{"title":"R 3 zone in Wells: Multi-Family Residential","code":"R 3","slug":"r-3","name":"Multi-Family Residential","group":"Residential","section":"4.11","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Single-family residential dwelling, Two-family residential dwelling, Multi-family residential dwelling, Public use, including parks and playgrounds.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Single-family residential dwelling","Two-family residential dwelling","Multi-family residential dwelling","Public use, including parks and playgrounds"],"quotes":["a single-family residential dwelling","a two-family residential dwelling","a multi-family residential dwelling","a public use, including parks and playgrounds"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Temporary dwelling unit in conjunction with a single-family residential dwelling","Home occupation ancillary to a permitted residential use","Bed and breakfast accommodations, or rooming and boarding accommodations ancillary to a single family or a two family residential dwelling","Ancillary buildings","Home industry if limited to the interior of the principal dwelling"],"quotes":["a temporary dwelling unit in conjunction with a single-family residential","a home occupation ancillary to a permitted residential use","bed and breakfast accommodations, or rooming and boarding","ancillary buildings","home industry if limited to the interior of the principal dwelling"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"Single-family dwelling: 300 m² (community water and sewer); 615 m² (community water or sewer); 4,000 m² (no community services). Two-family dwelling: 557 m² (one parcel) or 278 m² (if divided into two parcels) with community water and sewer; 1,114 m² (one parcel) or 557 m² (if divided into two parcels) with community water or sewer; 4,000 m² with no community services. Per multi-family dwelling unit: 200 m², 557 m², 2,000 m²","quotes":["Residential 300 square metres 615 square metres 4,000 square metres","Per Two-Family 557 square metres 1,114 square metres 4,000 square metres","one parcel; 278","if one parcel; 557","Per Multi-Family 200 square metres 557 square metres 2,000 square metres"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40%","quotes":["LOT COVERAGE (maximum): = 40%"]},"max_height":{"value":"12.5 m","quotes":["HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS (maximum): = 12.5 metres (41 feet)"]},"setback_front":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Front Yard - Setback = 4.5 metres (14.76 feet)"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3 m","quotes":["Rear Yard - Setback = 3 metres (9.84 feet)"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.25 m (0 m where abutting another dwelling unit of a two-family or multi-family dwelling)","quotes":["Interior Side Yard - Setback = 1.25 metres (4.1 feet)","family or multi-family residential dwelling, an interior side yard setback of zero","metres may be permitted."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Exterior Side Yard - Setback = 4.5 metres (14.76 feet)"]},"other":{"value":["Minimum water frontage: 45.5 m","Any building containing a residential use must be at least 6.5 m wide","Manufactured housing must comply with CSA A277 standards"],"quotes":["WATER FRONTAGE (minimum): = 45.5 metres (149.3 feet)","The minimum width of any building containing a residential use is 6.5 metres","A277 Standards."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"District of Wells Zoning and Tree Protection Bylaw No. 26, 2000 (with Amending Bylaws No. 123 and 125, 2013 not consolidated)","url":"https://www.wells.ca/download_file/view/176/379","accessed":"2026-11-08","note":"This is the original 2000 bylaw text. The District posts amending bylaws separately and not folded in: No. 6 1998 (an older CRD bylaw), No. 123, 2013 (adds single family dwelling as permitted use in CW, s. 4.1.A.1(a)iii) and No. 125, 2013 (adds RV seasonal temporary dwelling rules, s. 3.13(g),(h)). Neither adds a zone."},"source_url":"https://www.wells.ca/download_file/view/176/379#page=60","place":{"path":"ca/bc/wells","name":"Wells","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/r-3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/r-3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/r-3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/index.json"}}