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title: "CDT1 zone in Richmond: Downtown Commercial"
place: Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/richmond
zone: CDT1
bylaw: Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 (office consolidation, July 29, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/cdt1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/cdt1.json"
---

# CDT1 zone in Richmond: Downtown Commercial

A broad range of commercial, service, business, entertainment and residential needs typical of a City Centre.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** A broad range of commercial, service, business, entertainment and residential needs typical of a City Centre.
- **Main uses:** amusement centre; animal grooming; banquet hall; broadcasting studio; child care; community care facility, major; community care facility, minor; congregate housing; education; education, commercial; education, university; entertainment, spectator; government service; greenhouse & plant nursery; health service, major; health service, minor; hotel; housing, apartment; housing, town; library and exhibit; liquor primary establishment; live/work dwelling; manufacturing, custom indoor; microbrewery, winery and distillery; neighbourhood public house; office; parking, non-accessory; private club; recreation, indoor; recycling depot; religious assembly; restaurant; retail, convenience; retail, general; retail, second hand; service, business support; service, financial; service, household repair; service, personal; studio; transportation depot; vehicle rental, convenience; veterinary service
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** boarding and lodging; home-based business; home business; retail liquor 1 (additional use)
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Retail liquor 1 store: only at 7311 Westminster Highway (Strata Plan LMS3174) and 7551 Westminster Highway (P.I.D. 015-676-692), one per lot
- **Minimum lot area:** No minimum
- **Minimum lot width:** No minimum
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 90% for buildings and landscaped roofs over parking spaces
- **Maximum density:** 3.0 floor area ratio, plus small bonuses (0.1 for amenity space, 0.2 for community amenity space, 0.1 for market rental units); in mapped City Centre areas A to D: 3.0, 3.15, 3.18 or 4.37 plus the same bonuses. No maximum for non-accessory parking as a principal use.
- **Maximum height:** 47.0 m geodetic
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 12.0 m
- **Front setback:** 6.0 m, reducible to 3.0 m if a proper interface is provided at sidewalk level and no driveways or loading areas are along the public road
- **Rear setback:** 0 m if there is an existing lane or a new lane is required; 3.0 m if there is no existing lane or a new lane is not required
- **Interior side setback:** No minimum
- **Street side setback:** 6.0 m, reducible to 3.0 m if a proper interface is provided at sidewalk level and no driveways or loading areas are along the public road
- **Other rules:** Minimum setback of a building to a publicly-accessible open space is 1.5 m; Telecommunication antenna must be at least 20.0 m above the ground (e.g. on a building roof); Apartment housing with more than 60 dwelling units: market rental units must make up at least 15% of the total residential floor area (excluding affordable housing)

## Source

- [Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 (office consolidation, July 29, 2026), s. 9.3](https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/CDT1-324202.pdf#page=1) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Richmond: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/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/richmond/zoning/cdt1/_