{"title":"RCH zone in Abbotsford: Coach House Residential Zone","code":"RCH","slug":"rch","name":"Coach House Residential Zone","group":"Residential","section":"387","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Single detached dwellings and coach houses on urban lots with municipal lane access.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Single detached dwellings and coach houses on urban lots with municipal lane access.","quotes":["Intent: To accommodate Single Detached Dwellings and Coach","Houses on urban Lots with municipal lane access in the"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Residential Care","Single Detached Dwelling"],"quotes":[".1 Residential Care",".2 Single Detached Dwelling"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Boarding","Coach House","Home Occupation - Level 1","Short-Term Rental Accommodations"],"quotes":[".3 Boarding",".4 Coach House",".5 Home Occupation - Level 1",".6 Short-Term Rental Accommodations"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"300 m² (interior lot); 360 m² (corner lot); through and panhandle lots not permitted","quotes":["a. Interior Lot – 300 m2","b. Corner Lot – 360 m2","c. Through Lot – Not permitted"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"9.0 m (interior lot); 11.0 m (corner lot); through and panhandle lots not permitted","quotes":["b. Corner Lot – 11.0 m","Lot Width (minimum)","a. Interior Lot – 9.0 m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50%","quotes":["a. 50%"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor space ratio 0.5, excluding the floor area of a coach house","quotes":["a. Floor Space Ratio – 0.5, excluding the Floor"]},"max_height":{"value":"9.5 m or three storeys, whichever is less","quotes":["a. Principal Building - 9.5 m or three Storeys,"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m; 6.5 m or 2 storeys (whichever is less) for an accessory building with a coach house","quotes":["b. Accessory Building or Structure - 4.5 m","House – 6.5 m or 2 Storeys, whichever is"]},"setback_front":{"value":"3.0 m","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 3.0 m","(Front Lot Line)"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"13.5 m","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 13.5 m","(Rear Lot Line)"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.2 m (coach house side and parking side)","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 1.2 m","Line – Coach House","Line – Parking side)"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 m","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 3.0 m","(Exterior Side Lot"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front: no less than the principal building's actual setback; rear 1.0 m (1.5 m maximum with a coach house); interior side 1.2 m (0.3 m or 0.0 m on the coach house side, 2.9 m on the parking side, with a coach house); exterior side 3.0 m","quotes":["b. Accessory Building or Structure – no less","b. Accessory Building or Structure – 1.0 m","a. Accessory Building or Structure with Coach","House – 1.5 m","b. Accessory Building or Structure – 1.2 m","House – 0.3 m, except 0.0 m where","House – 2.9 m","b. Accessory Building or Structure – 3.0 m"]},"other":{"value":["A coach house is limited to one per lot and a floor area no greater than the detached garage's total floor area or 55 m², whichever is less","A coach house is not allowed on a panhandle or through lot, and not between the principal building and the front lot line","All vehicle access for required parking must be off the municipal lane","Minimum 6.0 m between the principal building and an accessory building with a coach house"],"quotes":["b. be limited to a maximum floor area not greater than the total floor area","of the detached garage, or 55 m2, whichever is less","d. be located on a Lot other than a Panhandle or Through Lot;","f. not be located between the Principal Building and the Front Lot Line;","h. be permitted where all the vehicular access for the required off street","6.0 m"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Abbotsford Zoning Bylaw, 2014 (Bylaw No. 2400-2014), City's online consolidation","url":"https://laws.abbotsford.ca/civix/content/coa/coabylaws/z/zoning/?xsl=/templates/browse.xsl","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City publishes the bylaw as one PDF per section or zone in its Civix bylaw library (laws.abbotsford.ca); each zone below has its own source_url and its pdf_page is the page within that file. The text is described in the bylaw as an unofficial consolidation for convenience; no consolidation date is stated."},"source_url":"https://laws.abbotsford.ca/civix/document/id/coa/coabylaws/2014b2400387#page=1","place":{"path":"ca/bc/abbotsford","name":"Abbotsford","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/rch/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/rch.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/rch.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/index.json"}}