---
title: "RA.1 zone in Armstrong: Residential Apartment"
place: Armstrong, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/armstrong
zone: RA.1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1921, 2024 (consolidated for convenience only, with Bylaw No. 1928, 2024)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/armstrong/zoning/ra-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/armstrong/zoning/ra-1.json"
---

# RA.1 zone in Armstrong: Residential Apartment

Apartment housing and complementary uses

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Apartment housing and complementary uses
- **Main uses:** Apartment Housing; Dwelling Units; Congregate Housing; Group Homes, Major
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Buildings or Structures; Care Facilities, Major; Care Facilities, Minor; Home Occupations
- **Minimum lot area:** 600 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 18 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50% (60% including impermeable surfaces)
- **Maximum density:** 100 units per ha (maximum gross density); up to 150 units per ha if at least 50% of units are below market and a housing agreement is signed with the City
- **Maximum height:** 14 m or 4 storeys, whichever is less
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5 m
- **Front setback:** 8 m
- **Rear setback:** 8 m
- **Interior side setback:** 6 m
- **Street side setback:** 6 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 10 m, rear 1.5 m, exterior side 6 m, interior side 1.5 m
- **Other rules:** Minimum floor area per dwelling unit: 55 m² for 3 bedroom or more; 45 m² for 2 bedroom; 40 m² for 1 bedroom; 27 m² for bachelor; Maximum 1 accessory building or structure per lot; Minimum 3 m separation between buildings/structures; Amenity space per unit: one bedroom 6 m² private and 25 m² public; two bedrooms or more 10 m² private and 35 m² public

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1921, 2024 (consolidated for convenience only, with Bylaw No. 1928, 2024), s. 9.3](https://armstrong.civicweb.net/document/181358#page=61) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Armstrong: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/armstrong/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/armstrong/zoning/ra-1/_