{"title":"RT zone in Cranbrook: Residential Transition Zone","code":"RT","slug":"rt","name":"Residential Transition Zone","group":"Residential","section":"7.03","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Residential Transition Zone: low-density rural residential on large parcels, with agricultural use.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Residential Transition Zone: low-density rural residential on large parcels, with agricultural use.","quotes":["RESIDENTIAL TRANSITION ZONE: RT"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Single family dwelling","Mobile home","Agricultural use, excluding feed lots and the keeping for sale of pigs, sheep, poultry, fur-bearing animals and the raising of mushrooms for sale","Harvesting, transport, and storage of forest resources and silvicultural practices"],"quotes":["Single family dwelling","Mobile home","Agricultural use, excluding feed lots","Harvesting, transport, and storage of forest resources and silvicultural"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home based business","Secondary Suite","Accessory mobile home for a relative requiring care","Other uses, buildings and structures accessory to a permitted use"],"quotes":["Home based business","Secondary Suite in accordance with Section 4.17","Accessory mobile home for a relative requiring care","Other uses, buildings and structures accessory to a permitted use"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Lot 1, Plan 5155, DL 27, KD; Lot A and Lot B, Plan NEP 19184, DL 27, KD; Lot 1, Plan 2979, DL 27, KD (except Plans 4975, 8650 and NEP 19184); Lot A, Plan 4975, DL 27, KD; Lot 1, Plan 8650, DL 27, KD; Lot 2, Plan 2979, DL 27, KD: deemed conforming for minimum parcel size; no further residential subdivision or development of undeveloped lands"],"quotes":["Lot 1, Plan 5155, DL 27, KD","Lot A, Plan NEP 19184, DL 27, KD","Lot B, Plan NEP 19184, DL 27, KD","Lot A, Plan 4975, DL 27, KD","Lot 1, Plan 8650, DL 27, KD","Lot 2, Plan 2979, DL 27, KD","No further subdivision for residential purposes or"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"2.0 ha","quotes":["The minimum parcel size in the RT Zone shall be 2.0 ha in area."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"30% of the parcel (accessory buildings and structures together no more than 185.0 m²)","quotes":["No person shall cover more than 30% of the area of a parcel in","exceed 185.0 m²"]},"max_density":{"value":"One single family dwelling or mobile home per parcel","quotes":["No person shall locate more than one (1) single family dwelling or"]},"max_height":{"value":"7.6 m","quotes":["exceeds a height of 7.6 m."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["exceeds a height of 4.5 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["A front yard less than 7.5 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"9.0 m","quotes":["A rear yard less than 9.0 m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"7.5 m (side yard)","quotes":["A side yard less than 7.5 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"7.5 m (side yard)","quotes":["A side yard less than 7.5 m"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front 7.5 m, rear 9.0 m, side 7.5 m; at least 1.0 m from a principal building","quotes":["A front yard less than 7.5 m","A rear yard less than 9.0 m","A side yard less than 7.5 m","Zone within 1.0 m distance from a principal building."]},"other":{"value":["A single family dwelling must be at least 5.5 m in its smallest horizontal dimension (additions and non-rectangular buildings excluded)","Wrecking and repair of vehicles, or storage of derelict vehicles, is not allowed except up to three derelict vehicles outside the front yard"],"quotes":["No horizontal dimension of a single family dwelling not including","than 5.5 m.","storage of not more than three (3)"]}},"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/2006/#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/rt/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/rt.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/rt.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/index.json"}}