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title: "R.3 zone in Enderby: Residential Multi-Family Medium Intensity Zone"
place: Enderby, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/enderby
zone: R.3
bylaw: "Zoning Bylaw No. 1550, 2014 (consolidated for convenience only; amendment index lists bylaws through 1821 and 1807, 2025)"
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/enderby/zoning/r-3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/enderby/zoning/r-3.json"
---

# R.3 zone in Enderby: Residential Multi-Family Medium Intensity Zone

Main uses: Apartment and multi-family residential, Adult retirement housing, Uses permitted in the R.3-A zone.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Apartment and multi-family residential; Adult retirement housing; Uses permitted in the R.3-A zone
- **Minimum lot area:** 350 m² (single family dwellings); 700 m² (two family); 1,000 m² (three family); 1,300 m² (four family); 1,900 m² (apartment, multi-family and adult retirement housing); 220 m² per unit of row housing (330 m² for the end unit); 560 m² (convalescent, nursing, and personal care home use); 399.6 m² for the two-family dwelling at 173 Salmon Arm Drive
- **Minimum lot width:** 12 m (single family); 23 m (two family); 30 m (three and four family); 35 m (apartment and multi-family); 7.5 m per row housing unit (11 m for the end unit); 18 m (convalescent, nursing, and personal care homes)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50% of the lot area for adult retirement housing; 50% for single family and two family dwellings (60% together with driveways and parking areas); 40% for all other uses
- **Maximum density:** 60 units per hectare for adult retirement housing, apartments and multi-family use (up to 80 units per hectare for adult retirement housing owned and operated by a not-for-profit society for seniors, under conditions); 41 units per hectare at 806 Cliff Avenue
- **Maximum height:** Residential dwellings: 9 m or two storeys, whichever is less (7 m where the lot's average natural slope exceeds 5%); apartment and multi-family use: 12 m or three storeys, whichever is less; all other uses: 10 m
- **Front setback:** 10 m (apartment and multi-family use); 6 m (row housing and adult retirement housing); 6 m (all other uses)
- **Rear setback:** 10 m (apartment and multi-family use); 6 m (row housing and adult retirement housing); 6 m (all other uses)
- **Interior side setback:** 3 m (four family dwellings and apartment and multi-family use, wall without a window or with a window to a non-habitable room); 8 m (apartment and multi-family use, wall with a balcony or a window to a habitable room); 4 m (outside wall of the end unit of a row housing project); 8 m (convalescent, nursing, and personal care home use); 1.2 m (adult retirement housing and all other uses)
- **Street side setback:** 5 m; 8 m for apartment and multi-family use
- **Other rules:** Usable open space per apartment or multi-family unit: 45 m² (three-bedroom), 35 m² (two-bedroom), 25 m² (one-bedroom or bachelor); Row housing structure: four to eight side-by-side dwelling units; Minimum apartment and multi-family unit floor area: 27 m² (senior citizen or bachelor), 40 m² (one-bedroom), 45 m² (two-bedroom), 55 m² (three-bedroom or larger); Buildings must be at least 3 m from any other building

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1550, 2014 (consolidated for convenience only; amendment index lists bylaws through 1821 and 1807, 2025), s. 604](https://www.cityofenderby.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/1550-Zoning-Bylaw-No.-1550-2014-Consolidated.pdf#page=110) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Enderby: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/enderby/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/enderby/zoning/r-3/_