{"title":"R3-M zone in Victoria: Medium Density Multiple Dwelling District","code":"R3-M","slug":"r3-m","name":"Medium Density Multiple Dwelling District","group":"Residential","section":"3.8","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Medium Density Multiple Dwelling District.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Medium Density Multiple Dwelling District.","quotes":["PART 3.8 – R3-M ZONE, MEDIUM DENSITY MULTIPLE DWELLING DISTRICT"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Multiple dwellings","Multiple dwelling accessory uses"],"quotes":["(a) multiple dwellings;","(b) multiple dwelling accessory uses."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"25% of the lot; 40% if all resident parking is enclosed (includes accessory buildings)","quotes":["(a) 25% of the surface area of a lot; or","(b) 40% of the surface area of a lot if all resident"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor space ratio 2.0 to 1","quotes":["The maximum floor space ratio shall be 2.0 to 1."]},"max_height":{"value":"35 m","quotes":["No building may have a height in excess of 35m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"4.5 m from a street boundary or any lot line","quotes":["The minimum setback of any building from a street","boundary or any lot line shall be 4.5m."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"4.5 m from any lot line","quotes":["The minimum setback of any building from a street","boundary or any lot line shall be 4.5m."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"4.5 m from any lot line","quotes":["boundary or any lot line shall be 4.5m."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m from a street boundary","quotes":["boundary or any lot line shall be 4.5m."]},"other":{"value":["At least 30% of the lot must be landscaped","Parking: senior citizen apartments 0.4 space per unit; other rental 1.1 per unit; strata 1.3 per unit"],"quotes":["A minimum of 30% of the surface area of a lot is to be","(a) for senior citizen apartments: 0.4 space per","(b) for any other rental multiple dwelling: 1.1","(c) for any other strata multiple dwelling: 1.3"]}},"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/38pdf#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-m/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/r3-m.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/r3-m.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/victoria/zoning/index.json"}}