---
title: "RS-CWA zone in Chilliwack: Community Water Supply Area"
place: Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/chilliwack
zone: RS-CWA
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw 2020, No. 5000 (City's consolidated copy, includes amendments through Bylaw 2026, No. 5592, October 20, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/chilliwack/zoning/rs-cwa/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/chilliwack/zoning/rs-cwa.json"
---

# RS-CWA zone in Chilliwack: Community Water Supply Area

Main uses: Manufactured Home, Single Detached Dwelling, Supportive Recovery Home.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Manufactured Home; Single Detached Dwelling; Supportive Recovery Home
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Dwelling Unit; Accessory Home Occupation; Cottage Industry; Rural Ancillary Uses
- **Minimum lot area:** 8 ha (land excluded from the ALR or approved for subdivision within the ALR); 1 ha (created by boundary adjustment between adjoining lots)
- **Minimum lot width:** 25 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 5%
- **Maximum density:** 1 structure for principal residential use per lot
- **Maximum height:** Residential use 10 m; Rural Ancillary Uses 6 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 3 m
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m
- **Other rules:** Residential use or accessory dwelling unit only allowed with City Engineering Department approval; Accessory dwelling units limited to secondary suite, manufactured home, park model trailer, coach house, garden suite; Rural ancillary use may not include keeping pets other than inside the dwelling unit

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw 2020, No. 5000 (City's consolidated copy, includes amendments through Bylaw 2026, No. 5592, October 20, 2026), s. 12.01](https://www.chilliwack.com/main/attachments/attachView.cfm?attachID=6624#page=216) (read 2026-11-07)

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