CDT1 zone in Richmond: Downtown Commercial

Richmond, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

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 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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