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title: "RT3 zone in Prince George: Residential Cluster"
place: Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/prince-george
zone: RT3
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007 (consolidated version, revised October 5, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/rt3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/rt3.json"
---

# RT3 zone in Prince George: Residential Cluster

Provide for comprehensively planned clusters of single detached and semi-detached housing, in a bare land strata format with urban services.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Provide for comprehensively planned clusters of single detached and semi-detached housing, in a bare land strata format with urban services.
- **Main uses:** community care facility, minor; housing, four-plex; housing, row; housing, single detached; housing, stacked row; housing, two-unit
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** home business 1; home business 2; secondary suite
- **Minimum lot area:** 0.2 ha
- **Minimum lot width:** 35.0 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 45%
- **Maximum density:** 25 units/ha
- **Maximum height:** 10.0 m; 2.5 storeys maximum
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5.0 m
- **Front setback:** 6.0 m (front, side and rear)
- **Rear setback:** 6.0 m (front, side and rear)
- **Interior side setback:** 6.0 m (front, side and rear)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 6.0 m, interior side 1.2 m, exterior side 3.0 m
- **Other rules:** Minimum distance between principal buildings is 2.4 m (not required for a common wall for attached side-by-side units of two-unit housing); Buildings on common property are not accessory buildings and must meet the rules for principal buildings

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007 (consolidated version, revised October 5, 2026), s. 10.8](https://www.princegeorge.ca/sites/default/files/2026-10/BL7850_CONSOLIDATED_2026-10-05.pdf#page=140) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Prince George: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/rt3/_