{"title":"RS9 zone in Port Moody: Single and Semi-Detached Residential","code":"RS9","slug":"rs9","name":"Single and Semi-Detached Residential","group":"Residential","section":"8.13","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Single detached homes (and semi-detached homes) and small-scale multi-unit housing","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Single detached homes (and semi-detached homes) and small-scale multi-unit housing","quotes":["To accommodate Single Detached Residential development and"]},"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 Unit 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%","– 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":["Floor Area Ratio – 0.5","FAR of 0.7 for three","maximum FAR of 1.0 for six"]},"max_height":{"value":"Single detached: the lesser of 10.5 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","10.5m or 3 Storeys","Dwelling Units – 10.5m","Dwelling Units – 11.5m"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"Single detached: 4.5 m; Additional Dwelling Unit 6.71 m; SSMUH: 4.0 m","quotes":["Accessory Building or Structure –","4.5m","Additional Dwelling Unit – 6.71m","Accessory Building – 4.0m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"Single detached: 7.5 m (principal building); SSMUH: 4.6 m","quotes":["Principal Building – 7.5m","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: 10% of lot width, but need not exceed 1.5 m; SSMUH: 1.5 m","quotes":["(interior) – 10% width of Lot","minimum, but need not exceed","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","All Buildings or Structures (exterior)","3.0m"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front 7.5 m; rear 1.5 m (also for Additional Dwelling Unit); 2.0 m between buildings (SSMUH)","quotes":["Accessory Building or Structure –","7.5m","1.5m","Additional Dwelling Unit – 1.5m","Accessory Building or Structure – 2.0m"]},"other":{"value":["Semi-detached lots may have two accessory buildings; an accessory building with enclosed parking may not exceed 80 m² of lot coverage","Minimum lot size is set in the table in section 3.2 of the bylaw"],"quotes":["Two Accessory Buildings or Structures shall be permitted on a Lot for","Semi-Detached Residential use.","shall not exceed 80m2.","minimum lot size for the RS9 zone"]}},"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=82","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/rs9/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/rs9.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/rs9.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/index.json"}}