{"title":"RTM1 zone in Richmond: Medium Density Townhouses","code":"RTM1","slug":"rtm1","name":"Medium Density Townhouses","group":"Residential","section":"8.7","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Medium density town housing, plus other compatible uses.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Medium density town housing, plus other compatible uses.","quotes":["The zone provides for medium density town housing, plus other compatible uses."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["child care","housing, town"],"quotes":["child care","housing, town"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["boarding and lodging","community care facility, minor","home business","secondary suite"],"quotes":["boarding and lodging","community care facility, minor","home business","secondary suite"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"No minimum","quotes":["There is no minimum lot area."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"30.0 m","quotes":["The minimum lot width is 30.0 m, except in the RTM3 zone outside the City Centre where the"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40% for buildings; no more than 65% of the lot may be buildings, structures and non-porous surfaces","quotes":["The maximum lot coverage is 40% for buildings.","No more than 65% of the lot may be occupied by buildings, structures and non-porous"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 0.70 for town housing, plus 0.1 for amenity space","quotes":["0.70 for town housing zoned RTM1 or RTM3, together with an additional 0.1 floor area","ratio provided that it is entirely used to accommodate amenity space; and"]},"max_height":{"value":"12.0 m (3 storeys)","quotes":["The maximum height for buildings is 12.0 m (3 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":"6.0 m","quotes":["The minimum front yard is 6.0 m."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3.0 m; 1.2 m where the rear lot line abuts a lane","quotes":["The minimum rear yard is 3.0 m, except where the rear lot line abuts a lane, in which case the","minimum rear yard is 1.2 m."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3.0 m","quotes":["The minimum interior side yard is 3.0 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["The minimum exterior side yard is 6.0 m."]},"other":{"value":["25% of the lot area must be landscaped with live plant material","Minimum lot depth is 35.0 m"],"quotes":["25% of the lot area is restricted to landscaping with live plant material.","The minimum lot depth is 35.0 m."]}},"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/RTM1-324197.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/rtm1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/rtm1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/rtm1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/index.json"}}