system","quotes":["No lot having a lot area less than 0.4 ha (1 ac) may be created by subdivision.","no lot having a lot area less than 40 ha (98.8 ac) may be created by","subdivision unless that lot is serviced by the municipal sanitary sewer system."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"30% or 1,000 m² for all buildings and structures","quotes":["Lot coverage of all buildings and structures may not exceed either 30% or 1,000 m2"]},"max_density":{"value":"One residential building per lot (not counting a garden or carriage suite)","quotes":["There may not be more than one residential building per lot, exclusive of either a garden suite or"]},"max_height":{"value":"10.5 m; 12 m for agriculture or intensive agriculture buildings","quotes":["No building or structure may exceed a height of 10.5 m (34.4 ft).","exceed 12 m (39.4 ft)."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["Within 7.5 m (24.6 ft) of any front lot line"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"10 m","quotes":["Within 10 m (32.8 ft) of any rear lot line"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3 m","quotes":["Within 3 m (9.8 ft) of any side lot line"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3 m; garage or carport whose vehicle access crosses the exterior side lot line: 5.5 m","quotes":["Within 3 m (9.8 ft) of any side lot line","access crosses an exterior side lot line may be located within 5.5 m (18 ft)"]},"other":{"value":["Two-family dwellings are prohibited on panhandle lots"],"quotes":["two-family dwellings are prohibited on panhandle lots."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 300, 1999 (consolidated 5 Oct 2026)","url":"https://langford.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Zoning-Bylaw-20240415-1.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"Consolidated for convenience only; copies of the original bylaw and amendments are at Langford City Hall. Parking (Part 4) and the Schedules are also published as separate PDFs on the bylaws page; the main PDF includes Part 4 and Schedule text. The zoning map (Schedule B) is not in the PDF."},"source_url":"https://langford.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Zoning-Bylaw-20240415-1.pdf#page=115","place":{"path":"ca/bc/langford","name":"Langford","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/zoning/rr4/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/zoning/rr4.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/zoning/rr4.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/zoning/index.json"}}