---
title: "R3-G zone in Victoria: Garden Apartment District"
place: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/victoria
zone: R3-G
bylaw: "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)"
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/r3-g/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/r3-g.json"
---

# R3-G zone in Victoria: Garden Apartment District

Garden Apartment District.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Garden Apartment District.
- **Main uses:** Single family dwellings and accessory uses (R1-B Zone regulations); Two family dwellings and accessory uses (R-2 Zone regulations); Garden apartments and garden apartment accessory uses; Not more than 2 garage sales in any year
- **Minimum lot area:** 1,858 m² for a garden apartment
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 30% in total for all garden apartments on a lot
- **Maximum density:** Floor space ratio of all garden apartments on a lot not to exceed 0.5 to 1; two or more garden apartments may be on one lot
- **Maximum height:** 11 m; no more than 30% of the maximum floor area may be in apartments of more than two storeys
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 3 m for surface parking structures that are not part of a garden apartment
- **Front setback:** 7.62 metres from any lot boundary
- **Rear setback:** 7.62 metres from any lot boundary
- **Interior side setback:** 7.62 metres from any lot boundary
- **Street side setback:** 7.62 metres from any lot boundary
- **Other rules:** Each garden apartment dwelling unit must be at least 33 m²; At least 40% of the lot must be open site space; Separation between garden apartments: storeys multiplied by 3.048 metres; Surface parking must be at least 6 m from dwelling units (2.4 m with a parking screen wall)

## 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. 3.1](https://www.victoria.ca/media/file/31pdf#page=1) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Victoria: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/r3-g/_