{"title":"R-3 zone in Smithers: Medium Density Residential","code":"R-3","slug":"r-3","name":"Medium Density Residential","group":"Residential","section":"4.2","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"To accommodate a mix of multi-family residential dwellings including townhouse and low-rise apartments.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"To accommodate a mix of multi-family residential dwellings including townhouse and low-rise apartments.","quotes":["The purpose of the R-3 zone is to accommodate a mix of multi-family residential dwellings","including townhouse and low-rise apartments."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Townhouse dwelling","Low-rise apartment"],"quotes":["townhouse dwelling","low-rise apartment"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Secondary suite (in a townhouse dwelling)","Office use","Assisted living","Short-term rental"],"quotes":["secondary suite in a townhouse dwelling","Office use","assisted living","short-term rental"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"460 m²","quotes":["Parcel Area 460 m2 minimum"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15 metres","quotes":["Parcel Width 15 metres minimum"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"75% for all buildings and structures","quotes":["Parcel Coverage 75% maximum for all buildings and structures"]},"max_height":{"value":"3 storeys or 12 metres","quotes":["Height 3 storeys or 12 metres maximum"]},"setback_front":{"value":"6 metres","quotes":["front yard 6 metres minimum"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6 metres","quotes":["rear yard 6 metres minimum"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"6 metres; 3 metres for townhouse dwellings","quotes":["side yard 6 metres minimum","3 metres for townhouse dwellings"]},"other":{"value":["No side setback is required on an interior side line where a party wall between two dwellings sits on that line"],"quotes":["Where a party wall between two dwellings coincides with an interior side parcel line, no"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 1987 (adopted June 17, 2025)","url":"https://www.smithers.ca/sites/default/files/2025-06/Town%20of%20Smithers%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%201987_Deepa%20Chandran.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The Town posts the bylaw as adopted on 17 June 2025; no later amendments are folded into this PDF. Schedule A (the zoning map) is a separate PDF."},"source_url":"https://www.smithers.ca/sites/default/files/2025-06/Town%20of%20Smithers%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%201987_Deepa%20Chandran.pdf#page=42","place":{"path":"ca/bc/smithers","name":"Smithers","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/r-3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/r-3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/r-3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/index.json"}}