{"title":"RS-1 zone in Belcarra: One-Family Residential Zone","code":"RS-1","slug":"rs-1","name":"One-Family Residential Zone","group":"Residential","section":"302","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Land for single-family housing, plus one coach house or one secondary suite per lot.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Land for single-family housing, plus one coach house or one secondary suite per lot.","quotes":["This zone is intended to provide land solely for the purpose of single-family housing, as","well as one accessory coach house or one secondary suite per lot."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Single Family Residential Use"],"note":"Properties with an existing Duplex when the bylaw was enacted may keep it.","quotes":["Single Family Residential Use","Properties with an existing Duplex at the time of enactment of this Bylaw shall be"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home-Based Business Use","One Accessory Secondary Suite Use or one Accessory Coach House Use","Accessory Parking Use"],"quotes":["Home-Based Business Use (subject to the requirements of Section 210)","One (1) Accessory Secondary Suite Use (subject to the requirements of Section 213) or","one (1) Accessory Coach House Use (subject to the requirements of Section 214)","Accessory Parking Use"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"2,023 m² (0.5 acres)","quotes":["Minimum lot area: 2,023 sq m (0.5 acres)"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"10% of the perimeter of the lot","quotes":["Minimum lot width: 10% of the perimeter of the lot"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40%","quotes":["Maximum 40%"]},"max_density":{"value":"Maximum floor area of all buildings depends on lot size: lot area x 0.06 + 502 m² (lots to 1,208 m²), x 0.07 + 492 m² (1,209–2,137 m²), x 0.025 + 589 m² (2,138–4,738 m²), x 0.044 + 499 m² (4,739–8,083 m²), 855 m² (over 8,083 m²)","quotes":["0 – 1,208 sq m","1,209 sq m – 2,137 sq m)","2,138 sq m – 4,738 sq m)","4,739 sq m – 8,083 sq m","Lot Area Maximum Gross Floor Area Calculation","= (Lot Area x 0.06) + 502 sq m","= (Lot Area x 0.07) + 492 sq m","= (Lot Area x 0.025) + 589 sq m","= (Lot Area x 0.044) + 499 sq m","> 8,083 sq m 855 sq m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["7.5 m 7.5 m 3m 1.5 m 3m","Principal Building"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["7.5 m 7.5 m 3m 1.5 m 3m","Principal Building"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.5 m","quotes":["7.5 m 7.5 m 3m 1.5 m 3m","Principal Building"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3 m","quotes":["7.5 m 7.5 m 3m 1.5 m 3m","Principal Building"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front: no nearer than the front wall of the principal building (garages and coach houses up to 4 m high may be nearer, but not within 3 m of the front lot line); rear 1.5 m; exterior side 3 m; interior side 1.5 m","quotes":["See(b) 1.5 m 3m 1.5 m 3m","No Accessory Building shall be located nearer to the Front Lot Line than the front wall of","height not greater than 4 metres (13 feet) above Average Natural Grade, which may be","within 3 metres (9.8 feet) of the Front Lot Line"]},"other":{"value":["Setback from exterior forested land lot line: 3 m (principal and accessory buildings)","Principal building must be at least 75 m² of floor area and at least 7.5 m wide","Accessory buildings: at most 150 m² total floor area and 92.9 m² total footprint"],"quotes":["7.5 m 7.5 m 3m 1.5 m 3m","Exterior Forested Land","have a building width of not less than 7.5 metres (24.6 feet).","A Principal Building shall have a Gross Floor Area of not less than 75 square metres (807.3","Buildings on a parcel shall not exceed 92.9 square metres (1,000 square feet).","Floor Area of all Accessory Buildings on a parcel shall not exceed 150"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 510, 2018 (consolidated through Amendment Bylaw No. 580, 2021)","url":"https://belcarra.ca/assets/media/2021/05/Bylaw-510-2018-Zoning-Bylaw-Consolidated-.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-08","note":"The consolidation is not a legal document; individual copies of the bylaw can be obtained from the Village Office. The Zoning Map (Schedule A) is near the end of the PDF."},"source_url":"https://belcarra.ca/assets/media/2021/05/Bylaw-510-2018-Zoning-Bylaw-Consolidated-.pdf#page=25","place":{"path":"ca/bc/belcarra","name":"Belcarra","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/belcarra/zoning/rs-1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/belcarra/zoning/rs-1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/belcarra/zoning/rs-1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/belcarra/zoning/index.json"}}