{"title":"RS1-S zone in Port Moody: Single Detached Residential – Small Lot","code":"RS1-S","slug":"rs1-s","name":"Single Detached Residential – Small Lot","group":"Residential","section":"8.5","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Single detached homes and small-scale multi-unit housing on small lots in Moody Centre, Seaview and Pleasantside","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Single detached homes and small-scale multi-unit housing on small lots in Moody Centre, Seaview and Pleasantside","quotes":["To accommodate single-detached Residential Structures and Small-Scale"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Single Detached Residential","Small-Scale Multi-Unit Housing"],"quotes":["Single Detached Residential","Small-Scale Multi-Unit Housing"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Bed and Breakfast","Boarding","Child Care","Community Care","Home Occupation – Type B","Additional Dwelling Unit","Home Occupation – Type A","Supportive Recovery","Secondary Suite"],"note":"Bed and Breakfast, Boarding, Child Care, Community Care and Home Occupation – Type B are alternatives (one of); small-scale multi-unit housing lots may have Boarding, Home Occupation – Type A and Secondary Suites.","quotes":["Bed and Breakfast","Community Care","Home Occupation – Type B","Additional Dwelling Unit","Home Occupation – Type A","Supportive Recovery (see section 5.2.9)","Secondary Suite"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"Single detached: 45% for all buildings combined; accessory buildings including Additional Dwelling Units 65 m² maximum; 3-6 units (SSMUH): 45% for up to four units, 50% for five to six units","quotes":["45% for all Buildings combined.","Additional Dwelling Units) – 65m2","45% total","50% total"]},"max_density":{"value":"Single detached: FAR 0.5 for lots 555 m² or larger; FAR 0.7 for lots under 555 m²; 3-6 units (SSMUH): FAR 0.7 for three units, plus 0.1 for each additional unit, up to 1.0 for six units","quotes":["than 555m2: Floor Area Ratio of 0.5","Floor Area Ratio of 0.7","FAR of 0.7 for three","maximum FAR of 1.0 for six"]},"max_height":{"value":"Single detached: the lesser of 3 storeys and 10.5 m (roof pitch 3:12 or greater) or 9.0 m (pitch under 3:12 with parapets under 0.6 m); 3-6 units (SSMUH): 10.5 m for up to four units, 11.5 m for five to six units","quotes":["Principal Building – the lesser of 3 Storeys","10.5m for roofs with a pitch of 3:12 or","9.0m for roofs with a pitch less","Dwelling Units – 10.5m","Dwelling Units – 11.5m"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"Single detached: 3.7 m flat roof, 4.5 m sloped roof (more than 3:12); Additional Dwelling Unit 6.71 m; SSMUH: 4.0 m","quotes":["3.7m for a flat roof and","4.5m for a roof with a slope angle more than","Additional Dwelling Unit – 6.71m measured","Accessory Building – 4.0m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"Single detached: 6.0 m; SSMUH: 4.6 m","quotes":["All Buildings and Structures – 6.0m","4.6m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"Single detached: 7.5 m (principal buildings); SSMUH: 1.5 m where there is a lane, 4.0 m where there is no lane","quotes":["Principal Buildings and Structures – 7.5m","where there is a lane","where there is no lane","4.0m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"Single detached: 1.2 m (principal buildings and Additional Dwelling Unit); SSMUH: 1.5 m","quotes":["Principal Buildings and Structures – 1.2m","All Buildings or Structures (interior)","1.5m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"Single detached: 1.8 m on a corner lot (flanking street side yard); SSMUH: 3.0 m","quotes":["flanking Street shall be not less than 1.8m in","All Buildings or Structures (exterior)","3.0m"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front: behind the principal building; side 0.9 m; rear 1.5 m (also for Additional Dwelling Unit); 2.0 m between principal and accessory building","quotes":["Accessory Building or Structure – rear of the","Accessory Buildings and Structures – 0.9m","Accessory Buildings or Structures – 1.5m","Additional Dwelling Unit – 1.5m","Building or Structure – 2.0m"]},"other":{"value":["Minimum lot size is set in the table in section 3.2 of the bylaw","One parking space per principal Dwelling Unit is required"],"quotes":["minimum lot size for the RS1-S zone","one (1) parking space per principal"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"City of Port Moody Zoning Bylaw, 2018, No. 2937 (consolidated for convenience, includes amendments to July 14, 2026)","url":"https://api.ghdcdn.com/portmoody-edocs/v1/eDocs/Get?docnumber=461917","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City's PDF (listed as BL2937-C on its Bylaws page) is \"Consolidated for Convenience\". Many older CD zones (CD1 to CD5, CD2R, CD10 to CD15) are listed in s. 3.1 but their text is not in this document; the bylaw says to refer to the original enacting bylaws, so those entries have no lines. CD81, CD94 and CD95 appear in Schedule D but not in the s. 3.1 list. CD zone text is in Schedule D (lines for CD zones are inside Schedule D)."},"source_url":"https://api.ghdcdn.com/portmoody-edocs/v1/eDocs/Get?docnumber=461917#page=62","place":{"path":"ca/bc/port-moody","name":"Port Moody","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/rs1-s/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/rs1-s.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/rs1-s.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/index.json"}}