{"title":"R-5 zone in Cranbrook: Medium Density Multiple Family Residential Zone","code":"R-5","slug":"r-5","name":"Medium Density Multiple Family Residential Zone","group":"Residential","section":"7.10","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Medium Density Multiple Family Residential Zone: townhouses and apartments.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Medium Density Multiple Family Residential Zone: townhouses and apartments.","quotes":["MEDIUM DENSITY MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONE: R-5"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Townhouse","Apartment","Congregate care apartment"],"quotes":["Townhouse","Apartment","Congregate care apartment"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home based business","Secondary Suite within a townhouse","Group day care","Other uses, buildings and structures accessory to a permitted use"],"quotes":["Home based business","Secondary Suite within a townhouse, 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 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 shall be 12.0 m in length.","than 6.0 m in length for each parcel created by subdivision."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40% of the parcel with buildings and structures (excluding structures containing parking); 70% with buildings, structures and off-street parking areas","quotes":["cover more than 40% of the area of a parcel in the R-","except for a building or structure","cover more than 70% of the area of a parcel in the R-"]},"max_density":{"value":"60 dwelling units per gross hectare; up to 80 per gross hectare with additional recreational space (1 extra unit per 18.0 m²) or concealed off-street parking (1 extra unit per 2.5 spaces); maximum floor area ratio 0.85","quotes":["locate more than sixty (60) dwelling units per gross hectare on a parcel","unit per 18.0 m² of additional recreational space may be","additional dwelling unit per two and one half (2.5) concelaed off-street","dwelling units per gross hectare on a parcel in the R-5 Zone.","to a maximum density of eighty (80)","The maximum floor area ratio in the R-5 Zone shall be 0.85."]},"max_height":{"value":"12.0 m","quotes":["exceeds a height of 12.0 m."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Zone which exceeds a height of 4.5 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.6 m","quotes":["A front yard less than 7.6 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.6 m","quotes":["A rear yard less than 7.6 m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["An interior side yard less than 4.5 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["An exterior side yard less than 4.5 m"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front 7.6 m, rear 2.1 m, interior side 3.0 m, exterior side 4.5 m; at least 1.0 m from a principal building","quotes":["A front yard less than 7.6 m","A rear yard less than 2.1 m","An interior side yard less than 3.0 m","An exterior side yard less than 4.5 m","Zone within 1.0 m distance from a principal building."]},"other":{"value":["Townhouses and apartments need at least 15.0 m² of recreational space per dwelling unit","Land not covered by buildings, structures and parking must be landscaped and maintained"],"quotes":["which has less than 15.0 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/2013/#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-5/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/r-5.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/r-5.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/index.json"}}