{"title":"RS-5 zone in Parksville: Civic Centre Apartment Zone","code":"RS-5","slug":"rs-5","name":"Civic Centre Apartment Zone","group":"Residential","section":"242","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Apartment or townhouse type buildings, which could be oriented to seniors care, students or hi-tech employees.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Apartment or townhouse type buildings, which could be oriented to seniors care, students or hi-tech employees.","quotes":["This zone is intended to provide for apartment type or townhouse type buildings, which could be oriented"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartment","Apartment Hotel","Assisted Living Facility (subject to the RS-4 Zone)","Community Care Facility","Congregate Care Facility","Private Health Club","Recreation Facilities","Student Housing","Technology Support Facility","Townhouses (subject to the RS-4 Zone)","Home/Work"],"note":"Private health clubs up to 10% of building floor area; technology support up to 10%; home/work areas within a residential unit and up to 25% of the unit.","quotes":["Apartment","Apartment Hotel","Assisted Living Facility, subject to the RS-4 Zone","Community Care Facility","Congregate Care Facility","Private Health Club","Recreation Facilities","Student Housing","Technology Support Facility","Townhouses, subject to the RS-4 Zone","Home/Work","1. Technology support facilities may not exceed 10% of the gross floor area of a","2. Home/work areas must be within a residential unit and must not exceed 25% of the"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Health Clinic","Home Based Business"],"note":"Accessory health clinics up to 30% of the building floor area.","quotes":["Accessory Health Clinic","Home Based Business","4. Accessory health clinics may not exceed more than 30% of the gross floor area of the"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1,800 m² (apartment, apartment hotel, assisted living, community care, congregate care, student housing, townhouses, accessory health clinic); N/A for others","quotes":["Apartment 1,800 m2","Student Housing 1,800 m","Private Health Club N/A"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"35%","quotes":["The maximum lot coverage permitted is 35%."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 1.0, which can be increased where underground parking is provided, up to 1.40","quotes":["The maximum density shall not exceed a floor area ratio (FAR) of 1.0, except where","total parking spaces provided, but in no case shall the floor area ratio exceed 1.40."]},"max_height":{"value":"22 m (apartment, apartment hotel, congregate care, student housing)","quotes":["Apartment 22 m","Congregate Care Facility 22 m"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"5.0 m","quotes":["Height of Accessory Buildings and Structures 5.0 m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"6 m","quotes":["Principal Building 6m 6m 6m 6m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6 m","quotes":["Principal Building 6m 6m 6m 6m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"6 m","quotes":["Principal Building 6m 6m 6m 6m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"6 m","quotes":["Principal Building 6m 6m 6m 6m"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front 6 m, rear 3 m, exterior side 3 m, interior side 6 m","quotes":["Accessory Buildings and Structures 6m 3m 3m 6m"]},"other":{"value":["Fences may not exceed 1.2 m in any yard.","Usable open space recreation area of 5 square metres per dwelling unit."],"quotes":["The maximum height of a fence shall not exceed 1.2 m in any yard.","subject to the ratios of 5 square metres for each unit."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning and Development Bylaw, 1994, No. 2000 (consolidated to July 29, 2026)","url":"https://parksville.civicweb.net/document/70161","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The PDF is marked \"Consolidated only for convenience\". Zone sections are in Division 200. CD-15 and several other CD numbers no longer exist (repealed or never used), so they are not listed."},"source_url":"https://parksville.civicweb.net/document/70161#page=225","place":{"path":"ca/bc/parksville","name":"Parksville","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/parksville/zoning/rs-5/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/parksville/zoning/rs-5.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/parksville/zoning/rs-5.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/parksville/zoning/index.json"}}