---
title: "P-5 zone in Rossland: Resource Management Area - Residential"
place: Rossland, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/rossland
zone: P-5
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 2864, 2026 (consolidated to October 2026, including Bylaw 2872)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/rossland/zoning/p-5/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/rossland/zoning/p-5.json"
---

# P-5 zone in Rossland: Resource Management Area - Residential

Allows single detached dwellings within areas mainly suited for resource management but accessible to Red Mountain skiing terrain.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Allows single detached dwellings within areas mainly suited for resource management but accessible to Red Mountain skiing terrain.
- **Main uses:** Parks; Trails; Natural Open Space; Forestry, logging and forest management activities (no manufacturing except portable wood processing); Extracting of raw materials from the land (no further processing on site, except where the product is regulated by the BC Mines Act); Single Detached Dwelling (Only the listed uses are permitted.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Buildings and Uses
- **Minimum lot area:** 20 ha
- **Maximum lot coverage:** Buildings: 120 m²
- **Maximum height:** 10.0 m or 3 storeys, whichever is less
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 m or 1.5 storeys, whichever is less
- **Front setback:** 4.0 m
- **Rear setback:** 2.0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 2.0 m
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 m

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 2864, 2026 (consolidated to October 2026, including Bylaw 2872), s. 11.5](https://rossland.civicweb.net/document/56921#page=111) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Rossland: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/rossland/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/rossland/zoning/p-5/_