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title: "R1 zone in Sechelt: Residential One Zone — Large Lot, Low Density"
place: Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/sechelt
zone: R1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 580, 2022 (consolidated for convenience, May 2025, to Bylaw 580-17, 2024)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sechelt/zoning/r1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sechelt/zoning/r1.json"
---

# R1 zone in Sechelt: Residential One Zone — Large Lot, Low Density

Single-Detached Dwellings with Accessory Dwellings on large lots, typically outside the downtown village area and possibly without sanitary sewer.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Single-Detached Dwellings with Accessory Dwellings on large lots, typically outside the downtown village area and possibly without sanitary sewer.
- **Main uses:** Single-Detached Dwelling
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Detached Accessory Dwelling Unit; Home Business; Secondary Suite; Short-Term Rental
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Lot 18, D.L. 1028, Plan 4682 except part in Plan 19680 (Ward Court): uses limited to garden nursery and garden centre, greenhouses, water bottling plant, Single-Detached Dwelling, related sales and storage; max height 10.5 m; Block A, D.L. 1379, Plan VAP1938 (Havies Road): Detached Accessory Dwelling Unit allowed on lots over 900 m2 if on municipal sewer; min lot area for new subdivision 500 m2 on municipal sewer; Lots on Snodgrass Road, Ridgeview Drive and Chapman Road (see bylaw for legal descriptions): min lot area for new subdivision 900 m2 when connected to bare land strata decentralized shared sewerage system
- **Minimum lot area:** 900 m² with municipal sewer service; 2,000 m² without municipal sewer service
- **Minimum lot width:** 20.0 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 35%
- **Maximum density:** Parcels under 2,000 m²: one Single-Detached Dwelling; 2,000 m² or larger: one Single-Detached Dwelling plus one Detached Accessory Dwelling Unit; 4,000 m² or larger: two Single-Detached Dwellings plus one Detached Accessory Dwelling Unit
- **Maximum height:** 8.5 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5.0 m (Accessory Structure); 6.5 m (Detached Accessory Dwelling Unit)
- **Front setback:** 5.0 m
- **Rear setback:** 5.0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Accessory structures: front 1.5 m, rear 1.5 m, interior side 1.5 m, exterior side 1.5 m. Detached Accessory Dwelling Unit: front 5.0 m, rear 5.0 m (1.5 m with rear lane), interior side 1.5 m, exterior side 3.0 m

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 580, 2022 (consolidated for convenience, May 2025, to Bylaw 580-17, 2024), s. 1.1](https://www.sechelt.ca/media/rdjpiexj/580-2022-zoning-bylaw.pdf#page=7) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Sechelt: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sechelt/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/sechelt/zoning/r1/_