R1-A zone in Victoria: Rockland Single Family Dwelling District

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

In short

Rockland Single Family Dwelling District.

Zone rules

Purpose	Rockland Single Family Dwelling District.
Main uses	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) 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.
Also allowed (secondary uses)	Secondary Suite Garden suite Roomers and/or Boarders (up to 4)
Minimum lot area	740 m²
Minimum lot width	24 m (minimum average)
Maximum lot coverage	40%; 25% for attached and semi-attached dwellings
Maximum density	835 m² of site area for each dwelling unit where there is an attached or semi-attached dwelling
Maximum height	7.6m in height and 2½ storeys (public building 11m and 2½ storeys); roof deck not permitted
Front setback	10.5 m; 7.5 m for lots less than 30.5 m deep
Rear setback	7.5 m or 25% of lot depth, whichever is greater; 7.5 m for attached and semi-attached dwellings
Interior side setback	3.0 m
Street side setback	10.5 m; on lots less than 35 m wide it may be reduced but no less than 6 m
Other rules	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

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. 1.1 (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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