---
title: "R5 zone in Langley City: High Rise Residential"
place: Langley City, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/langley
zone: R5
bylaw: "City of Langley Zoning Bylaw, 2025, No. 3300 (adopted March 9, 2026; replaces Zoning Bylaw No. 2100)"
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langley/zoning/r5/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langley/zoning/r5.json"
---

# R5 zone in Langley City: High Rise Residential

High-rise apartment buildings with accessory locally-serving commercial uses in the Transit Oriented Residential and Civic Centre OCP land uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** High-rise apartment buildings with accessory locally-serving commercial uses in the Transit Oriented Residential and Civic Centre OCP land uses.
- **Main uses:** Congregate Housing; Multiple Unit Residential; Seniors-Oriented Multiple Unit Residential
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home Occupation (excluding bed and breakfast and Child Care Centre); Child Care Centre; Retail sales less than 400 m² (excluding pharmacies); General Service; Eating Establishment; Personal Services (excluding laundry and dry cleaning); Office; Cultural Facilities; Assembly Hall; Community Service; Artist Studio; Brew pub; Brewers and vintners
- **Minimum lot area:** 1,850 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 40.0 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** N/A
- **Maximum density:** 4.500 FAR (amenity requirement applies)
- **Maximum height:** 46 m or the maximum height permitted by the Langley Regional Airport, whichever is less
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 7.0 m
- **Front setback:** 3.0 m
- **Rear setback:** 6.0 m up to top of 10th storey (2.0 m if abutting a lane); 12.5 m above 10th storey (8.5 m if abutting a lane)
- **Interior side setback:** 0.0 m up to top of 6th storey; 6.0 m above top of 6th storey or if abutting a residential use; 12.5 m above top of 10th storey
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 m (2.0 m if abutting a lane up to 10th storey; 8.5 m if abutting a lane above 10th storey)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** 6.0 m on all sides (0.0 m if abutting a lane)
- **Other rules:** Above the top of the 10th storey, floor plate is limited to 750 m² and building face length to 30 m; Amenity space must be provided

## Source

- [City of Langley Zoning Bylaw, 2025, No. 3300 (adopted March 9, 2026; replaces Zoning Bylaw No. 2100), s. 5](https://www.langleycity.ca/media/file/zoning-bylaw-2025-no-3300pdf-2#page=59) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Langley City: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langley/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/langley/zoning/r5/_