District of Barriere Zoning Bylaw No. 111

The zones side by side

"Not set" means the zone itself sets no figure; general rules elsewhere in the bylaw may still apply. Each zone's page has its uses, setbacks and the general rules that apply to it.

Where the bylaw is unclear

Points we couldn't settle from the bylaw's text. Ask before you rely on them.

• SH: Secondary dwelling unit (s. 3.8, Bylaw 245): inside the house or in a detached coach house or garden suite, with a building permit, suitable servicing and one more parking space (s. 3.10). A detached one stands 4 m from the rear lot line and 1.5 m from the sides (4.5 m from a side street), with its entrance visible from the road, and may never be a short-term rental or a bed and breakfast. Section 3.8 also sets 4 m from the front and a 12 m height, but s. 3.5(e) holds accessory buildings to the main building's front setback and the zones cap accessory buildings at 5 m; we read the suite rule as the specific one, but which governs is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• SH: Whether a detached secondary dwelling unit is held to the 65 m² cap on each accessory building on lots under 4,000 m² (s. 3.5(d)). Section 3.8 gives it its own setbacks and a 12 m height but no floor area, so this is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• SH: How many houses or duplexes one lot may hold. The zone lists them as uses but sets no number of homes per lot; the bylaw points to one house (ss. 4.5 and 5.5 allow an "additional" house only on a farm, and s. 3.7 assumes a lot with one house), so this is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• SH: Renting a home by the night. The bylaw mentions short-term rental only to bar it, with bed and breakfasts, from a detached secondary dwelling unit (s. 3.8(a)(v)); it lists neither as a use in any zone, and only listed uses are permitted (s. 2.2(b)), so whether a house or an inside suite may be rented short term is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• SH: Modular homes (CSA A277) and mobile homes (CSA Z240) count as single detached dwellings (s. 1). Outside a mobile home park one sits on a BC Building Code foundation (or engineer-approved screw piles), skirted and insulated, and at least 6.5 m wide for half its length; a narrower one already there when the bylaw passed may stay and be replaced (s. 3.9(b); whether that means 2014 or the later amendment that added the rule is unclear).
• CR: Secondary dwelling unit (s. 3.8, Bylaw 245): inside the house or in a detached coach house or garden suite, with a building permit, suitable servicing and one more parking space (s. 3.10). A detached one stands 4 m from the rear lot line and 1.5 m from the sides (4.5 m from a side street), with its entrance visible from the road, and may never be a short-term rental or a bed and breakfast. Section 3.8 also sets 4 m from the front and a 12 m height, but s. 3.5(e) holds accessory buildings to the main building's front setback and the zones cap accessory buildings at 5 m; we read the suite rule as the specific one, but which governs is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• CR: Whether a detached secondary dwelling unit is held to the 65 m² cap on each accessory building on lots under 4,000 m² (s. 3.5(d)). Section 3.8 gives it its own setbacks and a 12 m height but no floor area, so this is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• CR: How many houses or duplexes one lot may hold. The zone lists them as uses but sets no number of homes per lot; the bylaw points to one house (ss. 4.5 and 5.5 allow an "additional" house only on a farm, and s. 3.7 assumes a lot with one house), so this is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• CR: Renting a home by the night. The bylaw mentions short-term rental only to bar it, with bed and breakfasts, from a detached secondary dwelling unit (s. 3.8(a)(v)); it lists neither as a use in any zone, and only listed uses are permitted (s. 2.2(b)), so whether a house or an inside suite may be rented short term is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• CR: Modular homes (CSA A277) and mobile homes (CSA Z240) count as single detached dwellings (s. 1). Outside a mobile home park one sits on a BC Building Code foundation (or engineer-approved screw piles), skirted and insulated, and at least 6.5 m wide for half its length; a narrower one already there when the bylaw passed may stay and be replaced (s. 3.9(b); whether that means 2014 or the later amendment that added the rule is unclear).
• R: Secondary dwelling unit (s. 3.8, Bylaw 245): inside the house or in a detached coach house or garden suite, with a building permit, suitable servicing and one more parking space (s. 3.10). A detached one stands 4 m from the rear lot line and 1.5 m from the sides (4.5 m from a side street), with its entrance visible from the road, and may never be a short-term rental or a bed and breakfast. Section 3.8 also sets 4 m from the front and a 12 m height, but s. 3.5(e) holds accessory buildings to the main building's front setback and the zones cap accessory buildings at 5 m; we read the suite rule as the specific one, but which governs is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• R: Whether a detached secondary dwelling unit is held to the 65 m² cap on each accessory building on lots under 4,000 m² (s. 3.5(d)). Section 3.8 gives it its own setbacks and a 12 m height but no floor area, so this is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• R: How many houses or duplexes one lot may hold. The zone lists them as uses but sets no number of homes per lot; the bylaw points to one house (ss. 4.5 and 5.5 allow an "additional" house only on a farm, and s. 3.7 assumes a lot with one house), so this is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• R: Renting a home by the night. The bylaw mentions short-term rental only to bar it, with bed and breakfasts, from a detached secondary dwelling unit (s. 3.8(a)(v)); it lists neither as a use in any zone, and only listed uses are permitted (s. 2.2(b)), so whether a house or an inside suite may be rented short term is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• R: Modular homes (CSA A277) and mobile homes (CSA Z240) count as single detached dwellings (s. 1). Outside a mobile home park one sits on a BC Building Code foundation (or engineer-approved screw piles), skirted and insulated, and at least 6.5 m wide for half its length; a narrower one already there when the bylaw passed may stay and be replaced (s. 3.9(b); whether that means 2014 or the later amendment that added the rule is unclear).
• R: Fences in residential zones: 1 m in the front yard, stepping up to 2 m along the side lot lines, 2 m in side and rear yards (s. 3.12). The bylaw doesn't say which zones count as residential; we apply this to the R and RM zones, and whether it covers SH, CR and MH is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• RM: How the screen of at least 1.25 m around shared parking (s. 7.5(c)) fits the 1 m cap on front-yard fences (s. 3.12). This is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• RM: Modular homes (CSA A277) and mobile homes (CSA Z240) count as single detached dwellings (s. 1). Outside a mobile home park one sits on a BC Building Code foundation (or engineer-approved screw piles), skirted and insulated, and at least 6.5 m wide for half its length; a narrower one already there when the bylaw passed may stay and be replaced (s. 3.9(b); whether that means 2014 or the later amendment that added the rule is unclear).
• RM: Fences in residential zones: 1 m in the front yard, stepping up to 2 m along the side lot lines, 2 m in side and rear yards (s. 3.12). The bylaw doesn't say which zones count as residential; we apply this to the R and RM zones, and whether it covers SH, CR and MH is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• MH: Whether the caregiver home of s. 3.7 may go on the owner's lot in the park. The zone permits one house there, so this is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• C1: Renting a home by the night. This zone allows motels and hotels (units let to tourists or transients, s. 1); the bylaw mentions short-term rental only to bar it from a detached secondary dwelling unit (s. 3.8(a)(v)), so whether a home in the commercial building may be rented short term is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• C1/R: The zoning map (Schedule A) labels this land C1/R, but the bylaw's text has no C1/R zone, so we show the C1 and R zones side by side. The bylaw's "C2/I split zone" (s. 10.1) suggests land carrying both zones' uses; s. 3.3 says a lot in two zones follows each zone on its own part. Which reading holds, and which lot size, coverage, height and setbacks apply to each building, is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• C1/R: Secondary dwelling unit (s. 3.8, Bylaw 245): inside the house or in a detached coach house or garden suite, with a building permit, suitable servicing and one more parking space (s. 3.10). A detached one stands 4 m from the rear lot line and 1.5 m from the sides (4.5 m from a side street), with its entrance visible from the road, and may never be a short-term rental or a bed and breakfast. Section 3.8 also sets 4 m from the front and a 12 m height, but s. 3.5(e) holds accessory buildings to the main building's front setback and the zones cap accessory buildings at 5 m; we read the suite rule as the specific one, but which governs is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• C1/R: Whether a detached secondary dwelling unit is held to the 65 m² cap on each accessory building on lots under 4,000 m² (s. 3.5(d)). Section 3.8 gives it its own setbacks and a 12 m height but no floor area, so this is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• C1/R: Renting a home by the night. The bylaw mentions short-term rental only to bar it, with bed and breakfasts, from a detached secondary dwelling unit (s. 3.8(a)(v)); it lists neither as a use in any zone, and only listed uses are permitted (s. 2.2(b)), so whether a house or an inside suite may be rented short term is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• C1/R: Modular homes (CSA A277) and mobile homes (CSA Z240) count as single detached dwellings (s. 1). Outside a mobile home park one sits on a BC Building Code foundation (or engineer-approved screw piles), skirted and insulated, and at least 6.5 m wide for half its length; a narrower one already there when the bylaw passed may stay and be replaced (s. 3.9(b); whether that means 2014 or the later amendment that added the rule is unclear).
• C1/R: Fences in residential zones: 1 m in the front yard, stepping up to 2 m along the side lot lines, 2 m in side and rear yards (s. 3.12). The bylaw doesn't say which zones count as residential; we apply this to the R and RM zones, and whether it covers SH, CR and MH is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• C1/RM: The zoning map (Schedule A) labels this land C1/RM, but the bylaw's text has no C1/RM zone, so we show the C1 and RM zones side by side. The bylaw's "C2/I split zone" (s. 10.1) suggests land carrying both zones' uses; s. 3.3 says a lot in two zones follows each zone on its own part. Which reading holds, and which lot size, coverage, height and setbacks apply to each building, is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• C1/RM: Renting a home by the night. This zone allows motels and hotels (units let to tourists or transients, s. 1); the bylaw mentions short-term rental only to bar it from a detached secondary dwelling unit (s. 3.8(a)(v)), so whether a home in the commercial building may be rented short term is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• C1/RM: Modular homes (CSA A277) and mobile homes (CSA Z240) count as single detached dwellings (s. 1). Outside a mobile home park one sits on a BC Building Code foundation (or engineer-approved screw piles), skirted and insulated, and at least 6.5 m wide for half its length; a narrower one already there when the bylaw passed may stay and be replaced (s. 3.9(b); whether that means 2014 or the later amendment that added the rule is unclear).
• C2: Renting a home by the night. This zone allows motels and hotels (units let to tourists or transients, s. 1); the bylaw mentions short-term rental only to bar it from a detached secondary dwelling unit (s. 3.8(a)(v)), so whether a home in the commercial building may be rented short term is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• C2/R: The zoning map (Schedule A) labels this land C2/R, but the bylaw's text has no C2/R zone, so we show the C2 and R zones side by side. The bylaw's "C2/I split zone" (s. 10.1) suggests land carrying both zones' uses; s. 3.3 says a lot in two zones follows each zone on its own part. Which reading holds, and which lot size, coverage, height and setbacks apply to each building, is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• C2/R: Secondary dwelling unit (s. 3.8, Bylaw 245): inside the house or in a detached coach house or garden suite, with a building permit, suitable servicing and one more parking space (s. 3.10). A detached one stands 4 m from the rear lot line and 1.5 m from the sides (4.5 m from a side street), with its entrance visible from the road, and may never be a short-term rental or a bed and breakfast. Section 3.8 also sets 4 m from the front and a 12 m height, but s. 3.5(e) holds accessory buildings to the main building's front setback and the zones cap accessory buildings at 5 m; we read the suite rule as the specific one, but which governs is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• C2/R: Whether a detached secondary dwelling unit is held to the 65 m² cap on each accessory building on lots under 4,000 m² (s. 3.5(d)). Section 3.8 gives it its own setbacks and a 12 m height but no floor area, so this is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• C2/R: Renting a home by the night. The bylaw mentions short-term rental only to bar it, with bed and breakfasts, from a detached secondary dwelling unit (s. 3.8(a)(v)); it lists neither as a use in any zone, and only listed uses are permitted (s. 2.2(b)), so whether a house or an inside suite may be rented short term is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• C2/R: Modular homes (CSA A277) and mobile homes (CSA Z240) count as single detached dwellings (s. 1). Outside a mobile home park one sits on a BC Building Code foundation (or engineer-approved screw piles), skirted and insulated, and at least 6.5 m wide for half its length; a narrower one already there when the bylaw passed may stay and be replaced (s. 3.9(b); whether that means 2014 or the later amendment that added the rule is unclear).
• C2/R: Fences in residential zones: 1 m in the front yard, stepping up to 2 m along the side lot lines, 2 m in side and rear yards (s. 3.12). The bylaw doesn't say which zones count as residential; we apply this to the R and RM zones, and whether it covers SH, CR and MH is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• LIC/R: The zoning map (Schedule A) labels this land LIC/R, but the bylaw's text has no LIC/R zone, so we show the LIC and R zones side by side. The bylaw's "C2/I split zone" (s. 10.1) suggests land carrying both zones' uses; s. 3.3 says a lot in two zones follows each zone on its own part. Which reading holds, and which lot size, coverage, height and setbacks apply to each building, is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• LIC/R: Secondary dwelling unit (s. 3.8, Bylaw 245): inside the house or in a detached coach house or garden suite, with a building permit, suitable servicing and one more parking space (s. 3.10). A detached one stands 4 m from the rear lot line and 1.5 m from the sides (4.5 m from a side street), with its entrance visible from the road, and may never be a short-term rental or a bed and breakfast. Section 3.8 also sets 4 m from the front and a 12 m height, but s. 3.5(e) holds accessory buildings to the main building's front setback and the zones cap accessory buildings at 5 m; we read the suite rule as the specific one, but which governs is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• LIC/R: Whether a detached secondary dwelling unit is held to the 65 m² cap on each accessory building on lots under 4,000 m² (s. 3.5(d)). Section 3.8 gives it its own setbacks and a 12 m height but no floor area, so this is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• LIC/R: Renting a home by the night. The bylaw mentions short-term rental only to bar it, with bed and breakfasts, from a detached secondary dwelling unit (s. 3.8(a)(v)); it lists neither as a use in any zone, and only listed uses are permitted (s. 2.2(b)), so whether a house or an inside suite may be rented short term is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• LIC/R: Modular homes (CSA A277) and mobile homes (CSA Z240) count as single detached dwellings (s. 1). Outside a mobile home park one sits on a BC Building Code foundation (or engineer-approved screw piles), skirted and insulated, and at least 6.5 m wide for half its length; a narrower one already there when the bylaw passed may stay and be replaced (s. 3.9(b); whether that means 2014 or the later amendment that added the rule is unclear).
• LIC/R: Fences in residential zones: 1 m in the front yard, stepping up to 2 m along the side lot lines, 2 m in side and rear yards (s. 3.12). The bylaw doesn't say which zones count as residential; we apply this to the R and RM zones, and whether it covers SH, CR and MH is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• I/C2: The zoning map (Schedule A) labels this land I/C2, but the bylaw's text has no I/C2 zone, so we show the I and C2 zones side by side. The bylaw's "C2/I split zone" (s. 10.1) suggests land carrying both zones' uses; s. 3.3 says a lot in two zones follows each zone on its own part. Which reading holds, and which lot size, coverage, height and setbacks apply to each building, is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.
• I/C2: Renting a home by the night. This zone allows motels and hotels (units let to tourists or transients, s. 1); the bylaw mentions short-term rental only to bar it from a detached secondary dwelling unit (s. 3.8(a)(v)), so whether a home in the commercial building may be rented short term is unclear; ask the District of Barriere.

Site-specific exceptions listed in the bylaw by legal description can add or change uses for one property, and development permit areas, the ALR and building rules apply on top. Confirm with the District of Barriere's office before you buy or build.

Source: District of Barriere Zoning Bylaw No. 111 (summarised in our words); zone map: Open Government Licence – Thompson-Nicola Regional District.