{"title":"Richmond zoning: find your zone and what it allows","question":"How do I find out how my property is zoned and what I can build on it?","slug":"zoning-lookup","place":{"path":"ca/bc/richmond","name":"Richmond","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"category":{"slug":"building-and-renovating","name":"Building, renovating and your property"},"owner":"municipal","owner_label":"Municipal","owner_body":{"name":"City of Richmond","url":"https://www.richmond.ca"},"short_answer":"Search your address in the City of Richmond's online Richmond Interactive Map (RIM) to see your zoning and a link to the matching section of Zoning Bylaw 8500. For questions, call the Zoning Inquiry Line at 604-276-4017 or email zoning@richmond.ca.","aliases":["richmond zoning map","richmond interactive map","what is my zoning richmond","zoning bylaw 8500","comfort letter richmond"],"cost":"Free to look up online. A written comfort letter is $88.75 including tax per address.","how_long":"Not stated on the City's pages.","where":[{"type":"online","label":"Richmond Interactive Map (RIM)","value":"https://www.richmond.ca/services/digital/maps.htm"},{"type":"phone","label":"Zoning Inquiry Line","value":"604-276-4017"},{"type":"email","label":"Zoning","value":"zoning@richmond.ca"},{"type":"in_person","label":"Zoning Clerk, Customer Service Centre, City Hall","value":"6911 No. 3 Road, Richmond, BC V6Y 2C1"}],"documents":[],"forms":[{"title":"Richmond Interactive Map (RIM) and City maps","url":"https://www.richmond.ca/services/digital/maps.htm"},{"title":"Zoning Bylaw 8500","url":"https://www.richmond.ca/city-hall/bylaws/zoning-bylaw-8500.htm"}],"related":[{"slug":"secondary-suite","title":"Richmond secondary suite and carriage house rules","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/secondary-suite/"}],"nearby":[{"place":"ca/bc/vancouver","name":"Vancouver","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/vancouver/zoning-lookup/"},{"place":"ca/bc/burnaby","name":"Burnaby","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/burnaby/zoning-lookup/"},{"place":"ca/bc/north-vancouver","name":"North Vancouver","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-vancouver/zoning-lookup/"},{"place":"ca/bc/new-westminster","name":"New Westminster","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning-lookup/"},{"place":"ca/bc/delta","name":"Delta","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/delta/zoning-lookup/"},{"place":"ca/bc/north-vancouver-district","name":"District of North Vancouver","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-vancouver-district/zoning-lookup/"}],"topic":{"title":"Zoning maps in British Columbia, by municipality","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/zoning-lookup/"},"facts":{"how_to_find":{"label":"How to find your zone","value":"Use the Richmond Interactive Map (RIM) and search by address or other property identifier. The property is highlighted, its details (including zoning) show, and a link goes to the matching section of Zoning Bylaw 8500. A Zoning Map PDF is also available.","short":"Online map (Richmond Interactive Map)","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://www.richmond.ca/services/digital/maps.htm","title":"City Maps and Richmond Interactive Map, City of Richmond","section":"Planning & Zoning","quotes":["Use RIM to look up the zoning and other information for any property in Richmond.","The property will be highlighted in the map and property details will display, as well as a link to the appropriate section of our Zoning Bylaw."]},{"url":"https://www.richmond.ca/business-development/planning/landuse/zoning.htm","title":"Zoning and Development, City of Richmond","section":"Zoning Map and Zoning Bylaw","quotes":["(By clicking the link to RIM you are accepting our Terms of Use. For the full text see Disclaimer and Terms of Use.) ### Maps Zoning Map (4MB) ## Development Applications The Development Applications Department is responsible for processing land development applications in the City, including Rezoning, Development Permit, Development Variance Permit and Temporary Use Permit applications."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"zoning_bylaw":{"label":"Zoning bylaw","value":"Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500, adopted November 16, 2009. The City's office consolidation is dated July 29, 2026; it is not the official version.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://www.richmond.ca/city-hall/bylaws/zoning-bylaw-8500.htm","title":"Zoning Bylaw 8500, City of Richmond","section":"Zoning Bylaw 8500","quotes":["adopted by City Council on November 16, 2009"]},{"url":"https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/AmendmentList850024569.pdf","title":"Zoning Bylaw 8500 Amendment List (PDF), City of Richmond","section":"cover page","quotes":["Office Consolidation: Jul 29, 2026","This is not the official version of Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"what_zone_controls":{"label":"What the zone controls","value":"The uses or activities allowed on the property, the types of buildings allowed, and rules for building size, height, siting, off-street parking and landscaping.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://www.richmond.ca/business-development/planning/landuse/zoning.htm","title":"Zoning and Development, City of Richmond","section":"Zoning","quotes":["specifies the uses or activities that can take place on that property, the types of buildings allowed, along with other regulations controlling such items as building size, building height, building and structure siting, off-street parking requirements, landscaping"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"contact":{"label":"Contact","value":"Zoning Inquiry Line 604-276-4017 or zoning@richmond.ca. In person, the Zoning Clerk at the Customer Service Centre, City Hall, 6911 No. 3 Road.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://www.richmond.ca/business-development/building-approvals/faqs.htm","title":"Building Approvals FAQs, City of Richmond","section":"Zoning and Development FAQs","quotes":["contact the Zoning Inquiry Line at 604-276-4017 or email zoning@richmond.ca."]},{"url":"https://www.richmond.ca/business-development/planning/landuse/zoning.htm","title":"Zoning and Development, City of Richmond","section":"Inquiries","quotes":["Specific inquiries on zoning may be addressed through the Zoning Clerk in the Customer Services Centre at City Hall or via email"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"bylaw":{"label":"Bylaw","value":"Richmond Zoning Bylaw No. 8500","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/building4457407.pdf","title":"Bulletin Building-44 Residential Zones - Fence Heights, City of Richmond","section":"Bulletin Building-44","quotes":["Richmond Zoning Bylaw No. 8500"]},{"url":"https://www.richmond.ca/city-hall/bylaws/zoning-bylaw-8500.htm","title":"Zoning Bylaw 8500, City of Richmond","section":"Zoning Bylaw 8500","quotes":["Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500, which was adopted by City Council on November 16, 2009."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}}},"facts_summary":{"total":5,"stated":5,"matched":5,"none":0,"unknown":0},"zoning":{"bylaw":{"title":"Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 (office consolidation, July 29, 2026)","url":"https://www.richmond.ca/city-hall/bylaws/zoning-bylaw-8500.htm","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City publishes the bylaw as one PDF per zone or group of zones (each zone's source_url; pdf_page counts within that PDF, and lines point into the saved combined text). The City says the office consolidation has no Council sanction, is for convenience of reference only, is not the official version and is not admissible in a court of law; certified copies come from the City Clerk. Zones listed as \"in progress\" by the City (for example ZR5, ZC30, ZA4) are not part of the consolidation and are not listed here."},"zones":395,"zone_pages":67,"index_url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/index.json","lookup_url":null,"map":{"has_map":false,"has_addresses":false,"zones_geojson":null,"addresses_json":null,"source_url":null,"viewer":{"title":"Richmond Interactive Map (RIM)","url":"https://maps.richmond.ca/rim/"},"caveat":null,"accessed":null}},"body_markdown":"## How it works\n\nThe City of Richmond gives every property a zone in [Zoning Bylaw 8500](https://www.richmond.ca/city-hall/bylaws/zoning-bylaw-8500.htm). The zone controls the uses or activities allowed, the types of buildings allowed, and rules for building size, height, siting, off-street parking and landscaping. Check it before you build or change how a property is used.\n\n## Steps\n\n1. Open the Richmond Interactive Map (RIM) and search by address or other property identifier. The property is highlighted, and its details show the zone and a link to the matching section of Zoning Bylaw 8500. A Zoning Map PDF is also available.\n2. Read that zone's section of the bylaw. The text is split into Part A (procedures and regulations), Part B (standard zones) and Part C (site-specific zones).\n3. If it is still unclear, call the Zoning Inquiry Line at 604-276-4017, email zoning@richmond.ca, or ask the Zoning Clerk at the Customer Service Centre in City Hall, 6911 No. 3 Road.\n\n## Good to know\n\n- Zoning Bylaw 8500 was adopted November 16, 2009. The City's online version is an office consolidation dated July 29, 2026 and is not the official version.\n- A comfort letter lists the zoning and active applications on a property. It costs $88.75 including tax per address. Contact PlanningDevelopment@richmond.ca or 604-276-4395.","sources":[{"url":"https://www.richmond.ca/business-development/planning/landuse/zoning.htm","title":"Zoning and Development, City of Richmond","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://www.richmond.ca/services/digital/maps.htm","title":"City Maps and Richmond Interactive Map, City of Richmond","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://www.richmond.ca/city-hall/bylaws/zoning-bylaw-8500.htm","title":"Zoning Bylaw 8500, City of Richmond","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://www.richmond.ca/business-development/building-approvals/faqs.htm","title":"Building Approvals FAQs, City of Richmond","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/AmendmentList850024569.pdf","title":"Zoning Bylaw 8500 Amendment List (PDF), City of Richmond","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://www.richmond.ca/business-development/devzoning/comfortletters.htm","title":"Zoning and Development Applications Comfort Letters, City of Richmond","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/building4457407.pdf","title":"Bulletin Building-44 Residential Zones - Fence Heights, City of Richmond","accessed":"2026-11-05"}],"sources_read":"2026-11-05","review":{"status":"machine_checked","badge":"Checked against official text","label":"Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 5 of 5 facts was matched to the official text."},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning-lookup/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning-lookup.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning-lookup.json"}}