{"title":"R1-B zone in Victoria: Single Family Dwelling District","code":"R1-B","slug":"r1-b","name":"Single Family Dwelling District","group":"Residential","section":"1.2","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Single Family Dwelling District.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Single Family Dwelling District.","quotes":["PART 1.2 - R1-B ZONE, SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Single family dwelling","House conversion","Home occupation","Accessory buildings","Private garage","Public building","Garage sales (no more than 2 in any year)"],"note":"Only a private garage is allowed on a lot under 230 m² or with average width under 7.5 m.","quotes":["a. Single family dwelling with no more than one of the following accessory uses:","The uses created as a result of a house conversion","c. Home occupation subject to the regulations in Schedule","d. Accessory buildings subject to the regulations in Schedule","e. Private garage","f. Public building","g. 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)"],"note":"Only one of these per single family dwelling.","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":"460 m²","quotes":["a. Lot area (minimum) 460m2"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15 m (minimum average)","quotes":["b. Lot width (minimum average) 15m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40%","quotes":["a. Site coverage (maximum) 40%"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area: 280 m² (first and second storeys); 300 m² total for lots under 669 m²; 420 m² total for lots over 669 m²","quotes":["b. Floor area, for the first and second storeys combined (maximum) 280m2","c. Floor area, of all floor levels combined for lots less than 669m2 in area 300m2","d. Floor area, of all floor levels combined for lots greater than 669m2 in 420m2"]},"max_height":{"value":"7.6m in height and 2 storeys (public building 11m and 2½ storeys); roof deck not permitted","quotes":["a. Residential building (maximum) 7.6m in height and 2 storeys","b. Public building (maximum) 11m in height and 21/2 storeys","c. Roof deck Not Permitted"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["a. Front yard setback (minimum) 7.5m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m or 25% of lot depth, whichever is greater","quotes":["b. Rear yard setback (minimum) 7.5m or 25% of lot depth whichever is greater"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.5 m or 10% of the lot width, whichever is greater; 3.0 m for one side yard when the lot has no rear lane; combined side yards 4.5 m","quotes":["1.5m or 10% of the lot width whichever is greater","3.0m for one side yard when the lot is not","4.5m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.5 m or 10% of the lot width, whichever is greater","quotes":["3.5m or 10% of the lot width whichever is greater"]},"other":{"value":["Outdoor features follow the same setbacks as buildings and may not exceed 3.5 m in height","Minimum floor area of the principal building is 70 m²; private garage maximum 37 m²","Panhandle lots follow Schedule H"],"quotes":["The setbacks set out in section 1.2.5 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 (minimum) 70m2","e. Private garage: floor area of all floor levels combined (maximum) 37m2","c. Panhandle lot Subject to the regulations in Schedule"]}},"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/12pdf#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-b/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/r1-b.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/r1-b.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/index.json"}}