City of Calgary Land Use Zoning
Zoning refers to the permitted use of land in the city. This will help you figure out what they stand for.
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Residential
Name
Residential – Contextual Large Parcel One Dwelling
Allows single detached dwellings on 24.0 metre or wider parcels. Secondary Suites can be allowed by adding a modifier through a re-designation.
Acronym
R-C1L
Name
Residential – Contextual One Dwelling
This land use district can accommodate residential development in the form of single detached dwellings, which are contextually sensitive to existing community development standards. Allows single detached dwellings on 12.0 metre or wider parcels. Secondary Suites can be added as a discretionary use through a re-designation to the R-C1s district.
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R-C1
Name
Residential – Contextual Narrow Parcel One Dwelling
This land use district can accommodate residential development on narrow or small parcels, in the form of single detached dwellings, which are contextually sensitive to existing community development standards. Allows single detached dwellings on 7.5 to 11.0 metre wide parcels.
Acronym
R-C1N
Name
Residential – Contextual One/Two Dwelling
This land use district can accommodate residential development including single detached dwellings, duplexes and semi-detached dwellings, which are contextually sensitive to existing community development standards.
Allows single detached dwellings on 7.5 metre or wider parcels. Allows semi-detached dwellings on 13.0 metre wide parcels. Secondary suites are a discretionary use on 15.0 metre wide parcels.
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R-C2
Name
Residential – One Dwelling
This land use district can accommodate residential development in the form of single detached dwellings in areas of the city that are still developing.
An 11.0 metre maximum building height can be increased to 12 metres when the parcel is 15.0 metres or wider. Secondary Suites can be added as a discretionary use through a redesignation to the R-1s district.
Acronym
R-1
Name
Residential – Narrow Parcel One Dwelling
This land use district can accommodate residential development on narrow or small parcels, in the form of single detached dwellings in areas of the city that are still developing.
A narrow parcel single detached district (minimum 7.5 metres). When a parcel width is 10.0 metres or greater, the maximum building height is 11.0 metres.
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R-1N
Name
Residential – One/Two Dwelling
This land use district can accommodate residential development including single detached dwellings, duplexes and semi-detached dwellings, in areas of the city that are still developing.
Allows semi-detached dwellings on 13.0 metre wide parcels. Allows single detached dwellings on 7.5 metre wide parcels. Secondary suites are a discretionary use on an 11.0 or 13.0 metre wide parcel, depending on form.
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R-2
Name
Residential – Low Density Multiple Dwelling
Allows a mixture of predominantly single detached dwellings, semi-detached dwellings, duplexes, rowhouses and townhouse developments to occur.
The intent is to provide a variety of housing choices to be developed in an area and allow higher densities to be achieved, while still maintaining a low density scale.
Semi-detached dwellings, duplexes and rowhouses are permitted uses. Rowhouses can occur on 5.0 metre wide parcels.
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R-2M
Name
Residential – Manufactured Home
Intended to accommodate manufactured homes on individual parcels or in a manufactured home park
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R-MH
Name
Residential – Grade-Oriented Infill District
This land use district can accommodate grade-oriented residential development in the form of rowhouse buildings, duplex dwellings, semi-detached dwellings and cottage housing clusters, which are contextually sensitive to existing community development standards.
Acronym
R-CG
Multi residential
Name
Multi-Residential – Contextual Grade-Oriented
Acronym
M-CG
Name
Multi-Residential – Contextual Low Profile
Acronym
M-C1
Name
Multi-Residential – Contextual Medium Profile
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M-C2
Name
Multi-Residential – At Grade Housing
Acronym
M-G
Name
Multi-Residential – Low Profile
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M-1
Name
Multi-Residential – Medium Profile
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M-2
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Multi-Residential – High Density Low Rise
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M-H1
Name
Multi-Residential – High Density Medium Rise
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M-H2
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Multi-Residential – High Density High Rise
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M-H3
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Multi-Residential – Low Profile Support Commercial
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M-X1
Name
Multi-Residential – Medium Profile Support Commercial
Acronym
M-X2
