{"title":"R1-G zone in Victoria: Gonzales Single Family Dwelling District","code":"R1-G","slug":"r1-g","name":"Gonzales Single Family Dwelling District","group":"Residential","section":"1.6","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Gonzales Single Family Dwelling District.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Gonzales Single Family Dwelling District.","quotes":["PART 1.6 - R1-G ZONE, GONZALES SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Single family dwelling","House conversion","Home occupation","Accessory buildings","Private garage","Garage sales (no more than two 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. Garage sales limited to no more than two 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":"30%","quotes":["a. Site coverage (maximum) 30%"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor space ratio 0.5 to 1; floor area 240 m² (first and second storeys) and 300 m² (all floors)","quotes":["a. Floor space ratio (maximum) 0.5 to 1","b. Floor area, for the first and second storeys combined 240m2","c. Floor area, of all floor levels combined (maximum) 300m2"]},"max_height":{"value":"7.6m in height and 2 storeys without a basement; 7.6m and 1½ storeys with a basement; roof deck not permitted","quotes":["7.6m in height and 2 storeys if the single family","7.6m in height and 1½ storeys if the single","b. Roof deck Not permitted"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["a. Front yard setback (minimum) 7.5m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"9.1 m or 30% of lot depth, whichever is greater; 12 m on a waterfront corner lot","quotes":["b. Rear yard setback (minimum) 9.1m or 30% of lot depth whichever is greater","12m from the rear boundary of the lot"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.5 m or 15% of the lot width, whichever is greater; combined side yards 5.4 m","quotes":["1.5m or 15% of the lot width whichever is","e. Combined side yard setbacks (minimum) 5.4m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.5 m or 15% of the lot width, whichever is greater","quotes":["3.5m or 15% of the lot width whichever is"]},"other":{"value":["Open site space at least 50% of the lot area and 50% of the front yard","On a waterfront lot, no building beyond 36.5 m of the front lot line","Outdoor features follow the same setbacks as buildings and may not exceed 3.5 m in height"],"quotes":["50% of the area of the lot and 50% of front yard","shall be placed or erected on a waterfront lot beyond 36.5m of the front lot line","a. The setbacks set out in section 1.6.5 apply to outdoor features as though they are buildings","b. Outdoor features may not exceed a height of 3.5m from natural grade"]}},"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/16pdf#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-g/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/r1-g.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/r1-g.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/index.json"}}