---
title: "R4 zone in Creston: Residential - High Density Zone"
place: Creston, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/creston
zone: R4
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1958, 2022 (consolidated to June 16, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/creston/zoning/r4/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/creston/zoning/r4.json"
---

# R4 zone in Creston: Residential - High Density Zone

High density apartment and multi-family development

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** High density apartment and multi-family development
- **Main uses:** Apartment dwelling; Multi-family dwelling
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory building; Home occupation; Short term rental; Community care facility
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Boarding, rooming or lodging home with mobile catering, only at 1909 Ash Street (Lot 1, District Lot 891, Kootenay District, Plan 12455, PID 010-242-694)
- **Minimum lot area:** 1300 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 20 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 75%
- **Maximum density:** 140 dwelling units per hectare
- **Maximum height:** 18 m (apartment dwellings and boarding, rooming or lodging homes); 9.2 m (multi-family dwellings and non-residential principal buildings)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5.0 m
- **Front setback:** 7.6 m (apartment dwellings); 6.0 m (multi-family dwellings)
- **Rear setback:** 7.6 m (apartment dwellings); 1.5 m where lot abuts a lane, 3.0 m where no lane (multi-family dwellings)
- **Interior side setback:** 3.0 m (apartment and multi-family dwellings)
- **Street side setback:** 6.0 m (apartment dwellings); 3.0 m (multi-family dwellings)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 6.0 m, rear 1.5 m, interior side 1.5 m, exterior side 6.0 m (apply even if attached to the principal building)
- **Other rules:** Usable private open space required for each dwelling unit: at least 10% of its gross floor area and never less than 5.6 m²; Usable common open space: 10 m² per dwelling unit (minimum 4 m in any direction), not required if within 200 metres of an established Town of Creston Park

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1958, 2022 (consolidated to June 16, 2026), s. 7.5](https://www.creston.ca/sites/default/files/2026-06/Zoning-1958.pdf#page=39) (read 2026-11-07)

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