{"title":"RC zone in Wells: Residential - Commercial","code":"RC","slug":"rc","name":"Residential - Commercial","group":"Mixed use","section":"4.4","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Single-family residential dwelling, a public use including parks and playgrounds, personal service shop, business, professional or office, artisan studio and gallery, and 2 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Single-family residential dwelling","a public use including parks and playgrounds","personal service shop","business, professional or office","artisan studio and gallery","antique store","coffee house"],"quotes":["a single-family residential dwelling.","a public use including parks and playgrounds","personal service shop","business, professional or office","artisan studio and gallery","antique store","coffee house"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home occupation or home industry ancillary to a permitted residential use","bed and breakfast accommodations or rooming and boarding","ancillary buildings and ancillary uses"],"quotes":["a home occupation or a home industry ancillary to a permitted residential","bed and breakfast accommodations or rooming and boarding","ancillary buildings and ancillary uses"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"300 m² (community water and sewer); 615 m² (community water or sewer); 4,000 m² (no community services)","quotes":["300 square metres 615 square metres 4,000 square metres"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50%","quotes":["LOT COVERAGE (maximum) = 50%"]},"max_height":{"value":"10.67 m","quotes":["HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS (maximum) = 10.67 metres (35 feet)"]},"setback_front":{"value":"4.5 m (0 m for parcels fronting on or surrounded by Baker Street, Blair Avenue, Bowman Crescent and Pooley Street)","quotes":["Front Yard - Setback = 4.5 metres (14.76 feet)","For parcels in the R/C zone fronting on or surrounded by Baker Street, Blair","Avenue, Bowman Crescent, and Pooley Street, the setbacks are as follows:","Front Yard - Setback = 0 metres"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"1.5 m (same on those streets)","quotes":["Rear Yard - Setback = 1.5 metres (4.92 feet)","For parcels in the R/C zone fronting on or surrounded by Baker Street, Blair","Avenue, Bowman Crescent, and Pooley Street, the setbacks are as follows:","Rear Yard - Setback = 1.5 metres (4.92 feet)"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.25 m (0 m on those streets)","quotes":["Interior Side Yard - Setback = 1.25 metres (4.1 feet)","For parcels in the R/C zone fronting on or surrounded by Baker Street, Blair","Avenue, Bowman Crescent, and Pooley Street, the setbacks are as follows:","Interior Side Yard - Setback = 0 metres"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m (0 m on those streets)","quotes":["Exterior Side Yard - Setback = 4.5 metres (14.76 feet)","For parcels in the R/C zone fronting on or surrounded by Baker Street, Blair","Avenue, Bowman Crescent, and Pooley Street, the setbacks are as follows:","Exterior Side Yard - Setback = 0 metres"]},"other":{"value":["Any building containing a residential use must be at least 6.5 m wide","Manufactured housing must comply with CSA A277 standards"],"quotes":["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=46","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/rc/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/rc.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/rc.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/index.json"}}