{"title":"R3-AM-1 / 2 zone in Victoria: Mid-Rise Multiple Dwelling District","code":"R3-AM-1 / 2","slug":"r3-am-1-2","name":"Mid-Rise Multiple Dwelling District","group":"Residential","section":"3.10","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Mid-Rise Multiple Dwelling District.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Mid-Rise Multiple Dwelling District.","quotes":["R3-AM-1 and R3-AM-2 ZONES, MID-RISE 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"],"quotes":["(a) single family dwellings and customary","(b) two family dwellings and accessory","(c) subject to the regulations in this Part,","2.1), churches, public buildings, public","homes – Class A and rest homes – Class B;","(f) subject to the regulations in this Part,"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"920 m²","quotes":["(a) The minimum site area shall be 920 m2."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"30% for the main building; 40% under the bonus (enclosed parking for all but visitor parking and at least 50% open site space)","quotes":["site coverage of the main","building shall not exceed 30%.","(b) the maximum site coverage of the main","building shall not exceed 40%.","except visitor parking, and at least 50% of a lot is"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor space ratio by storeys: 1 storey 0.3:1; 2 storeys 0.6:1; 3 storeys 0.9:1; 4 storeys 1.2:1. Bonus: 0.4:1, 0.8:1, 1.2:1, 1.6:1","quotes":["1 0.3:1","2 0.6:1","3 0.9:1","4 1.2:1","1 0.4:1","2 0.8:1","3 1.2:1","4 1.6:1"]},"max_height":{"value":"12 m and 4 storeys","quotes":["12 m and 4 storeys."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"3.5 m","quotes":["(a) shall not exceed 3.5 m in height;"]},"setback_front":{"value":"1 or 2 storeys 7.5 m; 3 storeys 9.0 m; 4 storeys 10.5 m","quotes":["1 or 2 7.5 m","3 9.0 m","4 10.5 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"The greater of 3 m or one half of the building height","quotes":["ground level, is the greater of 3 m or one half of the"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"The greater of 3 m or one half of the building height (also applies to the rear)","quotes":["ground level, is the greater of 3 m or one half of the"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"Accessory buildings: not in a front yard, at least 7.5 m from any street","quotes":["(b) shall not be located in a front yard;","(c) shall be setback at least 7.5 m from any"]},"other":{"value":["At least 30% of a site must be open site space; the entire front yard (except driveways) must be open site space","Each self-contained dwelling unit must have at least 33 m² of residential floor area","Accessory buildings may not exceed 10% site coverage","Parking: R3-AM-2 strata 1.4 per unit, other 1.3; R3-AM-1 strata 1.2, other 1.1"],"quotes":["At least 30% of a site shall be open site space.","residential floor area of at least 33 m2.","(d) shall not exceed a site coverage of 10%.","shall provide 1.4 parking spaces per","dwelling unit in the R3-AM-2 Zone and 1.2","shall provide 1.3 parking spaces per","dwelling unit in the R3-AM-2 Zone and 1.1"]}},"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/310pdf#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-am-1-2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/r3-am-1-2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/r3-am-1-2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/index.json"}}