{"title":"R-85 zone in Victoria: Douglas Street Motel Conversion District","code":"R-85","slug":"r-85","name":"Douglas Street Motel Conversion District","group":"Residential","section":"3.115","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Offices, In a building constructed before 1959: multiple dwelling, In a building constructed before 1959: commercial storage of vehicles in the basement level.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Offices","In a building constructed before 1959: multiple dwelling","In a building constructed before 1959: commercial storage of vehicles in the basement level"],"quotes":["The following uses are the only uses permitted in this Zone:","a. Offices","b. In a Building constructed before 1959:","(1) Multiple dwelling","(2) Commercial storage of vehicles in the basement level"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1710 m²","quotes":["a. Lot area (minimum) 1710m2"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"30%","quotes":["a. Site Coverage (maximum) 30%"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor space ratio 0.8:1","quotes":["Floor space ratio (maximum) 0.8:1"]},"max_height":{"value":"8.2 m; 2 storeys","quotes":["a. Principal building height (maximum) 8.2m","b. Storeys (maximum) 2"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.50 m","quotes":["a. Front yard setback (minimum) 7.50m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"4 m","quotes":["b. Rear yard setback (minimum) 4m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"4 m","quotes":["c. Side yard setback from interior lot lines (minimum) 4m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4 m","quotes":["d. Side yard setback on a flanking street for a corner lot (minimum) 4m"]},"other":{"value":["Open site space at least 30%"],"quotes":["b. Open site space (minimum) 30%"]}},"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/3115pdf#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-85/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/r-85.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/r-85.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/index.json"}}