{"title":"RI2 zone in Richmond: Infill Residential","code":"RI2","slug":"ri2","name":"Infill Residential","group":"Residential","section":"8.5","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Single detached housing, coach houses, two-unit housing and town housing and other compatible uses on small infill lots.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Single detached housing, coach houses, two-unit housing and town housing and other compatible uses on small infill lots.","quotes":["The zone provides for single detached housing, coach houses, two-unit housing and town","housing and other compatible uses on small infill lots."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["child care","coach house","housing, single detached","housing, town","housing, two-unit"],"quotes":["child care","coach house","housing, single detached","housing, town","housing, two-unit"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["boarding and lodging","community care facility, minor","home business"],"quotes":["boarding and lodging","community care facility, minor","home business"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"312.0 m² minimum; 1,560.0 m² maximum","quotes":["The minimum lot area is 312.0 m2.","The maximum lot area is 1,560.0 m2."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"No minimum lot width or lot depth","quotes":["There are no minimum lot width or lot depth requirements."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"45% for buildings; no more than 70% of the lot may be buildings, structures and non-porous surfaces","quotes":["The maximum lot coverage is 45% for buildings.","No more than 70% of a lot may be occupied by buildings, structures and non-porous"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 0.55 for single detached housing, if an additional 0.10 is provided for a coach house under 60.0 m² gross floor area; 0.55 for town housing and two-unit housing, plus 0.05 for amenity space on lots with four or more units","quotes":["For single detached housing zoned RI2, the maximum floor area ratio is 0.55, on the","condition that an additional 0.10 is provided on the lot in question for a coach house with less","than 60.0 m2 of gross floor area.","For town housing and two-unit housing zoned RI2, the maximum floor area ratio is 0.55,","together with an additional 0.05 floor area ratio provided that it is entirely used to accommodate"]},"max_height":{"value":"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","quotes":["9.0 m along Acheson Road and Bennett Road, west of No. 3 Road, but shall not exceed","12.0 m elsewhere, but shall not exceed three storeys."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"5.0 m (accessory buildings); 9.0 m (accessory structures)","quotes":["The maximum height for accessory buildings is 5.0 m.","The maximum height for accessory structures is 9.0 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["4.5 m for the front yard;"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6.0 m; 1.2 m where the lot has access to a public lane","quotes":["6.0 m for the rear yard.","Where a lot has access to a public lane, the minimum rear yard is 1.2 m, measured to the"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.2 m","quotes":["1.2 m for the interior side yard; and"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 m","quotes":["3.0 m for the exterior side yard;"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"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","quotes":["The minimum setbacks for accessory buildings, carports, parking pads and garages are:","15.0 m for the front yard;","3.0 m for the exterior side yard;","0.6 m for the interior side yard; and","1.2 m for the rear yard."]},"other":{"value":["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)"],"quotes":["1.0 parking space per dwelling unit or 0.5 parking spaces per bedroom, whichever is","0.2 visitor parking spaces per dwelling unit on lots containing four (4) or more","1.7 per dwelling unit as the maximum total number of parking spaces.","For the purposes of the RI2 zone, 0.10 of the floor area is not included in the calculation of"]}},"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/RI1-224195.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/ri2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/ri2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/ri2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/index.json"}}