{"title":"RCL3 zone in Richmond: Residential/Limited Commercial","code":"RCL3","slug":"rcl3","name":"Residential/Limited Commercial","group":"Mixed use","section":"9.4","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Mid- to high-rise apartments within the City Centre and other select areas, plus a limited amount of commercial use and compatible secondary uses.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Mid- to high-rise apartments within the City Centre and other select areas, plus a limited amount of commercial use and compatible secondary uses.","quotes":["The zone accommodates mid- to high-rise apartments within the City Centre and other select","areas, plus a limited amount of commercial use and compatible secondary uses."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["child care","congregate housing","housing, apartment","live/work dwelling"],"quotes":["child care","congregate housing","housing, apartment","live/work dwelling"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["animal grooming","boarding and lodging","broadcast studio","community care facility, minor","education, commercial","government service","health service, minor","home-based business","home business","hotel","housing, town","library and exhibit","manufacturing, custom indoor","office","park","parking, non-accessory","private club","recreation, indoor","restaurant","retail, convenience","retail, general","retail, second hand","service, business support","service, financial","service, household repair","service, personal","studio","veterinary service"],"quotes":["animal grooming","boarding and lodging","broadcast studio","community care facility, minor","education, commercial","government service","health service, minor","home-based business","home business","hotel","housing, town","library and exhibit","manufacturing, custom indoor","office","park","parking, non-accessory","private club","recreation, indoor","restaurant","retail, convenience","retail general","retail, second hand","service, business support","service, financial","service, household repair","service, personal","studio","veterinary service"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Dwelling units at 7260 Granville Avenue (P.I.D. 007-849-346) may only be used for residential rental tenure"],"quotes":["7260 Granville Avenue [Bylaw 10014, Feb 22/22]","P.I.D. 007-849-346 [Bylaw 10014, Feb 22/22]","used for residential rental tenure: [Bylaw 10376, Jun 20/22]"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"4,000.0 m²","quotes":["The minimum lot area is 4,000.0 m2 for sites zoned RCL3, RCL4, and RCL5. [Bylaw 8839, Mar 12/12]"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"45.0 m","quotes":["45.0 m for sites zoned RCL3, RCL4, and RCL5. [Bylaw 8839, Mar 12/12]"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"60% for apartment housing or congregate housing only; 90% for apartment housing that contains convenience retail, general retail, minor health service uses, live/work dwellings and/or child care (buildings and landscaped roofs over parking spaces)","quotes":["The maximum lot coverage for buildings and landscaped roofs over parking spaces on sites","60% for apartment housing or congregate housing only; and","90% for apartment housing that contains convenience retail, general retail, minor"]},"max_density":{"value":"2.0 floor area ratio, plus up to 1.0 more if used only for non-residential purposes (e.g. grocery, drug store, minor health services, retail); 3.463 on the City Centre site shown on Figure 2 (at least 1.0 non-residential). Small bonuses: 0.1 for amenity space, 0.2 for community amenity space, 0.1 for market rental units.","quotes":["2.0 for lots zoned RCL2 or RCL3; and","an additional 1.0 floor area","is 3.463, provided that at least 1.0 of the maximum","0.1 floor area ratio provided that it is entirely used to accommodate amenity space;","0.2 floor area ratio provided that it is entirely used to accommodate community","0.1 floor area ratio provided that it is entirely used to accommodate market rental"]},"max_height":{"value":"47.0 m geodetic","quotes":["The maximum height for buildings zoned RCL1, RCL3, and RCL5 is 47.0 m geodetic. [Bylaw 8839,"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"5.0 m for accessory buildings; 12.0 m for accessory structures","quotes":["The maximum height for accessory buildings is 5.0 m.","The maximum height for accessory structures is 12.0 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"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","quotes":["The minimum front yard and exterior side yard is 6.0 m, but this may be reduced to 3.0 m if:","a proper interface is provided at the sidewalk level as approved by the City; and","no driveways or loading areas are located along the public road."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"0.0 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","quotes":["0.0 m if there is an existing lane or a new lane is required; or","3.0 m if there is no existing lane or a new lane is not required."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"No minimum","quotes":["There is no minimum interior side yard."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"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","quotes":["The minimum front yard and exterior side yard is 6.0 m, but this may be reduced to 3.0 m if:","a proper interface is provided at the sidewalk level as approved by the City; and","no driveways or loading areas are located along the public road."]},"other":{"value":["Minimum lot depth 40.0 m","Congregate housing and apartment housing must not be on the first storey (except interior entries, stairwells and elevator shafts)","Telecommunication antenna must be at least 20.0 m above the ground (on a building roof)"],"quotes":["40.0 m for sites zoned RCL2 that have a floor area ratio of greater than 1.2 and sites","For the RCL3 zone and RCL5 zone only, congregate housing and apartment housing must","not be located on the first storey of the building, exclusive of interior entries, common","Telecommunication antenna must be located a minimum of 20.0 m above the ground (i.e., on"]}},"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/RCL1-324203.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/rcl3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/rcl3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/rcl3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/index.json"}}