---
title: "R.6 zone in Lumby: Residential Resource"
place: Lumby, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/lumby
zone: R.6
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 750, 2012 (consolidated with amendments for convenience only, through Bylaw No. 897, 2024)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lumby/zoning/r-6/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lumby/zoning/r-6.json"
---

# R.6 zone in Lumby: Residential Resource

Main uses: Accessory buildings and structures, Assembly, public service, and civic use, Boarding, lodging or rooming houses, Community Care Facilities, Single family dwellings, and 1 more.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Accessory buildings and structures; Assembly, public service, and civic use; Boarding, lodging or rooming houses; Community Care Facilities; Single family dwellings; Two family dwellings
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home Occupations
- **Minimum lot area:** 0.18 ha
- **Minimum lot width:** 45 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 35% of the lot, and 45% with driveways and parking areas; up to 60% with permeable surfaces
- **Maximum density:** One dwelling unit per 1,900 m² of gross lot area; one accessory residential building per dwelling unit
- **Maximum height:** Residential dwellings: lesser of 8 m or two storeys; all other uses: 10 m
- **Front setback:** 8 m for accessory buildings, single family dwellings, two family dwellings, and assembly, public service and civic use; 10 m for Community Care Facilities
- **Rear setback:** 8 m
- **Interior side setback:** 2 m for single family dwellings; 3 m for accessory buildings and two family dwellings; 8 m for Community Care Facilities and for assembly, public service and civic use
- **Street side setback:** 8 m
- **Other rules:** Buildings must be at least 3 m from any other building; Accessory residential buildings: floor area not greater than 110 m²; Boarding, lodging or rooming house: up to four boarders, plus one more for each 45 m² of lot area over 1100 m²; Single family and each two family dwelling unit: at least 60 m² floor area

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 750, 2012 (consolidated with amendments for convenience only, through Bylaw No. 897, 2024), s. 1206](https://lumby.civicweb.net/document/7189#page=101) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Lumby: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lumby/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/lumby/zoning/r-6/_