---
title: "RS zone in Pitt Meadows: Large Lot Residential"
place: Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/pitt-meadows
zone: RS
bylaw: City of Pitt Meadows Zoning Bylaw No. 2505, 2011 (consolidated to Bylaw 3031, 2025, adopted January 13, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/zoning/rs/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/zoning/rs.json"
---

# RS zone in Pitt Meadows: Large Lot Residential

Single family homes on lots at least 0.2 ha in area which are expected in the long term to be urban in character.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Single family homes on lots at least 0.2 ha in area which are expected in the long term to be urban in character.
- **Main uses:** Single-Family Dwelling; Light Agriculture
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Secondary Suite; Garden Suite; Home-Based Business; Accessory Residential Buildings and Uses; Boarding
- **Minimum lot area:** 0.2 ha
- **Minimum lot width:** One-fourth the least depth of the lot
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 30%
- **Maximum height:** Principal building: 9.0 m (roof slope of 1:4 or more); 7.4 m (roof slope less than 1:4)
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m (principal buildings)
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m (principal buildings)
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m (principal buildings)
- **Street side setback:** 4 m (principal buildings)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Light agricultural buildings keeping livestock: 22 m from front and exterior side lot lines; 6 m from rear and interior side lot lines
- **Other rules:** Principal buildings at least 15 m from watercourses, key ditches and constructed ditches; Light agricultural uses keeping livestock only on lots 0.4 ha or greater; Livestock buildings at least 30.5 m from standpipes, wells and other potable water sources

## Source

- [City of Pitt Meadows Zoning Bylaw No. 2505, 2011 (consolidated to Bylaw 3031, 2025, adopted January 13, 2026), s. 10.1](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2025-04/Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%202505%2C%202011%20-%20Consolidated%20Version_2.pdf#page=114) (read 2026-11-07)

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