{"title":"RS3 zone in Port Moody: North Shore Single Detached Residential","code":"RS3","slug":"rs3","name":"North Shore Single Detached Residential","group":"Residential","section":"8.7","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Single detached homes and small-scale multi-unit housing on compact North Shore urban lots","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Single detached homes and small-scale multi-unit housing on compact North Shore urban lots","quotes":["To accommodate single detached dwellings and Small-Scale Multi-Unit"]},"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"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Waterfront RS3 Lots on Alderside Road: front setback 3.0 m for the principal building (1.5 m for accessory buildings) where the road has a dedicated 6.0 m width; 3.0 m building setback from the High Water Mark; accessory buildings may be placed in the front yard"],"quotes":["waterfront RS3 Lots","on Alderside Road shall:","where the portion of Alderside Road has a dedicated 6.0m width,","have a Front Lot Line Setback for the principal Building of 3.0m and","for Accessory Buildings or Structures of 1.5m;","have a Building Setback from the High Water Mark of 3.0m without","allow an Accessory Building or Structure to be placed in the Front"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"Single detached: 45% 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 – 45% total","65m2","45% total","50% total"]},"max_density":{"value":"Single detached: FAR 0.6; 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":["Floor Area Ratio – 0.6","FAR of 0.7 for three","maximum FAR of 1.0 for six"]},"max_height":{"value":"Single detached: the lesser of 8.0 m or 3 storeys; 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 8.0m or","3 Storeys","Dwelling Units – 10.5m","Dwelling Units – 11.5m"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"Single detached: 4.0 m; Additional Dwelling Unit 6.71 m; SSMUH: 4.0 m","quotes":["Accessory Building or Structure – 4.0m","Additional Dwelling Unit – 6.71m","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: 7.0 m (principal building); SSMUH: 1.5 m where there is a lane, 4.0 m where there is no lane","quotes":["Principal Building – 7.0m","where there is a lane","where there is no lane","4.0m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"Single detached: 1.2 m; SSMUH: 1.5 m","quotes":["All Buildings and Structures (interior) –","1.2m","All Buildings or Structures (interior)","1.5m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"Single detached: 2.5 m; SSMUH: 3.0 m","quotes":["All Buildings and Structures (exterior) –","2.5m","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","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 RS3 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=67","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/rs3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/rs3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/rs3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/index.json"}}