---
title: "RS-1 zone in Belcarra: One-Family Residential Zone"
place: Belcarra, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/belcarra
zone: RS-1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 510, 2018 (consolidated through Amendment Bylaw No. 580, 2021)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/belcarra/zoning/rs-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/belcarra/zoning/rs-1.json"
---

# RS-1 zone in Belcarra: One-Family Residential Zone

Land for single-family housing, plus one coach house or one secondary suite per lot.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Land for single-family housing, plus one coach house or one secondary suite per lot.
- **Main uses:** Single Family Residential Use (Properties with an existing Duplex when the bylaw was enacted may keep it.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home-Based Business Use; One Accessory Secondary Suite Use or one Accessory Coach House Use; Accessory Parking Use
- **Minimum lot area:** 2,023 m² (0.5 acres)
- **Minimum lot width:** 10% of the perimeter of the lot
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40%
- **Maximum density:** 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)
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 3 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** 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
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 510, 2018 (consolidated through Amendment Bylaw No. 580, 2021), s. 302](https://belcarra.ca/assets/media/2021/05/Bylaw-510-2018-Zoning-Bylaw-Consolidated-.pdf#page=25) (read 2026-11-08)

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