---
title: "RS-5 zone in Parksville: Civic Centre Apartment Zone"
place: Parksville, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/parksville
zone: RS-5
bylaw: Zoning and Development Bylaw, 1994, No. 2000 (consolidated to July 29, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/parksville/zoning/rs-5/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/parksville/zoning/rs-5.json"
---

# RS-5 zone in Parksville: Civic Centre Apartment Zone

Apartment or townhouse type buildings, which could be oriented to seniors care, students or hi-tech employees.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Apartment or townhouse type buildings, which could be oriented to seniors care, students or hi-tech employees.
- **Main uses:** 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 (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.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Health Clinic; Home Based Business (Accessory health clinics up to 30% of the building floor area.)
- **Minimum lot area:** 1,800 m² (apartment, apartment hotel, assisted living, community care, congregate care, student housing, townhouses, accessory health clinic); N/A for others
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 35%
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 1.0, which can be increased where underground parking is provided, up to 1.40
- **Maximum height:** 22 m (apartment, apartment hotel, congregate care, student housing)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5.0 m
- **Front setback:** 6 m
- **Rear setback:** 6 m
- **Interior side setback:** 6 m
- **Street side setback:** 6 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 6 m, rear 3 m, exterior side 3 m, interior side 6 m
- **Other rules:** Fences may not exceed 1.2 m in any yard.; Usable open space recreation area of 5 square metres per dwelling unit.

## Source

- [Zoning and Development Bylaw, 1994, No. 2000 (consolidated to July 29, 2026), s. 242](https://parksville.civicweb.net/document/70161#page=225) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Parksville: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/parksville/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/parksville/zoning/rs-5/_