R-J zone in Victoria: Low Density Attached Dwelling District

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

In short

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.

Zone rules

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 Nursing homes
Minimum lot area	The greater of 555 m² or the number of dwelling units on the lot multiplied by 277.5 m²
Minimum lot width	The greater of 15 m or the number of dwelling units multiplied by 7.5 m
Maximum lot coverage	40% (buildings including accessory buildings)
Maximum height	8.5 m from grade to the highest ceiling; nursing home 7.6 m and 2 storeys
Front setback	7.5 m
Rear setback	7.5 m
Interior side setback	7.5 m; 2.5 m for the side yard of a blank wall or a wall containing only side windows
Other rules	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

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. 2.2 (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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