{"title":"R4-L zone in Penticton: Small-Scale Multi-Unit Residential: Large Lot","code":"R4-L","slug":"r4-l","name":"Small-Scale Multi-Unit Residential: Large Lot","group":"Residential","section":"10.1","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Small-scale multi-unit housing (houses, secondary suites, carriage houses, duplexes, townhouses, small apartments) with up to 4 units on larger urban serviced lots.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Small-scale multi-unit housing (houses, secondary suites, carriage houses, duplexes, townhouses, small apartments) with up to 4 units on larger urban serviced lots.","quotes":["small apartments allowing up to 4 units on larger-sized urban serviced lots.","The purpose is to provide a zone for small-scale, multi-unit residential developments including"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartment","Congregate Housing","Back-to-back, Side-by-side or Stacked Duplexes","One or More Single Detached Dwellings","Townhouse"],"quotes":["apartment","congregate housing","one or more back-to-back duplexes, side-by-side duplexes, or stacked","one or more single detached dwellings","townhouse"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Use, Building or Structure","Carriage House","Major Home Occupation","Minor Home Occupation","Secondary Suite","Short Term Rental"],"quotes":["accessory use, building or structure","carriage house (subject to accessory suites regulation 8.2)","major home occupation (subject to specific use regulation 7.4)","minor home occupation (subject to specific use regulation 7.3)","secondary suite (subject to accessory suites regulation 8.1)","short term rental (subject to specific use regulation 7.6)"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Bed and breakfast home: Lot 2, Plan 26294, 185 Middle Bench Road South; Lot 1, Plan 31303, 2510 Dartmouth Drive; Lot 1, District Lot 116 SDYD Plan 19512 Except Plan 29643, 168 Kirkpatrick Avenue","Lot 10 DP 196 SDYD Plan 25110, 4596 Lakeside Road: keeping of up to 3 horses","Lot 1, District Lot 189, Plan 18867, 96 Yorkton Avenue: day care centre, major (6:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.)","Lot 2, District Lot 115, SDYD, Plan 14604, 1786 Fairford Drive: carriage house with vehicular access from a street, with a secondary suite in the principal dwelling"],"quotes":["A bed and breakfast home shall be permitted on the following lots:","located at 185 Middle Bench Road South;","located at 2510 Dartmouth Drive;","Kirkpatrick Avenue;","located at 4596 Lakeside Road, the","keeping of not more than 3 horses, shall be permitted.","located at 96 Yorkton Avenue, a day care centre, major, shall be permitted and","hours of operation are restricted to 6:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.","located at 1786 Fairford","Drive, a carriage house with vehicular access from a street is permitted in"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"560 m²","quotes":["Minimum lot area: 560 m2"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"16 m (standard lot); 18 m (corner lot)","quotes":["standard lot 16 m","corner lot 18 m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40%","quotes":["Maximum lot coverage: 40%"]},"max_density":{"value":"4 dwelling units","quotes":["Maximum density: 4 dwelling units"]},"max_height":{"value":"11.0 m and 3 storeys above approved grade","quotes":["principal building 11.0 m and 3 storeys above"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["accessory building or structure 4.5 m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"4.5 m (general); 9.0 m for lots fronting Lakeshore Drive West","note":"Subject to development regulation 4.2.6.","quotes":["general 4.5 m","except lots fronting Lakeshore Drive 9.0 m","West:","development regulation 4.2.6"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6.0 m (principal building)","quotes":["principal building 6.0 m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.5 m (principal building)","quotes":["principal building 1.5 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 m (principal building)","quotes":["principal building 3.0 m"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"interior side 1.2 m, exterior side 1.2 m, rear 1.5 m","quotes":["accessory building or structure 1.2 m","accessory building or structure 1.5 m"]},"other":{"value":["Combined footprint of all accessory buildings is limited to 75 m².","Where a rear lane is provided, vehicle access must be from the lane.","Amenity space is required at 10 m2 per dwelling unit.","A clear hard-surfaced pedestrian path at least 1.2 m wide must lead from the front of the lot to each dwelling's main entry."],"quotes":["accessory buildings: 75 m²","Where a rear lane is provided, vehicular access must be from the rear lane.","Amenity space shall be provided at the rate of 10 m2 for each dwelling unit. (Bylaw","A clear, unobstructed, hard-surfaced, and maintained pedestrian access at least 1.2","m in width, must be provided from the front of the lot to the main entry of each"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 2024-22 (consolidated package October 2026, amended to Bylaw 2026-35, October 20, 2026)","url":"https://www.penticton.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/bylaws/Zoning%20Bylaw%202024-22%20%28Consolidated%20October%202026%29%20-%20new.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City prepared this consolidation for convenience only and does not warrant that it is current. CD1 and CD4 are repealed and not listed."},"source_url":"https://www.penticton.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/bylaws/Zoning%20Bylaw%202024-22%20%28Consolidated%20October%202026%29%20-%20new.pdf#page=83","place":{"path":"ca/bc/penticton","name":"Penticton","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/penticton/zoning/r4-l/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/penticton/zoning/r4-l.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/penticton/zoning/r4-l.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/penticton/zoning/index.json"}}