{"title":"R-K zone in Victoria: Medium Density Attached Dwelling District","code":"R-K","slug":"r-k","name":"Medium Density Attached Dwelling District","group":"Residential","section":"2.3","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":["1. The following uses are permitted","all uses permitted in the R1-S2 Zone, Restricted Small Lot (Two-","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, subject to the regulations contained in this Part;","hospitals, subject to the regulations applicable in the R-2 Zone, Two","nursing homes, subject to the regulations applicable in the R-2"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"The greater of 555 m² or the number of dwelling units on the lot multiplied by 185 m²","quotes":["The minimum surface area of a lot shall be the greater of:","(a) 555m2, or","(b) the number of dwelling units on the lot multiplied by 185m2."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"18 m","quotes":["The minimum width of a lot shall be 18m."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"33% (buildings including accessory buildings)","quotes":["more than 33% of the surface area of the lot."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor space ratio 0.6 to 1","quotes":["The maximum floor space ratio shall be 0.6 to 1."]},"max_height":{"value":"8.5 m from grade to the highest ceiling; nursing home 7.6 m and 2 storeys; third storey floor area no larger than 60% of any other storey","quotes":["The maximum height of a building shall be 8.5m from grade to the","Family Dwelling District, a nursing home must not exceed 7.6m nor","The third storey of a building shall not have a floor area larger than 60%"]},"setback_front":{"value":"No part of a building closer than 6 m from the street frontage; average distance of street-facing walls at least 7.5 m","quotes":["No part of any building shall be closer than 6m from the street frontage.","shall be not less than 7.5m, provided that (for the purpose of"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"2.5 m for blank walls and windows of non-habitable rooms; 4 m for main windows of habitable rooms other than a living room; 7.5 m for main windows of a living room","quotes":["(a) in respect of blank walls and windows of non-habitable rooms 2.5m;","(b) in respect of main windows of habitable rooms other than a living","room 4m;","(c) in respect of main windows of a living room 7.5m."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"2.5 m for blank walls and windows of non-habitable rooms; 4 m for main windows of habitable rooms other than a living room; 7.5 m for main windows of a living room","quotes":["(a) in respect of blank walls and windows of non-habitable rooms 2.5m;","(b) in respect of main windows of habitable rooms other than a living","room 4m;","(c) in respect of main windows of a living room 7.5m."]},"other":{"value":["Landscaped area at least 45% of the lot","Not more than 30% of the required front yard may be paved or used for parking","Parking: at least 1.5 spaces per dwelling unit","No attached dwelling may contain more than 4 dwelling units"],"quotes":["Not less than 45% of the surface area of the lot shall at all times be","Not more than 30% of the required front yard area shall be paved or","parking spaces for automobiles equal to not less than 1.5 spaces for","No attached dwelling shall contain more than 4 dwelling units."]}},"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/23pdf#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-k/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/r-k.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/r-k.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/index.json"}}