---
title: "R-3-C zone in Victoria: Central Area Residential District"
place: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/victoria
zone: R-3-C
bylaw: "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)"
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/r-3-c/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/r-3-c.json"
---

# R-3-C zone in Victoria: Central Area Residential District

Main uses: Multiple dwellings, Churches, Business or professional offices, including chartered banks and other financial lending institutions, Retail stores, Restaurants, and 4 more.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Multiple dwellings; Churches; Business or professional offices, including chartered banks and other financial lending institutions; Retail stores; Restaurants; Rest homes, nursing homes and hospitals; Launderettes; Theatres, auditoriums and places of recreation; Private hospitals, intermediate care facilities and commercial care facilities
- **Minimum lot area:** 920 m²
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50%
- **Maximum density:** Floor space ratio 2.5 to 1, which may rise to 3.0 to 1 as site coverage drops (2.6 at 46%, 2.7 at 42%, 2.8 at 38%, 2.9 at 34%, 3.0 at 30%); never more than 3 to 1
- **Maximum height:** 37 m
- **Front setback:** 4.5 m from a street boundary
- **Rear setback:** 6 m from any lot line that is not a street boundary
- **Interior side setback:** 6 m from any lot line that is not a street boundary
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m from a street boundary
- **Other rules:** Uses other than residential may take up at most 20% of the allowable floor space ratio and only the floors below grade and the first and second storeys; Open site space at least 40% of the lot, landscaped; No street wall may run along one plane for more than 30 m; Parking for multiple dwellings: 0.55 space per dwelling unit

## Source

- [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), s. 3.7](https://www.victoria.ca/media/file/37pdf#page=1) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Victoria: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/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/victoria/zoning/r-3-c/_