---
title: "RR-1 zone in Salmo: Rural Resource"
place: Salmo, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/salmo
zone: RR-1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 773, 2026
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salmo/zoning/rr-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salmo/zoning/rr-1.json"
---

# RR-1 zone in Salmo: Rural Resource

Provide an area for single-family and two-family residential housing, while allowing other uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Provide an area for single-family and two-family residential housing, while allowing other uses.
- **Main uses:** Single-Family Dwellings; Two-Family Dwellings; Multi-family Dwellings; Mixed -Use Development; Hotels/ Motel/ Resort; Restaurants; Professional, Business, Personal Services Establishment; Veterinary Clinics, Minor & Major; Private & Public Schools; Childcare Facilities; Group Homes, Major & Minor; Places of Worship; Agriculture; Forestry
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home-based Businesses; Short-Term Accommodation
- **Minimum lot area:** 0.2 ha (0.5 acres) or 2023.4 m² (21,780 sf)
- **Minimum lot width:** 13.7 m (45’)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 33% (single-family); 60% total for all uses
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** Stand-alone garage for RV storage: up to 7 m (23’)
- **Front setback:** 7.6 m (24’11”)
- **Rear setback:** 4.5 m (14’9”)
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m (4’11”)
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m (14’9”)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 4.5 m, exterior side 4.5 m, rear 1.5 m, interior side 1.5 m
- **Other rules:** Amenity area per multi-family unit: bachelor 10 m², one-bedroom 15 m², two-bedroom 20 m², three-bedroom 30 m², four-bedroom or over 40 m²; Minimum width of a primary structure or single- or two-family dwelling on a lot wider than 9.14 m (30’): 6 m (19’9”); Parking: one off-street space per primary structure or dwelling unit and one per secondary dwelling unit; May require one or more Development Permits

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 773, 2026, s. 5.12](https://salmo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/773-Zoning-Bylaw-2026-Website-Copy.pdf#page=89) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Salmo: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salmo/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/salmo/zoning/rr-1/_