{"title":"R-J zone in Victoria: Low Density Attached Dwelling District","code":"R-J","slug":"r-j","name":"Low Density Attached Dwelling District","group":"Residential","section":"2.2","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: All uses permitted in the R1-S2 Zone, Restricted Small Lot (Two Storey) District, All uses permitted in the R1-B Zone, Single Family Dwelling District, All uses permitted in the R-2 Zone, Two Family Dwelling District, Attached dwellings, Hospitals, and 1 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["All uses permitted in the R1-S2 Zone, Restricted Small Lot (Two Storey) District","All uses permitted in the R1-B Zone, Single Family Dwelling District","All uses permitted in the R-2 Zone, Two Family Dwelling District","Attached dwellings","Hospitals","Nursing homes"],"quotes":["The following uses are permitted:","all uses permitted in the R1-S2 Zone,","all uses permitted in the R1-B Zone, Single","all uses permitted in the R-2 Zone, Two","attached dwellings, subject to the","hospitals, subject to the","nursing homes, subject to the"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"The greater of 555 m² or the number of dwelling units on the lot multiplied by 277.5 m²","quotes":["The minimum surface area of a lot shall be the","greater of 555m2, or the number of dwelling units","on the lot multiplied by 277.5m2."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"The greater of 15 m or the number of dwelling units multiplied by 7.5 m","quotes":["The minimum site width of a lot shall be the greater","of 15m or the number of dwelling units multiplied","by 7.5m."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40% (buildings including accessory buildings)","quotes":["buildings, shall not occupy more than 40% of the"]},"max_height":{"value":"8.5 m from grade to the highest ceiling; nursing home 7.6 m and 2 storeys","quotes":["The maximum height of a building shall be 8.5m","from grade to the highest ceiling.","nursing home must not exceed 7.6m nor 2"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["The minimum width of the front yard, the rear","yard and the side yard shall, in each case, be","7.5m, provided that the side yard of a blank wall"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["The minimum width of the front yard, the rear","yard and the side yard shall, in each case, be","7.5m, provided that the side yard of a blank wall"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"7.5 m; 2.5 m for the side yard of a blank wall or a wall containing only side windows","quotes":["yard and the side yard shall, in each case, be","7.5m, provided that the side yard of a blank wall","have a minimum width of 2.5m."]},"other":{"value":["Any number of attached dwellings may be built on one lot, but no attached dwelling may contain more than 4 dwelling units","Attached dwellings may only be connected by an open car port","Minimum distance between attached dwellings on one lot is 5 m or more, based on separation distances","Separation space in front of a habitable room main window must be at least 7.5 m, and 2.5 m for other windows"],"quotes":["number of attached dwellings may be erected on","No attached dwelling shall contain more than 4","another attached dwelling unless the connection is","dwellings on one lot shall be the sum of the","in no case be less than 5 m,","main window of a habitable room shall be 7.5m,","and in front of all other windows shall be 2.5m."]}},"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/22pdf#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-j/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/r-j.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/r-j.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/index.json"}}