---
title: "R-2 zone in Lillooet: Infill Residential"
place: Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/lillooet
zone: R-2
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 2025-026 (adopted January 20, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lillooet/zoning/r-2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lillooet/zoning/r-2.json"
---

# R-2 zone in Lillooet: Infill Residential

Medium-density, ground-oriented housing compatible in scale with Single Detached Dwellings but at a higher density of units per lot.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Medium-density, ground-oriented housing compatible in scale with Single Detached Dwellings but at a higher density of units per lot.
- **Main uses:** Community Care Facility (no more than ten persons, not more than six in care); Mobile Home; Modular Home; Single Detached Dwelling; Duplex; Tri-plex Dwelling; Four-plex Dwelling
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Building or Accessory Structure; Agriculture, Urban; Accessory Dwelling; Home Occupation; Secondary Suite; Short-Term Rental
- **Minimum lot area:** 250 m² with municipal water and sewer; 2000 m² with municipal water only (subdivision)
- **Minimum lot width:** The greater of 12.0 metres or 25% of the parcel depth (subdivision)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 70%
- **Maximum density:** One of: Single Detached Dwelling + Secondary Suite + Accessory Dwelling; Duplex (two units) + one Secondary Suite per unit; Tri-plex (three units); Four-plex (four units). Floor area ratio 1.2. Subject to availability of municipal services.
- **Maximum height:** 12 metres (primary building area)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 metres (secondary building area)
- **Front setback:** 1.5 metres (primary building area)
- **Rear setback:** 1.5 metres (primary building area)
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 metres; 0.0 metres where there is a Party Wall agreement (then the adjacent interior side setback is 3.0 metres on the lots containing each half of a Duplex or the exterior units of a Tri-plex or Four-plex)
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 metres (primary building area)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** rear 1.5 m (secondary building area)
- **Other rules:** Buildings may be built across multiple parcels using Party Wall agreements registered on title

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 2025-026 (adopted January 20, 2026), s. 15.0](https://lillooet.civicweb.net/document/94551#page=64) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Lillooet: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lillooet/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/lillooet/zoning/r-2/_