{"title":"R-6 zone in Cranbrook: High Density Multiple Family Residential Zone","code":"R-6","slug":"r-6","name":"High Density Multiple Family Residential Zone","group":"Residential","section":"7.11","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"High Density Multiple Family Residential Zone: apartments.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"High Density Multiple Family Residential Zone: apartments.","quotes":["HIGH DENSITY MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONE: R-6"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartment","Congregate care apartment"],"quotes":["Apartment","Congregate care apartment"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home based business","Group day care","Other uses, buildings and structures accessory to a permitted use"],"quotes":["Home based business","Group day care","Other uses, buildings and structures accessory to a permitted use."]},"site_specific":{"value":["LOT C DISTRICT LOT 4 KOOTENAY DISTRICT PLAN 12006, EXCEPT PART INCLUDED IN PLAN 13155: Support Services permitted; no more than 50 units"],"quotes":["(d) Support Services specific to land legally described as LOT C DISTRICT","LOT 4 KOOTENAY DISTRICT PLAN 12006, EXCEPT PART INCLUDED","no person shall located more than 50 units on the parcel legally described"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"Front parcel line at least 12.0 m","quotes":["less than 12.0 m in length."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40% of the parcel with buildings and structures (excluding structures containing parking); 80% with buildings, structures and off-street parking areas","quotes":["cover more than 40% of the area of a parcel in the R-6","containing off-street parking spaces.","cover more than 80% of the area of a parcel in the R-6"]},"max_density":{"value":"120 dwelling units per gross hectare; up to 160 per gross hectare with additional recreational space (1 extra unit per 12.0 m²) or concealed off-street parking (1 extra unit per 2 spaces); maximum floor area ratio 1.5","quotes":["more than one hundred twenty (120) dwelling units per gross hectare on a","unit per 12.0 m² of additional recreational space may be located, to a","maximum density of one hundred sixty (160) dwelling units per gross","unit per two (2) concelaed off-street parking spaces may be","The maximum floor area ratio in the R-6 Zone shall be 1.5."]},"max_height":{"value":"30.0 m","quotes":["a height of 30.0 m."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Zone which exceeds a height of 4.5 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"9.0 m","quotes":["A front yard less than 9.0 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"9.0 m","quotes":["A rear yard less than 9.0 m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"2.1 m","quotes":["An interior side yard less than 2.1 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"9.0 m","quotes":["An exterior side yard less than 9.0 m"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front 9.0 m, rear 2.1 m, interior side 3.0 m, exterior side 9.0 m; at least 1.0 m from a principal building","quotes":["A front yard less than 9.0 m","A rear yard less than 2.1 m","An interior side yard less than 3.0 m","An exterior side yard less than 9.0 m","Zone within 1.0 m distance from a principal building."]},"other":{"value":["Apartments need at least 10.0 m² of recreational space per dwelling unit","Land not covered by buildings, structures and parking must be landscaped and maintained"],"quotes":["10.0 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/2014/#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-6/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/r-6.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/r-6.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/index.json"}}