---
title: "RIH zone in Warfield: Residential Infill Housing"
place: Warfield, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/warfield
zone: RIH
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 896, 2021 (consolidated for convenience, June 2024, including amendments up to Bylaw 959)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/zoning/rih/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/zoning/rih.json"
---

# RIH zone in Warfield: Residential Infill Housing

Single detached, two-unit and multiple-unit housing at modest densities, including secondary suites and accessory suites.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Single detached, two-unit and multiple-unit housing at modest densities, including secondary suites and accessory suites.
- **Main uses:** Mobile Home Dwelling; Multi-Unit (3+ Unit) Dwelling; Single Detached Dwelling; Townhouse Dwelling; Two-Unit Dwelling; Work Camp; Day Care Centre, Major; Day Care Centre, Minor; Community Garden; Park or Open Space; Place of Worship
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Agriculture, Domestic; Home Occupation, Standard; Home Occupation, Minor; Swimming Pool
- **Minimum lot area:** 400 m² (Note A: the minimum parcel area is for the first four dwelling units and increases 95 m² for each additional dwelling unit; note B: it applies for each dwelling unit.)
- **Minimum lot width:** 16 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 70% (accessory buildings are included in this)
- **Maximum height:** 2.5 storey (10 m)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** Accessory building: 2.5 storey (10 m)
- **Front setback:** 3.0 m
- **Rear setback:** 3.0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m (0 m along the shared wall where principal buildings share a common party wall, where permitted)
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front building line, side 1.5 m, flankage 3.0 m, rear 1.5 m
- **Other rules:** The Multiple Unit Residential Development Permit Area applies to lands zoned R3 or RIH.; A Two-Unit Dwelling parcel may be subdivided into two parcels, each with one unit, if half of the minimum parcel area and minimum parcel width are met for each.

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 896, 2021 (consolidated for convenience, June 2024, including amendments up to Bylaw 959), s. 3.3.2(g)](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/uploads/Warfield-Zoning-Bylaw-Consolidation-FINAL_2024_06_27.pdf#page=27) (read 2026-11-08)

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