---
title: "RCC zone in Richmond: Residential Child Care"
place: Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/richmond
zone: RCC
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/rcc/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/rcc.json"
---

# RCC zone in Richmond: Residential Child Care

Child care facilities with single detached housing as a secondary use.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Child care facilities with single detached housing as a secondary use.
- **Main uses:** child care
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** single detached housing
- **Minimum lot area:** 540.0 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 15.0 m lot width (no minimum frontage)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40% for buildings; no more than 70% of the lot may be buildings, structures and non-porous surfaces
- **Maximum density:** One principal dwelling unit per lot; floor area ratio 0.50
- **Maximum height:** 2 ½ storeys, within the vertical lot width and depth envelopes; 7.5 m for a flat roof
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 9.0 m (accessory structures)
- **Front setback:** 6.0 m
- **Rear setback:** 6.0 m; 1.2 m on a corner lot where the exterior side yard is 6.0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 1.2 m
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 m
- **Other rules:** A child care facility is limited to a maximum of 16 children; 20% of the lot area must be landscaped with live plant material

## Source

- [Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 (office consolidation, July 29, 2026), s. 8.13](https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/RCC24191.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/rcc/_