---
title: "R3 zone in Terrace: Townhouse Multi-Family Residential"
place: Terrace, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/terrace
zone: R3
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 2069-2014 (consolidated to Bylaw 2345-2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/terrace/zoning/r3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/terrace/zoning/r3.json"
---

# R3 zone in Terrace: Townhouse Multi-Family Residential

Provide for medium density, multi-family residential development in the form of townhouses and other cluster residential development.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Provide for medium density, multi-family residential development in the form of townhouses and other cluster residential development.
- **Main uses:** Townhouse
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home Occupation – Level 1
- **Minimum lot area:** 950 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 25.0 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 45%
- **Maximum density:** 33 units per hectare
- **Maximum height:** 10.0 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5.1 m; 7.5 m for an accessory building with a secondary suite
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 7.5 m, interior side 1.5 m, exterior side 3.0 m, rear 1.5 m
- **Other rules:** Minimum dwelling unit size 46 m²; minimum primary building footprint 75 m²; Maximum accessory building footprint 55 m²; maximum accessory floor area 55 m² (90 m² or 40% of the principal building floor area, whichever is less, with a secondary suite); Outdoor amenity areas are required for developments of three or more dwelling units: 46 m² per unit with three or more bedrooms, 28 m² per two bedroom unit, 19 m² per one bedroom unit, 9 m² per studio unit; Maximum 1 accessory building over 10.0 m² per parcel (or per phased strata)

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 2069-2014 (consolidated to Bylaw 2345-2026), s. 11.3](https://www.terrace.ca/media/4249#page=61) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Terrace: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/terrace/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/terrace/zoning/r3/_