---
title: "R-3 zone in Nakusp: Multiple Unit Residential"
place: Nakusp, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/nakusp
zone: R-3
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 729, 2023 (consolidated November 2024)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nakusp/zoning/r-3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nakusp/zoning/r-3.json"
---

# R-3 zone in Nakusp: Multiple Unit Residential

Medium to high density residential such as townhouses, multiple-unit residential and two-unit dwellings on large parcels, while still allowing single detached dwellings with accessory dwellings.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Medium to high density residential such as townhouses, multiple-unit residential and two-unit dwellings on large parcels, while still allowing single detached dwellings with accessory dwellings.
- **Main uses:** Apartment; Duplex; Multiple-Unit Residential; Single Detached Dwelling
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Dwelling, Attached; Accessory Dwelling, Detached; Bed and Breakfast; Home Occupation; Short-Term Rental
- **Minimum lot area:** 800 m² (community water and sewer); 1,115 m² (community water but no community sewer)
- **Minimum lot width:** 18 m (water and sewer, with lane access); 22 m (water and sewer, no lane access); 27 m (water but no sewer)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50% where a single detached dwelling is the principal building; 60% where a duplex, semi-detached dwelling, multi-unit residential, townhouse or apartment is the principal building
- **Maximum density:** One principal building per parcel. Either one single detached dwelling plus one attached or detached accessory dwelling; one multiple-unit residential development plus one attached accessory dwelling per primary dwelling unit; one multiple-unit residential development; or one apartment building development
- **Maximum height:** 12.0 m (apartment, multiple-unit residential); 10.0 m (all other principal buildings)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 7.3 m
- **Front setback:** 4.5 m (single detached dwelling, duplex); 1.5 m (townhouse, multi-unit residential, apartment)
- **Rear setback:** 1.5 m (single detached dwelling, duplex); 4.5 m (townhouse, multi-unit residential); 6.0 m (apartment)
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m (single detached dwelling, duplex); 3.0 m (townhouse, multi-unit residential, apartment)
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 4.5 m, rear 1.0 m, interior side 3.0 m, exterior side 4.5 m
- **Other rules:** Only one dwelling unit in a duplex or multiple-unit development may be a short-term rental; A parcel with a single detached dwelling and an accessory dwelling may run one short-term rental if one dwelling unit is occupied long-term

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 729, 2023 (consolidated November 2024), s. 6.3](https://nakusp.civicweb.net/document/15437#page=52) (read 2026-11-08)

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