{"title":"RT1 zone in Prince George: Two-Unit Residential","code":"RT1","slug":"rt1","name":"Two-Unit Residential","group":"Residential","section":"10.6","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Provide for housing, primarily in buildings with two dwellings.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Provide for housing, primarily in buildings with two dwellings.","quotes":["The purpose of this zone is to provide for housing, primarily in buildings","with two dwellings."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["community care facility, minor","housing, apartment","housing, four-plex","housing, row","housing, single detached","housing, stacked row","housing, two-unit"],"quotes":["• community care facility,","minor","• housing, apartment","• housing, four-plex","• housing, row","• housing, single","• housing, stacked row","• housing, two-unit"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["bed & breakfast","home business 1","home business 2","secondary dwelling","secondary suite"],"quotes":["• bed & breakfast","• home business 1","• home business 2","• secondary dwelling","• secondary suite"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"650 m² (500 m² for single detached housing; 325 m² for a single unit of attached side-by-side two-unit housing)","quotes":["2. The minimum site area is 650 m², except it is 500 m² for single","detached housing and 325 m² for a single unit of attached side-by-side"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"17.0 m (15.0 m for single detached housing; 8.5 m for a single unit of attached side-by-side two-unit housing); maximum lot width 12.0 m","quotes":["1. The minimum site width is 17.0 m, except it is 15.0 m for single","detached housing and 8.5 m for a single unit of attached side-by-side","two-unit housing. The maximum lot width is 12.0 m."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40%","quotes":["4. The maximum site coverage is 40%."]},"max_density":{"value":"3 dwelling units on a parcel 280 m² or less; 4 dwelling units on a parcel greater than 280 m² (where Small-Scale Multi-Unit Housing densities are exempt by Section 5.18: one principal dwelling and one secondary suite or dwelling)","quotes":["The maximum residential density is three (3) dwelling units on a parcel","280 m2 or less, or four (4) dwelling units on a parcel greater than","exempt by Section 5.18, the maximum residential density is one","principal dwelling and one secondary suite or dwelling."]},"max_height":{"value":"11.0 m; 3 storeys maximum","quotes":["The maximum height is 11.0 m.","The maximum number of storeys is 3."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"7.0 m (secondary dwellings 8.0 m)","quotes":["The maximum height is 7.0 m.","The maximum height is 8.0 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["The minimum front yard is 4.5 m."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["The minimum rear yard is 6.0 m."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.2 m (not required for a common wall for attached side-by-side units of two-unit housing); where there is no direct vehicular access from a highway or lane to the rear yard or to a garage or carport, one side yard must be at least 4.5 m","quotes":["The minimum interior side yard is 1.2 m (except not required for a","common wall for attached side-by-side units of two-unit housing).","rear yard or to a garage or carport, one side yard shall be at least 4.5"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 m","quotes":["The minimum exterior side yard is 3.0 m."]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front 4.5 m, interior side 1.2 m, exterior side 3.0 m, rear 1.2 m","quotes":["The minimum front yard is 4.5 m","The minimum interior side yard is 1.2 m and the minimum exterior side","yard is 3.0 m.","The minimum rear yard is 1.2 m."]},"other":{"value":["Maximum lot area 0.4 ha","Accessory buildings: 90.0 m² total ground floor area","Secondary dwellings: maximum ground floor area 100.0 m², interior side yard 1.5 m, rear yard 1.2 m"],"quotes":["3. The maximum lot area is 0.4 ha.","and structures on a site is 90.0 m².","the maximum ground floor area is 100.0 m2.","The minimum interior side yard is 1.5 m.","The minimum rear yard is 1.2 m."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007 (consolidated version, revised October 5, 2026)","url":"https://www.princegeorge.ca/sites/default/files/2026-10/BL7850_CONSOLIDATED_2026-10-05.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City says this version is consolidated for convenience. Zone sections that share a heading cover variant codes (AR3m, RS1m, RS2m, RM9r, C1c/C1l, C2c, C4c/C4l/C4lc, C6c/C6l/C6lc, M1n, M2n, M3n, M5n). Sections 10.5 (deleted), 15.13 (Z13 not in the bylaw) and 15.18 (Z18, deleted by Bylaw 9466) are not zones. Schedule A, the zoning map, is the zoning layer in PGMap."},"source_url":"https://www.princegeorge.ca/sites/default/files/2026-10/BL7850_CONSOLIDATED_2026-10-05.pdf#page=136","place":{"path":"ca/bc/prince-george","name":"Prince George","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/rt1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/rt1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/rt1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/index.json"}}