---
title: "R-2 zone in Port Hardy: Duplex Residential"
place: Port Hardy, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-hardy
zone: R-2
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1010-2013 (consolidated for convenience, December 2025)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-hardy/zoning/r-2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-hardy/zoning/r-2.json"
---

# R-2 zone in Port Hardy: Duplex Residential

Main uses: Single Detached Dwelling, Duplex Dwelling, Manufactured Home Dwelling.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Single Detached Dwelling; Duplex Dwelling; Manufactured Home Dwelling
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Buildings and Structures; Bed and Breakfast; Carriage Home Dwelling or Secondary Suite Dwelling; Group Home; Minor or Major Home Occupation; Small Scale Urban Agriculture and Urban Hens; Short Term Vacation Rental
- **Minimum lot area:** 450.0 m² (single detached dwelling); 650.0 m² (duplex dwelling)
- **Minimum lot width:** 15.0 m (single detached dwelling); 30.0 m (duplex dwelling)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40% (single detached dwelling); 50% (duplex dwelling)
- **Maximum height:** 7.6 m (single detached and duplex dwellings)
- **Front setback:** 7.6 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.6 m
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 7.6 m, rear 1.0 m, interior side 1.0 m, exterior side 4.5 m
- **Other rules:** No more than one Single Detached Dwelling or one Duplex Dwelling per parcel, and no more than one Secondary Suite Dwelling or one Carriage Home Dwelling per parcel; Minimum gross floor area of the principal building: 111.5 m² (single detached dwelling); 65 m² (duplex dwelling); Minimum building width: 7.5 m (single detached dwelling); 12.0 m (duplex dwelling); Minimum parcel depth: 30.0 m

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1010-2013 (consolidated for convenience, December 2025), s. 6.3](https://porthardy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/1010-2013-Zoning-Bylaw-Consolidated-December-2025.pdf#page=43) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Port Hardy: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-hardy/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/port-hardy/zoning/r-2/_