---
title: "R-3 zone in Masset: Mixed Residential"
place: Masset, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/masset
zone: R-3
bylaw: Village of Masset Zoning Bylaw No. 677, 2025 (published as a DRAFT)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/masset/zoning/r-3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/masset/zoning/r-3.json"
---

# R-3 zone in Masset: Mixed Residential

To accommodate low-density residential uses, including alternative dwelling forms, on small lots.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** To accommodate low-density residential uses, including alternative dwelling forms, on small lots.
- **Main uses:** Dwelling, Duplex; Dwelling, Single Detached; Manufactured Home
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Buildings and Structures; Bed and Breakfast; Boarding House; Childcare Facility, Minor; Coach House; Community Care Facility; Home-Based Business; Manufactured Home; Secondary Suite; Tiny Home
- **Minimum lot area:** 440.0 m²; for subdivision, 0.2 ha where only serviced by a community water system, or 0.4 ha where not serviced by community water or sewer
- **Minimum lot width:** 14.6 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 35%
- **Maximum density:** 4 per lot; two per lot where not connected to community water and sewer and under 500.0 m² in area
- **Maximum height:** 12.0 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.0 m
- **Front setback:** 4.6 m
- **Rear setback:** 3.0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 4.6 m, rear 0.5 m, side 0.5 m, exterior side 3.0 m
- **Other rules:** Minimum distance between buildings 3.0 m; Maximum impermeable surface coverage 70%; Accessory buildings: maximum 50.0 m² floor area, except a detached garage or carport may be 65.0 m²; More than one manufactured home on a lot is subject to the Manufactured Home Park Bylaw

## Source

- [Village of Masset Zoning Bylaw No. 677, 2025 (published as a DRAFT), s. 9.4](http://massetbc.com/images/uploads/pdfs/677_DRAFT_Village_of_Masset_Zoning_Bylaw_-_FINAL.pdf#page=51) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Masset: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/masset/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/masset/zoning/r-3/_