RL: Lakeshore Residential

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

One house, with a secondary suite or a carriage house; no duplex

Main uses

Lakeshore home, home business, bed and breakfast

Smallest lot for a subdivision

0.4 ha, with 45.5 m on the water

Lot coverage

30%

Height limit

10.67 m

Setbacks

Front and street side 7.6 m (4.57 m beside a lake access road), inside 1.5 m, rear 3 m

Only one of the extra homes the zone lists (suite, carriage house or secondary dwelling), never two. A secondary suite or a carriage house is at most 90 m², a secondary dwelling at most 130 m²; the owner must live in the house or the suite, and none may be a vacation rental or be strata-titled (s. 7.23).

No building within 7.6 m of a lake or 30 m of a stream (15 m where the ground is 6 m above it), with floors above flood level: 3 m above a stream or Chilko, Taseko, Tatla and Tatlayoko lakes, 1.5 m above lakes of 15 km or less, where no flood level is set (s. 7.2).

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 CRD's planning department before you buy or build.

Source: Chilcotin Area Rural Land Use Bylaw No. 3500, 1999 (summarised in our words, checked 2026-10-04); no open zoning map (ask the CRD's planning department which zone a lot is in).