---
title: "R.7 zone in Lumby: Residential Small-Scale, Multi-Unit Housing"
place: Lumby, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/lumby
zone: R.7
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-7/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lumby/zoning/r-7.json"
---

# R.7 zone in Lumby: Residential Small-Scale, Multi-Unit Housing

Main uses: Accessory buildings and structures, Single family dwellings, two family dwellings, three family dwellings and four family dwellings, Community care facilities, Boarding, lodging, or rooming houses.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Accessory buildings and structures; Single family dwellings, two family dwellings, three family dwellings and four family dwellings; Community care facilities; Boarding, lodging, or rooming houses
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Secondary suites; Secondary detached dwellings; Home Occupations
- **Minimum lot area:** 450 m² (corner lots 560 m²); community care facilities 560 m² (corner lots 650 m²); 350 m² for lots with dwellings that straddle a lot line (with a Section 219 covenant registered on title)
- **Minimum lot width:** 14 m (corner lots 16 m); 9 m for lots with dwellings that straddle a lot line
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50% of the lot, and 60% with driveways and parking areas; up to 75% with permeable surfaces
- **Maximum density:** Lots under 280 m²: no more than three dwelling units; lots 280 m² and larger: no more than four dwelling units
- **Maximum height:** Dwellings: lesser of 12 m or three storeys; community care facilities: 10 m
- **Front setback:** 4.5 m for dwellings (6 m for attached garages or carports); 10 m for community care facilities
- **Rear setback:** 6 m for dwellings and community care facilities (The bylaw gives the conversion as 26.25 feet, which does not match 6 m; verify.)
- **Interior side setback:** 2 m for dwellings (dwellings may straddle a property line on one side at a party wall); 8 m for community care facilities (The bylaw gives the conversion as 19.68 feet, which does not match 2 m; verify.)
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m for dwellings and community care facilities (6 m for attached garages or carports)
- **Other rules:** Buildings must be at least 3 m from any other building; Up to two accessory residential buildings per dwelling unit (single and two family), one per dwelling unit (three and four family)

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 750, 2012 (consolidated with amendments for convenience only, through Bylaw No. 897, 2024), s. 1207](https://lumby.civicweb.net/document/7189#page=104) (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-7/_