---
title: "RE-1 zone in White Rock: SSMUH Estate Residential 1 Zone"
place: White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/white-rock
zone: RE-1
bylaw: White Rock Zoning Bylaw, 2024, No. 2506 (consolidated as of June 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/white-rock/zoning/re-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/white-rock/zoning/re-1.json"
---

# RE-1 zone in White Rock: SSMUH Estate Residential 1 Zone

Up to two dwelling units on a parcel within the urban containment boundary, in a variety of building forms

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Up to two dwelling units on a parcel within the urban containment boundary, in a variety of building forms
- **Main uses:** One-unit residential use
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Child care centre; Boarding use; Registered secondary suite; Accessory dwelling unit; Bed & breakfast; Short term rental; Care facility; Home occupation (Not more than one of the first seven with a one-unit residential use; home occupation also permitted.)
- **Minimum lot area:** 0.5 ha
- **Minimum lot width:** 30.0 m (lot depth 100.0 m)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 20%
- **Maximum density:** Up to two dwelling units; residential floor area up to 0.3 times the lot area
- **Maximum height:** 7.7 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** Accessory dwelling unit 7.0 m (roof slope 6:12 or more) or 6.0 m (lesser slope); ancillary buildings and structures 5.0 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 3.8 m; 7.5 m where the rear lot line abuts the interior side lot line of an adjacent residential lot
- **Accessory building setbacks:** rear 1.5 m, interior side 1.5 m, exterior side 3.8 m (7.5 m where the rear lot line abuts the interior side lot line of an adjacent residential lot); not permitted in the front yard
- **Other rules:** Impermeable surface maximum 60%; at least 40% permeable; Only one ancillary building per lot; Accessory dwelling units at least 3.0 m from the principal building

## Source

- [White Rock Zoning Bylaw, 2024, No. 2506 (consolidated as of June 2026), s. 6.6](https://www.whiterockcity.ca/DocumentCenter/View/8003/Zoning-Bylaw-2024-No-2506-Adopted-June-27-2024#page=64) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in White Rock: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/white-rock/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/white-rock/zoning/re-1/_