---
title: "RR4 zone in Langford: Rural Residential 4"
place: Langford, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/langford
zone: RR4
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/rr4/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/zoning/rr4.json"
---

# RR4 zone in Langford: Rural Residential 4

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.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** 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.
- **Main uses:** 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)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** 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
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 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
- **Minimum lot area:** 0.4 ha; 40 ha unless serviced by the municipal sanitary sewer system
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 30% or 1,000 m² for all buildings and structures
- **Maximum density:** One residential building per lot (not counting a garden or carriage suite)
- **Maximum height:** 10.5 m; 12 m for agriculture or intensive agriculture buildings
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 10 m
- **Interior side setback:** 3 m
- **Street side setback:** 3 m; garage or carport whose vehicle access crosses the exterior side lot line: 5.5 m
- **Other rules:** Two-family dwellings are prohibited on panhandle lots

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 300, 1999 (consolidated 5 Oct 2026), s. 6.13](https://langford.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Zoning-Bylaw-20240415-1.pdf#page=115) (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/rr4/_