---
title: "NR-1 zone in New Westminster: Neighbourhood Single Detached Residential District"
place: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/new-westminster
zone: NR-1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 6680, 2001 (consolidated as of June 8, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/nr-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/nr-1.json"
---

# NR-1 zone in New Westminster: Neighbourhood Single Detached Residential District

Single detached dwellings, secondary suites, and laneway or carriage houses in the West End, Kelvin and Connaught neighbourhoods.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Single detached dwellings, secondary suites, and laneway or carriage houses in the West End, Kelvin and Connaught neighbourhoods.
- **Main uses:** Single Detached Dwellings; Accommodation for youth in foster care and transitioning from foster care; Public utilities; Women’s transition houses
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Uses accessory to any permitted principal use; Detached accessory dwelling units; Home based business; Secondary suites; Keeping of up to two lodgers or boarders or four foster children in a dwelling unit, or up to eight child care children on a site
- **Minimum lot area:** 557.40 m² (6,000 square feet)
- **Minimum lot width:** Frontage of not less than 10% of the site perimeter
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 35% (principal building); if two habitable levels above grade, the upper level floor area is limited to 80% of the lower level
- **Maximum density:** One principal dwelling unit per site, plus a secondary suite and one detached accessory dwelling unit. Buildings approved on or after January 1, 1997: floor space ratio up to 0.5, with floors above a basement, cellar or slab not over 0.4. Buildings approved before 1997: 0.4 above a basement, slab or crawl space, with total floor space ratio up to 0.75, 0.65, 0.60 or 0.50 depending on average basement height above grade
- **Maximum height:** 7.62 m (25 feet), or 8.84 m (29 feet) for a principal building meeting Energy Step Code Step 5 or a Passive House; 6.09 m (20 feet) for flat or mansard roofs; peak height 10.67 m (35 ft) from height datum
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** Detached accessory dwelling unit building: 7 m (22.97 feet) from the base height plane. Other detached accessory buildings: one storey, 4.57 m (15 feet) for a peaked roof, 3.6 m (12 feet) for a roof pitch of 4:12 or less
- **Front setback:** 5.79 m (19 feet), 20% of the depth of the site, or the average front setback of existing principal buildings on either side, whichever is less
- **Rear setback:** 7.62 m (25 feet) or 20% of the depth of the site, whichever is less
- **Interior side setback:** 1.22 m (4 ft) minimum; combined side setbacks at least 25% of the frontage of the site
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Detached accessory buildings without a dwelling unit: not in the required front yard; 1.52 m (5 feet) from any rear or side site line bounded by a street; swimming pools 1.52 m (5 feet) from side and rear site lines; 4.57 m (15 feet) from the corner at a street and lane; garage or carport 6.71 m (22 feet) less lane width from the lane
- **Other rules:** Detached accessory area is limited to 10% of the site area; A detached accessory dwelling unit building may not exceed 89 m² (958 square feet) of detached accessory area; Floor space ratio above a basement may be increased by 0.01, 0.03 or 0.05 for Energy Step Code Step 3, 4 or 5 (or Passive House); No part of a basement, cellar or crawl space may extend beyond the perimeter of the floor above

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 6680, 2001 (consolidated as of June 8, 2026), s. 320](https://www.newwestcity.ca/database/files/library/Complete_Zoning_Bylaw_No._6680_2001___As_of_June_8_2026(1%29.pdf#page=138) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in New Westminster: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/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/new-westminster/zoning/nr-1/_