---
title: "R5 zone in Burns Lake: Residential Medium Density"
place: Burns Lake, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/burns-lake
zone: R5
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 880, 2008 (consolidated up to April 2026, Schedules 1, 2 and 3)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/burns-lake/zoning/r5/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/burns-lake/zoning/r5.json"
---

# R5 zone in Burns Lake: Residential Medium Density

Medium density multi-unit housing.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Medium density multi-unit housing.
- **Main uses:** apartment; congregate housing; duplex; triplex; fourplex; rowhouse; semi-detached dwelling; special needs housing
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** accessory buildings and structures; amenity area; home occupation, excluding bed and breakfast; recreation vehicle storage, accessory to apartment and rowhouse; secondary suite, accessory to a duplex or semi-detached dwelling
- **Minimum lot area:** 1,400 m² (apartment and congregate housing); 1,000 m² (rowhouse); 830 m² (duplex, triplex, fourplex and semi-detached)
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 m (apartment, congregate housing and rowhouse, interior and corner lots); 22 m (duplex, fourplex and semi-detached interior lots); 24 m (duplex, fourplex and semi-detached corner lots)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40% for all buildings; 50% for all buildings, driveways and parking areas
- **Maximum density:** 30 dwelling units per hectare (35 where special needs housing is provided)
- **Maximum height:** 11 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5 m
- **Front setback:** 6 m (7.5 m for apartments and congregate housing)
- **Rear setback:** 6 m
- **Interior side setback:** 2 m
- **Street side setback:** 5 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 6 m, interior side 1.5 m, exterior side 5 m, rear 1.5 m
- **Other rules:** Minimum apartment floor area: bachelor 50 m²; one bedroom 65 m²; two bedroom 72 m²; three bedroom or more 85 m²; Minimum rowhouse floor area: one bedroom 70 m²; two bedroom 85 m²; three bedroom or more 95 m²; Rowhouse and apartment amenity area: 7 m² per bachelor unit, 12 m² per one bedroom unit, 18 m² per unit with two or more bedrooms; Recreation vehicle storage must not be in the front yard setback and must be screened and landscaped

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 880, 2008 (consolidated up to April 2026, Schedules 1, 2 and 3), s. 8.1](https://www.burnslake.ca/media/file/zoning-bylaw-880-2008-sch-123-c20260417pdf#page=51) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Burns Lake: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/burns-lake/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/burns-lake/zoning/r5/_