{"title":"RR8 zone in Highlands: Rural Residential 8","code":"RR8","slug":"rr8","name":"Rural Residential 8","group":"Residential","section":"6.8","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Residential, Sewage disposal from a lot in a Community Institutional 1 Zone.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Residential","Sewage disposal from a lot in a Community Institutional 1 Zone"],"quotes":["Residential","Sewage disposal from a lot in a Community Institutional 1 Zone"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home-based Business (not permitted in common property in a Bare Land Strata Plan)","Accessory uses, buildings and structures (no buildings in common property in a Bare Land Strata Plan)","Accessory dwelling unit (one per lot, if the owner grants a covenant against subdividing it from the principal unit)"],"quotes":["Home-based Business with the exception that no home-based business is permitted in","Accessory uses, buildings and structures with the exception that no buildings are permitted","there may be no more than one (1) accessory dwelling unit on each lot","prohibiting the accessory dwelling unit from being subdivided"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"7 hectares (17.3 acres)","note":"If the Section 12.5.1 amenities are provided, up to nine residential lots of at least 0.2 hectares (0.5 acres).","quotes":["(1) No subdivision plan may be approved unless lots created by the subdivision have a minimum area","of at least 7 hectares (17.3 acres).","(2) Despite Section 6.8.4(1), if the amenities described in Section 12.5.1 of this Bylaw are provided, a","subdivision plan may be approved to create a maximum of nine (9) residential lots (excluding","common property in a Bare Land Strata Plan) with no lot less than 0.2 hectares (0.5 acres)."]},"max_density":{"value":"One principal dwelling unit per lot","quotes":["(1) There shall be no more than one (1) principal dwelling units on each lot. For the purposes of this"]},"max_height":{"value":"10.5 m","quotes":["(1) The height of a principal dwelling unit shall not exceed 10.5 metres."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"6 m","quotes":["(2) The height of an accessory building or structure shall not exceed 6 metres"]},"setback_front":{"value":"4 m","quotes":["(3) No building or structure shall be sited within 4 metres of a front lot line."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"10 m","quotes":["(6) No building or structure shall be sited within 10 metres of a rear lot line."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3 m","quotes":["(4) No building or structure shall be sited within 3 metres of a side lot line."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"7.5 m (side lot line abutting an access route in a Bare Land Strata Plan)","quotes":["(5) No building or structure shall be sited within 7.5 metres of a side lot line that abuts an access route","in a Bare Land Strata Plan."]},"other":{"value":["All buildings on a lot: maximum total floor area 330 m²","Accessory buildings: maximum total floor area 50 m²","Required parking spaces may not be within 4 m of a front lot line, 10 m of a rear lot line or 2 m of a side lot line"],"quotes":["(7) The total floor area of all buildings on a lot shall not exceed 330 square metres.","(8) The total floor area of all accessory buildings on a residential lot shall not exceed 50 square","metres.","(9) Despite Section 3.8(7)(b) of this Bylaw, a required parking space shall not be placed or maintained","within four (4) metres of any front lot line, within ten (10) metres of any rear lot line, or within two","(2) metres of any side lot line."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 100, 1998 (consolidated to June 15, 2026, including Bylaw 484)","url":"https://www.highlands.ca/media/1622","accessed":"2026-11-08","note":"The District's consolidation is \"for convenience purpose only: It is not a certified copy\"."},"source_url":"https://www.highlands.ca/media/1622#page=34","place":{"path":"ca/bc/highlands","name":"Highlands","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/highlands/zoning/rr8/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/highlands/zoning/rr8.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/highlands/zoning/rr8.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/highlands/zoning/index.json"}}