---
title: "RM zone in Lillooet: Residential Multi-Unit"
place: Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/lillooet
zone: RM
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/rm/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lillooet/zoning/rm.json"
---

# RM zone in Lillooet: Residential Multi-Unit

Comprehensively designed medium-density (two to four storey) multiple-unit residential buildings and compatible uses on serviced urban lots.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Comprehensively designed medium-density (two to four storey) multiple-unit residential buildings and compatible uses on serviced urban lots.
- **Main uses:** Apartment Dwelling; Community Care Facility (no more than ten persons, not more than six in care); Duplex; Four-plex Dwelling; Townhouse; Tri-plex Dwelling
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Building or Accessory Structures; Accessory Dwelling; Home Occupation; Short-Term Rental
- **Minimum lot area:** 400 m² (subdivision)
- **Minimum lot width:** 12 metres (subdivision)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 80%
- **Maximum density:** 100 units per hectare maximum; 40 units per hectare minimum (may be reduced if the lot cannot support it); floor area ratio 2.0
- **Maximum height:** 16.5 metres (principal building)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 metres
- **Front setback:** 1.0 metres (first and second storey); 4.5 metres (third storey and above)
- **Rear setback:** 3.0 metres (first and second storey); 4.5 metres (third storey and above)
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 metres, or 3.0 metres with no rear lane access (first and second storey); 1.5 metres (third storey and above)
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 metres (may be 0.0 m where a sidewalk bulb is built to District standards)
- **Other rules:** Amenity area of at least 25 m² must be attached to each dwelling unit; Where a development has access to a rear lane, vehicle access is only permitted from the rear lane

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 2025-026 (adopted January 20, 2026), s. 16.0](https://lillooet.civicweb.net/document/94551#page=67) (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/rm/_