RCH zone in Abbotsford: Coach House Residential Zone

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

In short

Single detached dwellings and coach houses on urban lots with municipal lane access.

Zone rules

Purpose	Single detached dwellings and coach houses on urban lots with municipal lane access.
Main uses	Residential Care Single Detached Dwelling
Also allowed (secondary uses)	Boarding Coach House Home Occupation - Level 1 Short-Term Rental Accommodations
Minimum lot area	300 m² (interior lot); 360 m² (corner lot); through and panhandle lots not permitted
Minimum lot width	9.0 m (interior lot); 11.0 m (corner lot); through and panhandle lots not permitted
Maximum lot coverage	50%
Maximum density	Floor space ratio 0.5, excluding the floor area of a coach house
Maximum height	9.5 m or three storeys, whichever is less
Maximum height, accessory buildings	4.5 m; 6.5 m or 2 storeys (whichever is less) for an accessory building with a coach house
Front setback	3.0 m
Rear setback	13.5 m
Interior side setback	1.2 m (coach house side and parking side)
Street side setback	3.0 m
Accessory building setbacks	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
Other rules	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

Source: Abbotsford Zoning Bylaw, 2014 (Bylaw No. 2400-2014), City's online consolidation, s. 387 (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. 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. 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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