---
title: "R-1 zone in Port Clements: Residential Urban"
place: Port Clements, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-clements
zone: R-1
bylaw: Village of Port Clements Zoning Bylaw No. 444, 2024 (adopted February 17, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-clements/zoning/r-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-clements/zoning/r-1.json"
---

# R-1 zone in Port Clements: Residential Urban

One and two-family dwellings on an urban parcel.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** One and two-family dwellings on an urban parcel.
- **Main uses:** Single family dwellings (subject to minimum parcel size and maximum parcel coverage); Two-family dwelling or duplex
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings and structures; Accessory dwelling unit (on parcels serviced by the municipal sewer system); Bed and breakfast establishment; Boarding house; Childcare program; Secondary suite; Short term rental
- **Minimum lot area:** 370 m² for a single family dwelling; 558 m² for two single family dwellings, two-family dwelling, duplex, or boarding house (parcels created by subdivision)
- **Minimum lot width:** 12 m frontage on the highway
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50 % of the site area, including buildings, structures and accessory buildings
- **Maximum height:** Three stories to a maximum of 11.0 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 3.5 m
- **Front setback:** 6.0 m
- **Rear setback:** 6.0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 m where the side flanks a road
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 12.0 m, rear 1.5 m, side 1.5 m (3.0 m where the side flanks a road)
- **Other rules:** Total floor area of all accessory buildings on a parcel cannot exceed 10 % of the parcel area

## Source

- [Village of Port Clements Zoning Bylaw No. 444, 2024 (adopted February 17, 2026), s. 7.3.1](https://portclements.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/February-17-2026-Regular-Council-Meeting-Agenda-Package.pdf#page=81) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Port Clements: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-clements/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/port-clements/zoning/r-1/_