{"title":"RCC zone in Richmond: Residential Child Care","code":"RCC","slug":"rcc","name":"Residential Child Care","group":"Residential","section":"8.13","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Child care facilities with single detached housing as a secondary use.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Child care facilities with single detached housing as a secondary use.","quotes":["The zone provides for child care facilities with single detached housing as a secondary use."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["child care"],"quotes":["child care"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["single detached housing"],"quotes":["single detached housing"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"540.0 m²","quotes":["n/a 15.0 m n/a 540.0 m²"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15.0 m lot width (no minimum frontage)","quotes":["n/a 15.0 m n/a 540.0 m²"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40% for buildings; no more than 70% of the lot may be buildings, structures and non-porous surfaces","quotes":["The maximum lot coverage is 40% for buildings.","No more than 70% of a lot may be occupied by buildings, structures and non-porous"]},"max_density":{"value":"One principal dwelling unit per lot; floor area ratio 0.50","quotes":["The maximum density is one principal dwelling unit per lot.","The maximum floor area ratio is 0.50."]},"max_height":{"value":"2 ½ storeys, within the vertical lot width and depth envelopes; 7.5 m for a flat roof","quotes":["The maximum height for principal buildings is 2 ½ storeys, but it shall not exceed the","principal building with a flat roof, the maximum height is 7.5 m."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"9.0 m (accessory structures)","quotes":["The maximum height for accessory structures is 9.0 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["The minimum front yard is 6.0 m."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6.0 m; 1.2 m on a corner lot where the exterior side yard is 6.0 m","quotes":["The minimum rear yard is 6.0 m. For a corner lot where the exterior side yard is 6.0 m, the","rear yard is reduced to 1.2 m."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.2 m","quotes":["The minimum interior side yard is 1.2 m."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 m","quotes":["The minimum exterior side yard is 3.0 m."]},"other":{"value":["A child care facility is limited to a maximum of 16 children","20% of the lot area must be landscaped with live plant material"],"quotes":["A child care facility in this zone is limited to a maximum of 16 children.","20% of the lot area is restricted to landscaping with live plant material."]}},"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."},"source_url":"https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/RCC24191.pdf#page=1","place":{"path":"ca/bc/richmond","name":"Richmond","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/rcc/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/rcc.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/rcc.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/index.json"}}