{"title":"RS-3 zone in Quesnel: Three and Fourplex Residential","code":"RS-3","slug":"rs-3","name":"Three and Fourplex Residential","group":"Residential","section":"12","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Threeplex and fourplex housing on urban services.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Threeplex and fourplex housing on urban services.","quotes":["The purpose is to provide a zone for threeplex and fourplex housing on urban services."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Fourplex dwelling","Threeplex dwelling"],"quotes":["fourplex dwelling","threeplex dwelling"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory buildings or structures","Community care facility","Minor home based business","Urban agriculture"],"quotes":["accessory buildings or structures","community care facility","minor home based business","urban agriculture"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Parcel A (PG29711) of Block 2 District Lot 704 Cariboo District Plan 5833 only: maximum floor area ratio 0.75; maximum lot coverage 40%, with buildings, driveways and parking areas up to 60%."],"quotes":["on only Parcel A","(PG29711) of Block 2 District Lot 704 Cariboo District Plan 5833, the","permitted maximum floor area ratio is 0.75 and the permitted maximum lot","coverage is 40% provided that the maximum lot coverage of buildings,","driveways and parking areas is 60%."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"16.75 m (54.9 ft)","quotes":["16.75 m (54.9 ft)","Minimum lot frontage"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40%, provided that the maximum coverage of buildings, driveways and parking areas is 50%","quotes":["40%, provided that the maximum","coverage of buildings, driveways and","parking areas is 50%"]},"max_density":{"value":"60 dwelling units per ha (24 dwelling units per ac)","quotes":["60 dwelling units per ha (24 dwelling","units per ac)"]},"max_height":{"value":"11 m (36 ft) or 3 storeys","quotes":["11m (36 ft) or 3 storeys for principal"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"7 m (23 ft)","quotes":["7 m (23 ft) for accessory building"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m (25 ft)","quotes":["(a) front lot line 7.5 m (25 ft)"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3.0 m (10 ft)","quotes":["(d) rear lot line 3.0 m (10 ft)"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.5 m (5 ft)","quotes":["(b) interior side lot line 1.5 m (5 ft)"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 m (10 ft)","quotes":["(c) exterior side lot line 3.0 m (10 ft)"]},"other":{"value":["Principal building must be at least 5.6 m (18 ft) wide.","Accessory buildings are limited to a gross floor area of 70 m² (754 ft²).","At least one floor of a dwelling unit must be 70 m² (750 ft²) or larger.","Single detached dwellings are also permitted on parcels that already had one when the bylaw was adopted, following the RS-1 zone rules."],"quotes":["5.6 m (18 ft)","Minimum principal building","70 m2 (754 ft2)","At least one floor of a dwelling unit shall be greater than or equal to 70 m2","(750 ft2).","single detached dwellings are added","The regulations set out in RS-1 zone"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 1980","url":"https://quesnel.civicweb.net/document/164372/","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City's Zoning & Land Use page also links an excerpted zoning map PDF (Schedule B). The Schedule B pages inside this PDF are headed \"Zoning Bylaw No. XXXX of 2025\". Table 6.1 of the bylaw omits zone C-4A, but section 25 of the bylaw establishes it."},"source_url":"https://quesnel.civicweb.net/document/164372/#page=71","place":{"path":"ca/bc/quesnel","name":"Quesnel","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/rs-3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/rs-3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/rs-3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/index.json"}}