{"title":"R1 zone in Greenwood: Residential 1 (Single and Two Family)","code":"R1","slug":"r1","name":"Residential 1 (Single and Two Family)","group":"Residential","section":"402","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Single and two family residential zone","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Single and two family residential zone","quotes":["Residential 1 Zone (Single and Two Family)"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Single family dwellings","Two family dwellings and semi-detached dwelling","Churches and church halls","Public and private day schools","Community halls","Public service uses","Publicly owned libraries, art galleries and museums and similar publicly owned cultural facilities","Clubs, lodges and similar fraternal organizations of a philanthropic or charitable nature"],"quotes":["Single family dwellings;","Two family dwellings and semi-detached dwelling;","Churches and church halls;","Public and private day schools;","Community halls;","Public service uses;","Publicly owned libraries, art galleries and museums and similar publicly owned","Clubs, lodges and similar fraternal organizations of a philanthropic or charitable"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home occupations","Accessory buildings and structures","Carriage houses","Secondary suites"],"quotes":["Home occupations;","Accessory buildings and structures;","Carriage houses;","Secondary suites."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"With community water and sewer: 465 m² (5,000 sq. ft.) per dwelling unit for all uses; without community water or sewer: 1,200 m² (12,900 sq. ft.) per dwelling unit; no community services: 4,500 m² (48,400 sq. ft.) per dwelling unit for single family and other principal uses, 2,250 m² (24,200 sq. ft.) for two family and semi-detached","quotes":["The minimum lot area required for a permitted use within the R1 Zone is as","With Community 465 m² 465 m² 465 m²","1,200 m² 1,200 m² 1,200 m²","4,500 m² 2,250 m² 4,500 m²","(12,900 sq. ft.) (12,900 sq. ft.) (12,900 sq. ft.)","(5,000 sq. ft.) (5,000 sq. ft.) (5,000 sq. ft.)","(48,400 sq. ft.) 24,200 sq. ft.) (48,400 sq. ft.)"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"35 percent of the gross lot area","quotes":["Buildings and structures together shall not cover more than 35 percent of the gross lot"]},"max_height":{"value":"9 metres (30 feet)","quotes":["(a) Principal buildings - 9 metres (30 feet);"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 metres (15 feet)","quotes":["(b) Accessory buildings - 4.5 metres (15 feet);"]},"setback_front":{"value":"6 metres (20 feet)","quotes":["(a) 6 metres (20 feet) of a front lot line;"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6 metres (20 feet)","quotes":["(d) 6 metres (20 feet) of a rear lot line, except that an accessory building may"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.5 metres (5 feet); waived along the shared party wall of a semi-detached dwelling","quotes":["(b) 1.5 metres (5 feet) of an interior side lot line;","The minimum required setback from an interior side lot line adjacent to a vertical"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 metres (15 feet)","quotes":["(c) 4.5 metres (15 feet) of an exterior side lot line;"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"rear 1.5 metres (5 feet) if the rear lot line does not abut a street","quotes":["be located within 1.5 metres (5 feet) of a rear lot line provided that the","rear lot line does not abut a street."]},"other":{"value":["A semi-detached dwelling may be built on two adjacent existing lots if the party wall sits on the common side lot line"],"quotes":["A semi-detached dwelling may be erected on two adjacent existing lots provided"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"City of Greenwood Zoning Bylaw No. 683, 1997 (the City posts the base bylaw; no consolidation found)","url":"https://media-002-ca.cdn.govstack.com/greenwoodcity-013-ca/media/kd3p3rea/zoning-bylaw-no-683-1997.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The text layer is real for the base bylaw, but the City's posted amending bylaws (Nos. 925 of 2018, 961 of 2020, 1049 of 2026 and a \"zoning amendment bylaw 9\") are scanned images with no text layer, so their changes are not in this text. The bylaw's zone map (Schedule A) is not in the posted PDF."},"source_url":"https://media-002-ca.cdn.govstack.com/greenwoodcity-013-ca/media/kd3p3rea/zoning-bylaw-no-683-1997.pdf#page=20","place":{"path":"ca/bc/greenwood","name":"Greenwood","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/greenwood/zoning/r1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/greenwood/zoning/r1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/greenwood/zoning/r1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/greenwood/zoning/index.json"}}