{"title":"R3-A1 / R3-A2 zone in Victoria: Low Profile Multiple Dwelling District","code":"R3-A1 / R3-A2","slug":"r3-a1-r3-a2","name":"Low Profile Multiple Dwelling District","group":"Residential","section":"3.9","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Low Profile Multiple Dwelling District.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Low Profile Multiple Dwelling District.","quotes":["PART 3.9 - R3-A1 and R3-A2 ZONES, LOW PROFILE MULTIPLE DWELLING DISTRICT"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Single family dwellings (with R1-B Zone accessory uses, no conversions)","Two family dwellings (with R-2 Zone accessory uses, no conversions)","College fraternity buildings","Churches, public buildings, public schools, private schools, hospitals (R-2 Zone regulations)","Rest homes - Class A and Class B","Multiple dwellings and multiple dwelling accessory uses","Not more than 2 garage sales in any year"],"quotes":["(a) single family dwellings and customary","(b) two family dwellings and accessory buildings","(c) college fraternity buildings;","churches, public buildings, public schools,","(e) rest homes - Class A and rest homes Class B,","(f) multiple dwellings and multiple dwelling","(g) Not more than 2 garage sales in any year."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"920 m² for multiple dwelling or college fraternity use","quotes":["The minimum lot size for multiple dwelling or","college fraternity use is 920 m2."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"33 1/3%; 40% under the bonus conditions","quotes":["Subject to Section 5, the maximum permitted site","coverage is 33 1/3%.","coverage permitted is 40%:"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor space ratio 1.0:1; 1.2:1 under the bonus conditions (at least 70% of required parking under the main building and at least 40% of the lot landscaped)","quotes":["floor space ratio is 1.0:1.","space ratio permitted is 1.2:1 and the maximum site","at least 70% of the required parking spaces","at least 40% of the lot shall be landscaped"]},"max_height":{"value":"10.7 m or 3 storeys, whichever is less","quotes":["10.7 m nor 3 storeys, whichever is less."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"3.5 m","quotes":["exceed 3.5 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m minimum average from a street, but no wall less than 5.0 m (walls set back more than 9.0 m are not counted in the average)","quotes":["shall be 7.5 m, provided that","than 5.0 m, and provided that building walls","set back further than 9.0 m shall not be"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"9 m; parts of a building above 7 m in height must be set back a further 1.5 m","quotes":["the building wholly below the finished","ground level, of 9 m is required, provided","that parts of a building above 7 m in height","shall be set back a further 1.5m;"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"At least one half the building's height, but not less than 3 m","quotes":["building’s height are required, provided that","no such side yard shall be less than 3 m;"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"Accessory car shelters in a side or rear yard (not in a required street setback), at least 2.4 m from the main building","quotes":["Accessory car shelters shall be located in a side or","rear yard other than a required street setback and","shall be sited not closer than 2.4 m from the main"]},"other":{"value":["At least 30% of the lot must be landscaped as open site space","Not more than one multiple dwelling or fraternity building per lot","Each dwelling unit in a multiple dwelling must be at least 33 m²","Parking: R3-A2 strata 1.4 per unit, other 1.3; R3-A1 strata 1.2, other 1.1"],"quotes":["At least 30% of the lot must be landscaped","Not more than one building containing either a","a floor area of at least 33 m2 measured from the","shall provide 1.4 off-street parking spaces","per dwelling unit in the R3-A2 Zone and 1.2","(2) Other buildings shall provide 1.3 off-street","A2 Zone and 1.1 off-street parking spaces"]}},"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/39pdf#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/r3-a1-r3-a2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/r3-a1-r3-a2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/r3-a1-r3-a2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/index.json"}}