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title: "RC zone in Wells: Residential - Commercial"
place: Wells, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/wells
zone: RC
bylaw: District of Wells Zoning and Tree Protection Bylaw No. 26, 2000 (with Amending Bylaws No. 123 and 125, 2013 not consolidated)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/rc/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/rc.json"
---

# RC zone in Wells: Residential - Commercial

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.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home occupation or home industry ancillary to a permitted residential use; bed and breakfast accommodations or rooming and boarding; ancillary buildings and ancillary uses
- **Minimum lot area:** 300 m² (community water and sewer); 615 m² (community water or sewer); 4,000 m² (no community services)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50%
- **Maximum height:** 10.67 m
- **Front setback:** 4.5 m (0 m for parcels fronting on or surrounded by Baker Street, Blair Avenue, Bowman Crescent and Pooley Street)
- **Rear setback:** 1.5 m (same on those streets)
- **Interior side setback:** 1.25 m (0 m on those streets)
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m (0 m on those streets)
- **Other rules:** Any building containing a residential use must be at least 6.5 m wide; Manufactured housing must comply with CSA A277 standards

## Source

- [District of Wells Zoning and Tree Protection Bylaw No. 26, 2000 (with Amending Bylaws No. 123 and 125, 2013 not consolidated), s. 4.4](https://www.wells.ca/download_file/view/176/379#page=46) (read 2026-11-08)

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