{"title":"R-4 zone in Cranbrook: Low Density Multiple Family Residential Zone","code":"R-4","slug":"r-4","name":"Low Density Multiple Family Residential Zone","group":"Residential","section":"7.09","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Low Density Multiple Family Residential Zone: townhouses.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Low Density Multiple Family Residential Zone: townhouses.","quotes":["LOW DENSITY MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONE: R-4"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Townhouse"],"quotes":["Townhouse"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home based business","Secondary Suite","Group day care","Other uses, buildings and structures accessory to a permitted use"],"quotes":["Home based business","Secondary Suite in accordance with Section 4.17","Group day care","Other uses, buildings and structures accessory to a permitted use."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"Front parcel line at least 12.0 m; where a townhouse parcel is subdivided along a common wall, at least 6.0 m for each new parcel","quotes":["which has a front parcel line less than 12.0 m in length.","than 6.0 m in length for each parcel created by the subdivision."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50% of the parcel","quotes":["No person, shall cover more than 50% of the area of a parcel in the R-"]},"max_density":{"value":"35 dwelling units per gross hectare; up to 40 per gross hectare if additional recreational space is provided (1 extra unit per 24.0 m² of extra recreational space)","quotes":["five (35) dwelling units per gross hectare on a parcel in the R-4 Zone.","unit per 24.0 m² of additional recreational space may be","maximum density of fourty (40) dwelling units per gross"]},"max_height":{"value":"7.6 m; 8.6 m or 2½ storeys, whichever is less, for a two, three or four family dwelling","quotes":["exceeds a height of 7.6 m, except that a two, three or four family","dwelling may be 8.6 m or 2½ storeys in height, whichever is less."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Zone which exceeds a height of 4.5 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["A front yard less than 6.0 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.6 m","quotes":["A rear yard less than 7.6 m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"2.1 m","quotes":["An interior side yard less than 2.1 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["An exterior side yard less than 4.5 m"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front 6.0 m, rear 2.1 m, interior side 1.5 m, exterior side 4.5 m; at least 1.0 m from a principal building","quotes":["A front yard less than 6.0 m","A rear yard less than 2.1 m","An interior side yard less than 1.5 m","An exterior side yard less than 4.5 m","Zone within 1.0 m distance from a principal building."]},"other":{"value":["Townhouses need at least 20.0 m² of recreational space per dwelling unit","Land not covered by buildings, structures and parking must be landscaped and maintained"],"quotes":["than 20.0 m² of recreational space per dwelling unit.","structures and off-street parking areas shall be landscaped and"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 3977, 2019 (consolidated to Bylaw 4258, adopted September 8, 2026)","url":"https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/filepro/documents/573/","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City publishes the bylaw as one PDF per Part (zone text is in Parts 7.03 to 7.32; each zone's source_url is its Part). The consolidation is for convenience purposes only and is not a legal document; the original bylaws prevail. Bylaw 4161, 2024 (June 10, 2024) replaced RS with R-1 and deleted the old R-1, RD, R-2, R-3A and CD-8 sections. The Part 7.01 file on the City's site still lists the old zone names, and the deleted Parts are not posted, so those zones are not listed here."},"source_url":"https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/2012/#page=1","place":{"path":"ca/bc/cranbrook","name":"Cranbrook","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/r-4/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/r-4.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/r-4.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/index.json"}}