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3912 12 Av SE, Calgary

An address in Forest Lawn, Calgary, zoned R-CG (Residential - Grade-Oriented Infill). 2 building permits are on file, most recently “4 unit townhouse with secondary suites and a detached garage” (issued 20 February 2026). The City's 2026 assessed value is $467,500.

Zoning
R-CG · Residential - Grade-Oriented Infill
Neighbourhood
Forest Lawn
Permits on file
2
Assessed value (2026)
$467,500
Owner names are not part of the City's open data and are never shown. Sold prices are not municipal open data and are not shown. Assessed value is the City's estimate for property tax, not a sale price.
Plan of the block around 3912 12 Av SE, drawn from City open data, with the address marked
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What this zoning allows

R-CG · Residential - Grade-Oriented Infill. Existing residential development and grade-oriented housing (rowhouse buildings, townhouses, duplex and semi-detached dwellings, cottage housing clusters), with secondary suites and backyard suites.

Permitted Contextual Single Detached Dwelling; Contextual Semi-detached Dwelling; Rowhouse Building (where it meets every rule of the district and section 347.3); Secondary Suite; Accessory Residential Building; Park; Protective and Emergency Service; Utilities

Discretionary Rowhouse Building (where it does not meet every rule); Townhouse; Backyard Suite; Duplex Dwelling; Semi-detached Dwelling; Single Detached Dwelling; Cottage Housing Cluster; Assisted Living; and 10 more

Maximum height
10.0 m; lower beside another low density, M-CG or H-GO parcel (7.0 m or the neighbour's height at the shared line, rising at 45 degrees); 8.6 m in the rear 40 % of a midblock parcel
Front setback
3.0 m
Side setback
1.2 m; on a laneless parcel without a front or side garage, 3.0 m on one side; 0.6 m beside a street on a corner parcel; none at a party wall
Rear setback
7.5 m; 1.2 m on a laned or corner parcel
Maximum site coverage
45 % below 40 units per hectare, 50 % from 40, 55 % from 50; less for each required parking stall outside a garage
Secondary suite
Permitted

Maximum density 75 units per hectare. Height and parcel coverage lowered by Bylaw 9P2026 (in force 4 August 2026); no main residential building in the rear yard of a midblock parcel since Bylaw 25P2026 (5 August 2026). Also subject to the general rules for low density districts (Part 5, Division 1). Varies. Setbacks are minimums unless a maximum is stated.

Summary of the City of Calgary Land Use Bylaw 1P2007 (amended to 15 September 2026), sections 525 to 546.3, as read on 30 October 2026. A summary, not the bylaw: Direct Control, overlays and site-specific conditions can change these rules. Confirm with the City before relying on it.

Neighbourhood profile

From the 2021 Census, for the small area around this address that Statistics Canada calls a dissemination area (48061167, 514 people). Statistics Canada draws these areas; they are not the City's neighbourhoods.

People
514
Households
190
Median age
38
Median household income (2020)
$63,200
Own their home
47%
Calgary: 69%
Average household size
2.5
Under 15
19%
65 and over
14%
Income in the 2021 Census is for the year 2020. Statistics Canada rounds counts and does not publish some figures for very small areas.

Permit history

  1. 2026-02-20 4 unit townhouse with secondary suites and a detached garage · $870,644
    HOME THEORY DEVELOPMENTS
    Issued
  2. 2024-11-20 No description
    ALBERT POTTER BOB CAT SERVICES
    Closed

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Recent permits in Forest Lawn

1706 43 St SE
· M2 EXCAVATING & DEMOLITION
2026-10-27
3719 17 Av SE
Interior alterations · no contractor listed
2026-10-27
4710 17 Av SE
Interior alterations · no contractor listed
2026-10-26
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