---
title: "R-3 zone in Clearwater: Multiple Family Residential"
place: Clearwater, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/clearwater
zone: R-3
bylaw: District of Clearwater Zoning Bylaw No. 133, 2016 (consolidated to April 1, 2025)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/clearwater/zoning/r-3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/clearwater/zoning/r-3.json"
---

# R-3 zone in Clearwater: Multiple Family Residential

Multiple family housing in the central part of the District on lots with community water and sewer.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Multiple family housing in the central part of the District on lots with community water and sewer.
- **Main uses:** Multiple family dwelling; Senior citizen housing
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory building; Common or private amenity areas; Professional office (apartments only, up to 33% of ground floor gross floor area); Home based business (no non-resident employees, no customers attending); Preschool
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Duplexes with a 0 m interior side lot setback in a bare land strata on Lots 1-32, Plan EPS2429, KDYD; Single family dwelling on Strata Lots 3 to 32, District Lot 3856, KDYD, Strata Plan EPS2429 (400-484, 488 Lytton Crescent); Apartment or senior citizen housing density increased to 80 units per ha (59 dwelling units) and amenity area decreased to 3.34 square meters for three units on Lot A, District Lot 73, KDYD, Plan EPP81829 (240 Park Drive)
- **Minimum lot area:** 900 m² (9,688 sqft) for buildings of 4 or fewer dwelling units; 1,000 m² (0.25 acres) for buildings of 5 or more dwelling units
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 m (99 ft)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 60% total (apartment or senior citizen housing); 45% total (other multiple family building); accessory buildings included in total
- **Maximum density:** 70 units/hectare (28 units/acre) for apartment or senior citizen housing; 35 units/hectare (14 units/acre) for other multiple family building
- **Maximum height:** 15 m (50 ft) for apartment or senior citizen housing; 12 m (40 ft) for other multiple family building
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5 m (16.5 ft)
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m (25 ft)
- **Rear setback:** 6 m (20 ft)
- **Interior side setback:** 6 m (20 ft)
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m (15 ft)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 7.5 m (25 ft), rear 1.5 m (5 ft), interior side 1.5 m (5 ft), exterior side 4.5 m (15 ft)
- **Other rules:** Buildings with 10 or more dwelling units need a common amenity area of at least 100 square metres (1,077 sqft), minimum dimension 6 metres (20ft); Each townhouse needs a contiguous outdoor amenity area of at least 15 square metres (162 sqft), minimum dimension 3 metres (10ft); Each apartment unit needs a contiguous amenity area of at least 5 square metres (54 sqft), minimum dimension 1.5 metres (5ft)

## Source

- [District of Clearwater Zoning Bylaw No. 133, 2016 (consolidated to April 1, 2025), s. 8.3](https://districtofclearwater.civicweb.net/document/105297#page=51) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Clearwater: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/clearwater/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/clearwater/zoning/r-3/_