---
title: "RCD zone in Richmond: Arterial Road Compact Two-Unit Dwellings"
place: Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/richmond
zone: RCD
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/rcd/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/rcd.json"
---

# RCD zone in Richmond: Arterial Road Compact Two-Unit Dwellings

Two-unit housing fronting an arterial road, together with compatible uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Two-unit housing fronting an arterial road, together with compatible uses.
- **Main uses:** housing, two-unit
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** boarding and lodging; community care facility, minor; home business; secondary suite
- **Minimum lot area:** 360.0 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 9.0 m lot width and frontage (corner lots need an additional 2.0 m)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50% for buildings; no more than 70% of the lot may be buildings, structures and non-porous surfaces
- **Maximum density:** 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
- **Maximum height:** 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
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 9.0 m (accessory structures)
- **Front setback:** 6.0 m (accessory buildings, carports, garages and parking spaces at least 15.0 m)
- **Rear setback:** 10.0 m for the principal building; 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
- **Accessory building setbacks:** 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
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 (office consolidation, July 29, 2026), s. 8.18](https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/RCD65650.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/rcd/_