{"title":"RS1 zone in Port Moody: Single Detached Residential","code":"RS1","slug":"rs1","name":"Single Detached Residential","group":"Residential","section":"8.4","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Single detached homes and small-scale multi-unit housing on standard urban lots","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Single detached homes and small-scale multi-unit housing on standard urban lots","quotes":["To accommodate Single Detached Residential development 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: 40% total; 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":["All Buildings and Structures – 40% total","Additional Dwelling Units) – 65m2","45% total","50% total"]},"max_density":{"value":"Single detached: FAR 0.5; 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":["All Buildings – FAR of 0.5","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 (principal building); SSMUH: 4.6 m","quotes":["Principal Building – 6.0m","4.6m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"Single detached: 7.5 m (principal building); SSMUH: 1.5 m where there is a lane, 4.0 m where there is no lane","quotes":["Principal Building – 7.5m","where there is a lane","where there is no lane","4.0m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"Single detached: 1.5 m; SSMUH: 1.5 m","quotes":["All Buildings or Structures (interior)","1.5m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"Single detached: 3.0 m; SSMUH: 3.0 m","quotes":["All Buildings or Structures (exterior)","3.0m"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front: behind the principal building; rear 1.5 m (also for Additional Dwelling Unit); 2.0 m between buildings","quotes":["Accessory Building or Structure – rear of the","Accessory Building or Structure – 1.5m","Additional Dwelling Unit – 1.5m","Accessory Building or Structure – 2.0m"]},"other":{"value":["Minimum lot size is set in the table in section 3.2 of the bylaw","Lots listed in Schedule B have site-specific regulations"],"quotes":["minimum lot size for the RS1 zone","Lots identified in Schedule B shall be permitted to have the site-specific"]}},"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=60","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/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/rs1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/rs1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/index.json"}}