---
title: "R zone in Barriere: Residential"
place: Barriere, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/barriere
zone: R
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 111 (consolidated July 2025 through Amendment Bylaws 127 to 258, with map)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/barriere/zoning/r/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/barriere/zoning/r.json"
---

# R zone in Barriere: Residential

Permit a mix of conventional, low density urban residential development on municipal services.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Permit a mix of conventional, low density urban residential development on municipal services.
- **Main uses:** Single Detached Dwelling; Duplex; Townhome (max. two dwelling units per building)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Secondary Dwelling Unit; Accessory buildings; Large animals (kept outside the dwelling unit and limited to 1per 0.4ha)
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 645b Barriere Lakes Rd: permitted minimum lot size 2,200 sq m; Part of Lot 7, Plan KAP5207 (4756 Barriere Town Road): permitted minimum lot size 260 sq m when a townhome duplex (two similarly sized units joined by a vertical party wall) is subdivided into two fee simple lots
- **Minimum lot area:** 500 m² (lot with community water and community wastewater); 4,000 m² (community water but no community wastewater)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 25 percent of the lot area; 40 percent if the lot has both community water and community wastewater
- **Maximum height:** 12 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5 m
- **Front setback:** 6 m
- **Rear setback:** 6 m (1.5 m for accessory buildings)
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m; 4.5 m where the side lot abuts a highway
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m where the side lot abuts a highway
- **Accessory building setbacks:** rear 1.5 m
- **Other rules:** Newly subdivided lots must be serviced by community water and, where available, community wastewater

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 111 (consolidated July 2025 through Amendment Bylaws 127 to 258, with map), s. Division 6](https://barriere.municipalwebsites.ca/ckfinder/connector?command=Proxy&lang=en&type=Files&currentFolder=%2FDevelopment%20Related%2F&hash=c245c263ce0eced480effe66bbede6b4d46c15ae&fileName=Bylaw%20No%20111%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20-%20CONSOLIDATED%20July%202025%20with%20MAP.pdf#page=26) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Barriere: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/barriere/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/barriere/zoning/r/_