{"title":"RCD zone in Richmond: Arterial Road Compact Two-Unit Dwellings","code":"RCD","slug":"rcd","name":"Arterial Road Compact Two-Unit Dwellings","group":"Residential","section":"8.18","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Two-unit housing fronting an arterial road, together with compatible uses.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Two-unit housing fronting an arterial road, together with compatible uses.","quotes":["The zone provides for two-unit housing fronting an arterial road, together with compatible"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["housing, two-unit"],"quotes":["housing, two-unit"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["boarding and lodging","community care facility, minor","home business","secondary suite"],"quotes":["boarding and lodging","community care facility, minor","home business","secondary suite"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"360.0 m²","quotes":["Minimum frontage Minimum lot width Minimum lot depth Minimum lot area","9.0 m 9.0 m 40.0 m 360.0 m²"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"9.0 m lot width and frontage (corner lots need an additional 2.0 m)","quotes":["9.0 m 9.0 m 40.0 m 360.0 m²","corner lots is an additional 2.0 m:"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50% for buildings; no more than 70% of the lot may be buildings, structures and non-porous surfaces","quotes":["The maximum lot coverage is 50% for buildings.","No more than 70% of a lot may be occupied by buildings, structures and non-porous"]},"max_density":{"value":"Four dwelling units per lot, or six if the lot is within 400.0 m of a prescribed bus stop, over 281.0 m² and (for six units) an affordable housing contribution or unit is provided; floor area ratio 0.6 on the first 464.5 m² of lot area plus 0.30 on the rest","quotes":["The maximum density per lot is four dwelling units, except the reference to","to a higher density of","the lot is located, in whole or in part, within 400.0 m of a prescribed bus stop;","the lot area of the lot is greater than 281.0 m2; and","The maximum floor area ratio is 0.6 applied to a maximum of 464.5 m2 of the lot area and 0.30","applied to the balance of the lot area in excess of 464.5 m2."]},"max_height":{"value":"2 ½ storeys or 9.0 m, whichever is less (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 or 9.0 m, whichever is less, but it","depth envelope. For a 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 (accessory buildings, carports, garages and parking spaces at least 15.0 m)","quotes":["The minimum front yard is 6.0 m, except that accessory buildings, carports, garages and","parking spaces must be setback a minimum of 15.0 m."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"10.0 m for the principal building; 1.2 m on a corner lot where the exterior side yard is 6.0 m","quotes":["The minimum rear yard is 10.0 m for the principal building, except for a corner lot where the","exterior side yard is 6.0 m, in which case 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."]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"Detached accessory buildings, garages and carports in the rear yard: between 1.2 m and 12.5 m of the rear lot line, no closer than 3.0 m to the exterior side lot line and 1.2 m to the interior side lot line","quotes":["Detached accessory buildings including garages or carports may be located in the rear yard","within 1.2 m and 12.5 m of the rear lot line;","no closer than 3.0 m to the exterior side lot line; and","no closer than 1.2 m to the interior side lot line."]},"other":{"value":["20% of the lot area must be landscaped with live plant material","Maximum driveway width is 6.0 m","Subdivision may create a maximum of two strata lots; no air space parcels"],"quotes":["20% of the lot area is restricted to landscaping with live plant material.","the maximum driveway width shall be 6.0 m.","Subdivision of a lot may create a maximum of two strata lots.","No subdivision to create an air space parcel is permitted."]}},"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/RCD65650.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/rcd/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/rcd.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/rcd.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/index.json"}}