{"title":"R1-A zone in Victoria: Rockland Single Family Dwelling District","code":"R1-A","slug":"r1-a","name":"Rockland Single Family Dwelling District","group":"Residential","section":"1.1","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Rockland Single Family Dwelling District.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Rockland Single Family Dwelling District.","quotes":["PART 1.1 - R1-A ZONE, ROCKLAND SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Single family dwelling","Attached and semi-attached dwellings","House conversion","Home occupation","Accessory Buildings","Private garage","Public Building","Garage sales (no more than 2 in any year)"],"note":"Only one accessory use per single family dwelling: Secondary Suite, Garden suite or up to 4 Roomers/Boarders; only a private garage is allowed on a lot under 230 m² or with average width under 7.5 m.","quotes":["Single family dwelling with no more than one of the following accessory uses:","Attached and semi-attached dwellings","The uses created as a result of a house conversion","Home occupation subject to the regulations in Schedule","Accessory Buildings subject to the regulations in Schedule","Private garage","Public Building","Garage sales limited to no more than 2 in any year","than 230m2 or with an average lot width less than 7.5m is a private garage"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Secondary Suite","Garden suite","Roomers and/or Boarders (up to 4)"],"quotes":["Secondary Suite; or","Garden suite subject to the regulations in Schedule","Roomers and/or Boarders up to a maximum of 4"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"740 m²","quotes":["a. Lot area (minimum) 740m2"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"24 m (minimum average)","quotes":["b. Lot width (minimum average) 24m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40%; 25% for attached and semi-attached dwellings","quotes":["a. Site Coverage (maximum) 40%","25%"]},"max_density":{"value":"835 m² of site area for each dwelling unit where there is an attached or semi-attached dwelling","quotes":["Site area for each self-contained dwelling unit on a lot on","835m2"]},"max_height":{"value":"7.6m in height and 2½ storeys (public building 11m and 2½ storeys); roof deck not permitted","quotes":["a. Residential building (maximum) 7.6m in height and 21/2 storeys","c. Public building (maximum) 11m in height and 21/2 storeys","d. Roof deck Not permitted"]},"setback_front":{"value":"10.5 m; 7.5 m for lots less than 30.5 m deep","quotes":["10.5m except for lots less then","30.5m in depth which require a","7.5m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m or 25% of lot depth, whichever is greater; 7.5 m for attached and semi-attached dwellings","quotes":["7.5m or 25% of lot depth","whichever is greater","c. Rear yard setback for attached and semi-attached dwellings 7.5m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3.0 m","quotes":["d. Side yard setback from interior lot lines (minimum) 3.0m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"10.5 m; on lots less than 35 m wide it may be reduced but no less than 6 m","quotes":["10.5m, except on lots less than","35m in width, where the","no less than 6m"]},"other":{"value":["Outdoor features follow the same setbacks as buildings and may not exceed 3.5 m in height","Minimum floor area of a single family dwelling is 130 m²; private garage maximum 37 m²","Panhandle lots follow Schedule H"],"quotes":["The setbacks set out in section 1.1.5 apply to outdoor features, as though they are buildings","Outdoor features may not exceed a height of 3.5m from natural grade","a. Floor area, of all floor levels combined, of a single family 130m2","37m2","e. Panhandle lot Subject to regulations in"]}},"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/11pdf#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/r1-a/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/r1-a.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/r1-a.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/index.json"}}