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RMD-2 zone in Victoria: Residential Mixed Use Fort Street District

Victoria, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

Residential Mixed Use Fort Street District.

Zone rules

PurposeResidential Mixed Use Fort Street District.
Main uses
  • Multiple dwelling
  • Retail
  • Personal services
  • Restaurant
  • Home occupation
Retail, personal services and restaurant must be in the first or second storey; multiple dwellings must be above the first storey.
Maximum densityFloor space ratio 2.25:1; 6.17:1 where the community amenities (rental housing agreement and heritage designation at 819 Fort Street) are provided; commercial uses up to 475 m² combined
Maximum height30.0 m for the main roof; parapets may project 1.0 m and rooftop structures 5.0 m above
Front setback4.0 m for portions of a building above 12.5 m in height; 5:1 (rise over run) for portions above 15 m
Rear setback3.0 m for portions of a building above 6 m in height
Interior side setback3.0 m for portions of a building above 12.5 m in height
Other rules
  • Setback for rooftop structures from the outer edge of the roof is 3.0 m
  • Rooftop structure floor area exemption of 100 m²
  • Cornices, eaves and similar may project up to 0.25 m into interior lot line setbacks

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. 6.100 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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). Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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