RI1 zone in Richmond: Infill Residential

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

In short

Single detached housing, coach houses, two-unit housing and town housing and other compatible uses on small infill lots.

Zone rules

Purpose	Single detached housing, coach houses, two-unit housing and town housing and other compatible uses on small infill lots.
Main uses	child care coach house housing, single detached housing, town housing, two-unit
Also allowed (secondary uses)	boarding and lodging community care facility, minor home business
Minimum lot area	312.0 m² minimum; 1,560.0 m² maximum
Minimum lot width	No minimum 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	Floor area ratio 0.55, plus 0.10 if the lot has a dwelling unit under 60.0 m² gross floor area, plus 0.05 for amenity space on lots with four or more units, plus 0.10 for covered areas open on one or more sides
Maximum height	9.0 m along Acheson Road and Bennett Road west of No. 3 Road (within the vertical lot width and depth envelopes); 12.0 m elsewhere, up to three storeys
Maximum height, accessory buildings	5.0 m (accessory buildings); 9.0 m (accessory structures)
Front setback	4.5 m
Rear setback	6.0 m; 1.2 m where the lot has access to a public lane
Interior side setback	1.2 m
Street side setback	3.0 m
Accessory building setbacks	Accessory buildings, carports, parking pads and garages: front 15.0 m, exterior side 3.0 m, interior side 0.6 m, rear 1.2 m
Other rules	Parking: 1.0 space per dwelling unit or 0.5 per bedroom, whichever is greater, plus 0.2 visitor spaces per unit on lots with four or more units; maximum 1.7 spaces per dwelling unit 0.10 of the floor area is not counted in floor area ratio if used only for covered areas open on one or more sides (RI2)

Source: Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 (office consolidation, July 29, 2026), s. 8.5 (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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