{"title":"R-6 zone in Smithers: Rural Residential","code":"R-6","slug":"r-6","name":"Rural Residential","group":"Residential","section":"4.5","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"To accommodate one and two-family dwellings in rural areas with varying utility servicing standards.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"To accommodate one and two-family dwellings in rural areas with varying utility servicing standards.","quotes":["The purpose of the R-6 zone is to accommodate one and two-family dwellings in rural areas with","varying utility servicing standards."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Single detached dwelling","Semi-detached dwelling","Group home (major and minor)"],"quotes":["single detached dwelling","semi-detached dwelling","group home (both major and minor)"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Bed & breakfast","Secondary suite","Carriage house","Short-term rental","Backyard hen keeping (auxiliary to a single detached dwelling)"],"quotes":["bed & breakfast","secondary suite","carriage house","short-term rental","backyard hen keeping auxiliary to a single detached dwelling"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"580 m² with community water and sewer; 870 m² with community sewer only; 1,900 m² with community water only; 2,200 m² with neither","quotes":["580 m2 minimum","870 m2 minimum","only 1,900 m2 minimum","sewer system 2,200 m2 minimum"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15 metres","quotes":["Parcel Width 15 metres minimum"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40% for all buildings and structures","quotes":["Parcel Coverage 40% maximum for all buildings and structures"]},"max_density":{"value":"On community water and sewer: 4 units for fee simple parcels greater than 280 m²; 3 units for fee simple parcels less than 280 m²","quotes":["a) 4 units for fee simple parcels greater than 280 m2","b) 3 units for fee simple parcels less than 280 m2"]},"max_height":{"value":"9 metres","quotes":["Height 9 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":"3 metres where there is no community water; other parcels: 1.2 metres from one side line and 3 metres from the other, and the 3 metres can be reduced to 1.2 metres where rear access is provided from a lane or street","quotes":["parcels where there is no 3 metres minimum","all other parcels 1.2 metres minimum from one side parcel line and 3 metres","is provided to the parcel from a lane or street this may be","reduced to 1.2 metres minimum"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.5 metres","quotes":["exterior 3.5 metres minimum"]},"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=45","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-6/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/r-6.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/r-6.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/index.json"}}