{"title":"R-2 zone in View Royal: Duplex Residential","code":"R-2","slug":"r-2","name":"Duplex Residential","group":"Residential","section":"8.5","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Residential, Detached, subject to the regulations of the R-1B zone for siting, floor area and size of buildings and other structures, Residential, Duplex, Small-Scale, Multi-Unit Housing, subject to Schedule E.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Residential, Detached, subject to the regulations of the R-1B zone for siting, floor area and size of buildings and other structures","Residential, Duplex","Small-Scale, Multi-Unit Housing, subject to Schedule E"],"quotes":["Residential, Detached, subject to the regulations of the R-1B zone for siting, floor","Residential, Duplex","Small-Scale, Multi-Unit Housing, subject to Schedule E"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home Occupation","Secondary Suite within a Residential Detached dwelling only","Garden Suite, subject to Schedule D"],"quotes":["Home Occupation","Secondary Suite within a Residential Detached dwelling only","Garden Suite, subject to Schedule D"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"650 m²","quotes":["Lot Size, minimum 650m2"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"17.5 m","quotes":["Lot Width, minimum 17.5m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50%","quotes":["Lot Coverage, maximum 50%"]},"max_density":{"value":"Principal Buildings per lot: 1; Secondary Suites per lot: 1; Floor Space Ratio: 0.6","quotes":["Principal Buildings per lot, maximum 1","Secondary Suites per lot, maximum 1","Floor Space Ratio 0.6"]},"max_height":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["Building Height, maximum 7.5m"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Accessory Building Height, maximum 4.5m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["Front Lot Line Setback, minimum 7.5m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["Rear Lot Line Setback, minimum 7.5m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.5 m","quotes":["Side Lot Line Setback, minimum 1.5m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Flanking Lot Line Setback, minimum 4.5m"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"all lot lines 1.2 m","quotes":["All lot lines, minimum 1.2m"]},"other":{"value":["Up to 45 m² of garage floor area used for parking is not counted in building floor area; any area above 45 m² is counted.","Impermeable surface coverage maximum 60%","Residential Detached Building Floor Area: 400 m²","Minimum building width 6 m"],"quotes":["Up to 45m2 of the garage floor area that is used for the parking of vehicles must not","Impermeable Surface Coverage, maximum 60%","Residential Detached Building Floor Area, maximum 400m²","Building Width, minimum 6m"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 2014 (consolidated to June 2026)","url":"https://www.viewroyal.ca/assets/Town~Hall/Bylaws/900%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20-%20Consolidated%20to%20June%202026.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The Town says its zoning bylaw covers the part of View Royal south of and including Thetis Lake Park; the areas north of Thetis Lake remain under the zoning adopted by the Capital Regional District before the Town was incorporated in 1988 (that CRD bylaw is not in this file). Sub-zones CD-8A to 8E and CD-9A to 9D are written inside the CD-8 and CD-9 sections. The zone list also names C-2 (Apartment Commercial), which has no section in the body of the bylaw."},"source_url":"https://www.viewroyal.ca/assets/Town~Hall/Bylaws/900%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20-%20Consolidated%20to%20June%202026.pdf#page=74","place":{"path":"ca/bc/view-royal","name":"View Royal","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/view-royal/zoning/r-2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/view-royal/zoning/r-2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/view-royal/zoning/r-2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/view-royal/zoning/index.json"}}