---
title: "RS4 zone in Abbotsford: Duplex Residential Zone"
place: Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/abbotsford
zone: RS4
bylaw: Abbotsford Zoning Bylaw, 2014 (Bylaw No. 2400-2014), City's online consolidation
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/rs4/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/rs4.json"
---

# RS4 zone in Abbotsford: Duplex Residential Zone

Accommodate Single Detached Dwellings or Duplexes (strata and fee simple) on urban lots.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Accommodate Single Detached Dwellings or Duplexes (strata and fee simple) on urban lots.
- **Main uses:** Duplex; Residential Care; Single Detached Dwelling
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Boarding; Home Occupation – Level 1 (in Duplex dwelling units); Home Occupation – Level 2 (in Single Detached Dwellings); Secondary Suite (Single Detached Dwellings only); Short-Term Rental Accommodations
- **Minimum lot area:** 464 m² (Single Detached Dwelling); 557 m² (Duplex); 278 m² (Duplex constructed on interior side lot line)
- **Minimum lot width:** Single Detached Dwelling 15.0 m (interior lot) or 16.5 m (corner lot); Duplex 18.0 m; Duplex on interior side lot line 9.0 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40%
- **Maximum density:** Floor Space Ratio 0.50
- **Maximum height:** Principal building: 9.5 m or three Storeys, whichever is less
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 m
- **Front setback:** 5.0 m
- **Rear setback:** 8.0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 1.2 m (does not apply along the interior side lot line that separates the units of a Duplex)
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Accessory building or structure: front 6.0 m, rear 1.0 m, interior side 1.0 m, exterior side 3.0 m; 1.5 m from the principal building
- **Other rules:** Supported Housing only within a Single Detached Dwelling

## Source

- [Abbotsford Zoning Bylaw, 2014 (Bylaw No. 2400-2014), City's online consolidation, s. 360](https://laws.abbotsford.ca/civix/document/id/coa/coabylaws/2014b2400360#page=1) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Abbotsford: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/rs4/_