---
title: "R4 zone in Coldstream: Rural Large Lot Residential Zone"
place: Coldstream, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/coldstream
zone: R4
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1838, 2024 (consolidated for convenience, includes amendments adopted up to June 8, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coldstream/zoning/r4/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coldstream/zoning/r4.json"
---

# R4 zone in Coldstream: Rural Large Lot Residential Zone

Accommodate a residential use on large rural parcels within a Development Permit Area, serviced by onsite sewage.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Accommodate a residential use on large rural parcels within a Development Permit Area, serviced by onsite sewage.
- **Main uses:** Community Care, Minor; Manufactured Home; Single-Detached Dwelling
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Buildings and Structures; Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) with Single-Detached Dwelling: Carriage House, Garden Suite or Secondary Suite; Agriculture, Hobby Farm; Agriculture (Restricted): range land, silviculture and forestry; Bed & Breakfast; Home-Based Business, Rural; Manufactured Home
- **Minimum lot area:** 30 ha
- **Minimum lot width:** Corner lot 60 m; interior lot 60 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 25% for all buildings and structures; 10% for impervious hard-surfaced areas
- **Maximum density:** 1 Single-Detached Dwelling (with a Secondary Suite, or a Carriage House or Garden Suite) or 1 Manufactured Home; on a lot 4 ha or greater an additional ADU may be permitted with a sewage report and geotechnical assessment
- **Maximum height:** 11 m or 3 storeys
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** Accessory building or structure 8 m or 2 storeys; ADU 8 m or 2 storeys
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m (principal building)
- **Interior side setback:** 2 m
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** rear 2 m (accessory buildings and structures); 3 m between buildings
- **Other rules:** Minimum lot depth 90 m; pan-handle lots not permitted; Accessory building maximum floor area 300 m²; Onsite sewage setback from watercourses: 30 m (minor) and 150 m (major); Hobby farm animals limited to up to 6 hens and up to 6 beehives, plus 4 livestock on 2 ha or 8 on 4 ha

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1838, 2024 (consolidated for convenience, includes amendments adopted up to June 8, 2026), s. 504](https://coldstream.civicweb.net/document/104562#page=100) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Coldstream: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coldstream/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/coldstream/zoning/r4/_