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SI zone in Richmond: School & Institutional Use

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

In short

Educational, recreational, park and community oriented uses.

Zone rules

PurposeEducational, recreational, park and community oriented uses.
Main uses
  • 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
Also allowed (secondary uses)
  • religious assembly
  • residential security/operator unit
Minimum lot areaNo minimum
Minimum lot widthNo minimum
Maximum lot coverageNo maximum
Maximum densityNo maximum floor area ratio
Maximum height12.0 m within 10.0 m of a residential zone; no other maximum
Front setback6.0 m
Rear setback3.0 m
Interior side setback3.0 m
Street side setback6.0 m
Other rules
  • 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.

Source: Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 (office consolidation, July 29, 2026), s. 13.2 (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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