{"title":"SI zone in Richmond: School & Institutional Use","code":"SI","slug":"si","name":"School & Institutional Use","group":"Public","section":"13.2","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Educational, recreational, park and community oriented uses.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Educational, recreational, park and community oriented uses.","quotes":["This zone provides for a range of educational, recreational, park and community oriented uses."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["child care","education","education, university","emergency service","entertainment, spectator","exhibition & convention facilities","government service","library and exhibit","park","recreation, indoor","recreation, outdoor","stadium","utility, major","utility, minor"],"quotes":["child care","education, university","exhibition & convention facilities","library and exhibit","recreation, outdoor","stadium","utility, minor"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["religious assembly","residential security/operator unit"],"quotes":["religious assembly","residential security/operator unit"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"No minimum","quotes":["There are no minimum lot width, lot depth or lot area requirements."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"No minimum","quotes":["There are no minimum lot width, lot depth or lot area requirements."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"No maximum","quotes":["There is no maximum lot coverage."]},"max_density":{"value":"No maximum floor area ratio","quotes":["There is no maximum floor area ratio."]},"max_height":{"value":"12.0 m within 10.0 m of a residential zone; no other maximum","quotes":["The maximum height is 12.0 m within 10.0 m of a residential zone.","There is no other maximum height."]},"setback_front":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["The minimum front yard and exterior side yard is 6.0 m."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3.0 m","quotes":["The minimum interior side yard and rear yard is 3.0 m."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3.0 m","quotes":["The minimum interior side yard and rear yard is 3.0 m."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["The minimum front yard and exterior side yard is 6.0 m."]},"other":{"value":["Education and university education buildings must be at least 7.5 m from a property in a residential zone.","Religious assembly is limited to one per property, 300 seats and a gross floor area of 700.0 m²."],"quotes":["Education and university education buildings shall not be closer than 7.5 m to a property in","a residential zone.","only one religious assembly on one property; and","300 seats and a gross floor area of 700.0 m2."]}},"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/SI24003.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/si/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/si.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/si.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/index.json"}}