---
title: "R1 zone in Fort St James: Residential Urban"
place: Fort St James, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/fort-st-james
zone: R1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1101, 2025
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/zoning/r1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/zoning/r1.json"
---

# R1 zone in Fort St James: Residential Urban

Urban residential development as detached and duplex dwellings in neighbourhoods with full urban services.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Urban residential development as detached and duplex dwellings in neighbourhoods with full urban services.
- **Main uses:** Bed and breakfast accommodation; Day care centre; Home occupation; Residential use – single-detached dwelling; Residential use – duplex
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Residential use – secondary suite; Accessory buildings and uses
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** One detached secondary dwelling, only on Parcel A (consolidation of Lots 1 & 2, See CB2118803), Block M, District Lot 110, Range 5 Coast District, Plan PRP3304 (one bedroom maximum; one extra off-street parking space)
- **Minimum lot area:** 500 m² (single-detached dwelling); 750 m² (duplex)
- **Minimum lot width:** 18 m (single-detached dwelling); 23 m (duplex)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40%
- **Maximum density:** Two dwellings per lot, and no more than one single-detached dwelling
- **Maximum height:** 10 m or two and one-half storeys, whichever is less
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m (the detached secondary dwelling may be 1.7 m from the rear lot line)
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m on each side
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Not in the required front yard
- **Other rules:** Minimum principal building floor space 60 m² and minimum width 6 m; Maximum two accessory buildings per lot

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1101, 2025, s. 4.1](https://www.fortstjames.ca/sites/default/files/2026-03/1101%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20-%20Signed.pdf#page=25) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Fort St James: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/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/fort-st-james/zoning/r1/_