{"title":"R-2 zone in Victoria: Two Family Dwelling District","code":"R-2","slug":"r-2","name":"Two Family Dwelling District","group":"Residential","section":"2.1","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Two family dwelling, Uses permitted in the R1-B Zone, Single Family Dwelling District, Public building.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Two family dwelling","Uses permitted in the R1-B Zone, Single Family Dwelling District","Public building"],"quotes":["a. Two family dwelling subject to the regulations in this Part","b. Uses permitted in the R1-B Zone, Single Family Dwelling District, subject to the regulations set out","e. Public building"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home occupation","Accessory buildings","Garage sales (no more than 2 in any year)","Commercial exhibits existing prior to January 1, 2011"],"quotes":["c. Home occupation subject to the regulations in Schedule “D”","d. Accessory buildings subject to the regulations in Schedule “F”","f. Garage sales limited to no more than 2 in any year","g. Commercial exhibits existing prior to January 1, 2011"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"555 m²; 277.5 m² per dwelling unit","quotes":["a. Site area (minimum) 555m2","b. Site area for each dwelling unit (minimum) 277.5m2"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15 m (minimum average)","quotes":["c. Lot width (minimum average) 15m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40%","quotes":["a. Site coverage (maximum) 40%"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor space ratio 0.5 to 1; floor area of first and second storeys combined 280 m²; all floor levels combined 380 m²","quotes":["a. Floor space ratio (maximum) 0.5 to 1","c. Floor area, for the first and second storeys 280m2","d. Floor area, of all floor levels combined 380m2"]},"max_height":{"value":"Two family dwelling: 7.6 m and 2 storeys (no basement) or 1½ storeys (with basement). Public building: 11 m or the width of the lot, whichever is lesser, and 2½ storeys. Roof deck not permitted","quotes":["7.6m in height and 2 storeys if the building does","7.6m in height and 1½ storeys if the building has","b. Public building (maximum) 11m in height or the width of the lot whichever is","c. Roof deck Not permitted"]},"setback_front":{"value":"The lesser of 7.5 m and the average of the actual setbacks of the buildings on the lots abutting the sides of the lot","quotes":["The lesser of 7.5m and the average of the actual"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"10.7 m or 35% of lot depth, whichever is greater","quotes":["b. Rear yard setback (minimum) 10.7m or 35% of lot depth whichever is greater"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.5 m or 10% of the lot width, whichever is greater; 3.0 m for one side yard when the lot is not serviced by a rear lane; combined side yards at least 4.5 m","quotes":["c. Side yard setbacks from interior lot lines 1.5m or 10% of the lot width whichever is greater","3.0m for one side yard when the lot is not","d. Combined side yard setbacks (minimum) 4.5m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.5 m or 10% of the lot width, whichever is greater","quotes":["e. Side yard setbacks on a flanking street for a 3.5m or 10% of the lot width whichever is greater"]},"other":{"value":["Open site space at least 30% of the lot and 33% of the rear yard","Lots under 230 m² or under 7.5 m average width may only have a private garage","Outdoor features may not exceed 3.5 m in height"],"quotes":["30% of the area of the lot and 33% of the rear","i. notwithstanding paragraphs a. through h., the only use permitted on a lot with a site area less than","230m2 or with an average lot width less than 7.5m is a private garage","b. Outdoor features may not exceed a height of 3.5m from natural grade or finished grade, whichever"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Regulation Bylaw No. 80-159 (consolidated on October 17, 2019 up to Bylaw No. 19-074; zone Parts amended to Bylaw 24-060, August 2024) and Zoning Bylaw 2018 (consolidated on June 9, 2022 up to Bylaw No. 22-048)","url":"https://www.victoria.ca/building-business/permits-development-construction/zoning/zoning-regulation-bylaw","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"Victoria has two zoning bylaws in force. Zoning Bylaw 2018 (zones GRD-1, LVD-1, CVD-1, TCD-1, CBD-1, CBD-2, MRD-1, OTD-1, IAI-1, MI-1, LI-1, HI-1; https://www.victoria.ca/media/file/zoning-bylaw-2018) applies to the areas on its Map 1: the Downtown Core Area and most commercial and low-density residential properties in town centres, urban villages and residential fabric. The Zoning Regulation Bylaw No. 80-159 (one PDF per zone) still governs the rest, including most industrial, medium and high density residential outside downtown, comprehensive development districts and some commercial properties. The City says its website bylaws are office consolidations provided for convenience; refer to the bylaws and amendments at City Hall. In text.txt every file starts at a '[source <url>]' line; the first file is the Introduction & General Regulations of Bylaw 80-159 and the Zoning Bylaw 2018 is appended at the end. Zones whose PDF has no text layer (image-only; no OCR was run) have no lines or pdf_page, only source_url; 179 codes, listed in places/victoria/no-text-layer.txt. For zones with text, pdf_page is the page inside that zone's own PDF (always the first page)."},"source_url":"https://www.victoria.ca/media/file/21pdf#page=1","place":{"path":"ca/bc/victoria","name":"Victoria","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/r-2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/r-2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/r-2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/index.json"}}