RCL4 zone in Richmond: Residential/Limited Commercial

Richmond, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

Mid- to high-rise apartments within the City Centre and other select areas, plus a limited amount of commercial use and compatible secondary uses.

Zone rules

Purpose	Mid- to high-rise apartments within the City Centre and other select areas, plus a limited amount of commercial use and compatible secondary uses.
Main uses	child care congregate housing housing, apartment live/work dwelling
Also allowed (secondary uses)	boarding and lodging community care facility, minor health service, minor home-based business home business housing, town library and exhibit office recreation, indoor retail, convenience retail, general service, personal studio
Extra uses on specific lots	Dwelling units at 7260 Granville Avenue (P.I.D. 007-849-346) may only be used for residential rental tenure
Minimum lot area	4,000.0 m²
Minimum lot width	45.0 m
Maximum lot coverage	90% for buildings and landscaped roofs over parking spaces, excluding portions of the site granted to the City for park or road purposes
Maximum density	2.5 floor area ratio (2.618 on the City Centre site shown on Figure 3). Small bonuses: 0.1 for amenity space, 0.2 for community amenity space, 0.1 for market rental units.
Maximum height	15.0 m for buildings with floor area ratio of 1.2 or less; 25.0 m for floor area ratio over 1.2 (35.0 m in specific City Centre Area Plan areas for floor area ratio up to 2.0); 35.0 m in the Capstan Station Bonus Map area for floor area ratio over 2.0 (up to 47.0 m geodetic with a proper interface to adjacent buildings and park areas)
Maximum height, accessory buildings	5.0 m for accessory buildings; 12.0 m for accessory structures
Front setback	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
Rear setback	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
Interior side setback	No minimum
Street side setback	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
Other rules	Minimum lot depth 40.0 m Convenience retail, general retail, indoor recreation, library and exhibit, minor health service, office, personal service, studio and town housing must be on the first storey Telecommunication antenna must be at least 20.0 m above the ground (on a building roof)

Source: Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 (office consolidation, July 29, 2026), s. 9.4 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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