R-H-1 zone in Victoria: Rowhouse Dwelling District

Victoria, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

Main uses: Single family dwellings, Two family dwellings, Semi-attached dwellings, Attached dwellings, Multiple dwellings.

Zone rules

Main uses	Single family dwellings Two family dwellings Semi-attached dwellings Attached dwellings Multiple dwellings
Also allowed (secondary uses)	Accessory uses Not more than 2 garage sales in any year
Maximum lot coverage	33% (buildings including accessory buildings)
Maximum density	Floor space ratio 0.65 to 1; minimum site area per dwelling unit 150 m²
Maximum height	The lesser of 3 storeys or 9 m
Front setback	As provided in the R-K Zone, Medium Density Attached Dwelling District
Rear setback	As provided in the R-K Zone, Medium Density Attached Dwelling District
Interior side setback	As provided in the R-K Zone, Medium Density Attached Dwelling District
Street side setback	As provided in the R-K Zone, Medium Density Attached Dwelling District
Other rules	Open site space at least 33% of the lot Rental and cooperative housing must provide 1.4 parking spaces per dwelling

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. 2.4 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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). Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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