{"title":"R-3 zone in New Hazelton: Multi-Unit Residential","code":"R-3","slug":"r-3","name":"Multi-Unit Residential","group":"Residential","section":"4.3","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Multi-unit residential accommodations located near community amenities and services.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Multi-unit residential accommodations located near community amenities and services.","quotes":["This zone is to provide for Multi-Unit Residential accommodations located near community amenities and"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Affordable Housing","Multi-unit Residential"],"quotes":["Affordable Housing","Multi-unit Residential"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Building","Commercial use, subject to Section 4.15.5(a)"],"note":"Commercial use must be with a multi-unit residential use, at ground level, and limited to a coffee shop or café, convenience store, personal services establishment, office or retail commercial.","quotes":["Accessory Building","Commercial use, subject to Section 4.15.5(a)","occurs in conjunction with a Multi-unit Residential Use;","is located at ground level; and","is limited to a Coffee Shop or Café, Convenience Store, Personal Services"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"2000 m²","quotes":["Minimum Lot Size 2000 m2"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"18 m (lot frontage)","quotes":["Minimum Lot Frontage 18 m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"70%","quotes":["Maximum Lot Coverage 70%"]},"max_density":{"value":"50 units per ha","quotes":["Multi-Unit Residential Maximum Density 50 units per Ha."]},"max_height":{"value":"12 m (3.5 storeys)","quotes":["Maximum Height and Storeys of Principal Building 12 m (3.5 storeys)"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"10 m","quotes":["Maximum Height of Accessory Buildings and Structures 10 m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"6 m","quotes":["Multi-Unit Residential 6m 6m 6m 6m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6 m","quotes":["Multi-Unit Residential 6m 6m 6m 6m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"6 m","quotes":["Multi-Unit Residential 6m 6m 6m 6m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"6 m","quotes":["Multi-Unit Residential 6m 6m 6m 6m"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front 7.5 m, rear 1.5 m, exterior side 5 m, interior side 1.5 m","quotes":["7.5 m 1.5 m 5m 1.5 m"]},"other":{"value":["Density may be increased by 10 units per ha where 70% or more of required parking is underground or concealed within the building","Maximum 2 accessory buildings per parcel","Accessory buildings go behind the front face of the building, at least 3 m from the principal building"],"quotes":["Where 70% or more of the required off street parking spaces are provided underground or","increased by 10 units per Ha.","Total Number of Accessory Buildings per parcel 2","Accessory buildings and structures shall be located to the rear of the front face of the","building, not less than 3 meters from any portion of the principal building."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"District of New Hazelton Zoning Bylaw No. 389, 2025, as restated by Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 392, 2026 (adopted September 8, 2026)","url":"https://newhazelton.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/BL-392-Zoning-Amendment.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-08","note":"Bylaw 392 republishes the whole zoning bylaw (Schedule A) with small changes (for example it drops the affordable-housing density bonus in R-3). The original Bylaw 389 is at https://newhazelton.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/BL-389-Zoning.pdf."},"source_url":"https://newhazelton.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/BL-392-Zoning-Amendment.pdf#page=23","place":{"path":"ca/bc/new-hazelton","name":"New Hazelton","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-hazelton/zoning/r-3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-hazelton/zoning/r-3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-hazelton/zoning/r-3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-hazelton/zoning/index.json"}}