RD2 zone in Richmond: Two-Unit Dwellings

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

In short

Two-unit housing with compatible uses. RD1 is for development accessed by vehicles from the front yard; RD2 is for development accessed from a lane by the rear yard.

Zone rules

Purpose	Two-unit housing with compatible uses. RD1 is for development accessed by vehicles from the front yard; RD2 is for development accessed from a lane by the rear yard.
Main uses	housing, two-unit housing, single detached
Also allowed (secondary uses)	boarding and lodging community care facility, minor home business secondary suite
Minimum lot area	864.0 m²
Minimum lot width	No minimum frontage, lot width or lot depth
Maximum lot coverage	45% 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 outside a Transit-Oriented Area, 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 0.55 on the first 464.5 m² of lot area plus 0.30 on the rest for one unit, or two units where one is a secondary suite, and in a Transit-Oriented Area; 0.55 on the first 929.0 m² plus 0.30 on the rest for all other development
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	9.0 m
Rear setback	6.0 m; the part of the principal building or accessory building used for parking may not be more than 18.0 m from the rear lot line
Interior side setback	2.0 m
Street side setback	3.0 m
Other rules	No part of the two-unit housing (except parking portions or breezeways) may be more than 30.0 m from the front lot line Fences within 6.0 m of a public road may not exceed 1.0 m in height Subdivision may create a maximum of two strata lots; no air space parcels

Source: Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 (office consolidation, July 29, 2026), s. 8.4 (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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