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RS7 zoning in BC
RS7 means whatever the bylaw that zones the lot says: there is no provincial RS7 zone. 3 bylaws we've summarised use it, from 3 local governments. It goes by 3 names: Infill Residential, Single Detached Residential 7, Single Family Residential Seven. What it allows is below, bylaw by bylaw.
RS7 in each bylaw
| Local government | Homes allowed | Smallest lot for a subdivision | Lot coverage | Height limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Abbotsford Infill Residential Zone · City of Abbotsford Zoning Bylaw No. 2400-2014 | One single detached house with a secondary suite, or with a garden suite instead on a lot of 540 m² and 12.0 m of frontage or more; or the house used for residential care | 300 m² (375 m² on a corner), 10.0 m wide and 10.0 m of frontage (15.0 m on a corner), 22.5 m deep; no through or panhandle lots, except a through lot backing onto a controlled access highway or arterial with its front on the lesser road (s. 386.7.6) | 40% with 12.0 m of frontage or more; 45% with 10 to 11.99 m | Main building 9.5 m or three storeys, whichever is less, with 12.0 m of frontage or more; 8.5 m or three storeys with less; garden suite 4.5 m or one storey; accessory buildings 4.5 m |
| City of Delta Single Detached Residential 7 · Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 7600, 2017 | Inside the Urban Containment Boundary (s. 6.1.2(g), (h)): up to four homes on a lot over 280 m² (three on a smaller lot, six in the Frequent Transit Area), from at most one house, one duplex, two detached accessory homes (garden suites or coach houses) and a secondary suite in each house or duplex home; outside it and the ALR, one house, one secondary suite and one garden suite or coach house; the zone itself lists one house and a secondary suite (s. 11.70) | 335 m², 11 m wide and 30 m deep on average (s. 11.70.8) | 40%; floor area up to half the lot area, and at most 250 m² (s. 11.70.4) | 2.5 storeys: 8 m to mid-roof or a flat roof, 9.5 m to a pitched roof's ridge; accessory buildings 1 storey, 3.75 m to the ridge (a detached garage 4.6 m) |
| Resort Municipality of Whistler Single Family Residential Seven · Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 | One house with up to four bedrooms, of at least 46.5 m², one main building a lot, and one auxiliary home of 32.5 to 75 m² (at most 35% of the house's floor area, up to two bedrooms and one kitchen) inside the house or in an accessory building with parking, lived in only as employee housing (s. 31(2), (20)-(25)). Where Part 5, s. 35 applies (a lot of 4,050 m² or less on municipal water and sewer, in the Whistler Urban Development Containment Area, outside a transit-oriented area), up to 4 homes (3 on a lot of 280 m² or less) in at most two buildings, within the zone's floor area (Part 5, s. 35(5)-(7)) | 596 m² for a new lot, with at least 400 m² usable and 7.0 m of frontage (s. 31(9)-(11)) | 35% (s. 31(12)); a house up to 279 m² and 0.35 times the lot area, whichever is less (s. 31(3)); parking inside up to 55 m², an accessory building with parking and an auxiliary home up to 130 m² (s. 31(5), (6))Exceptions (1)
Listed in s. 31(4) of the bylaw. | 7.6 m; a garage 5 m (s. 31(7), (8)) |
Listed by local government, not ranked. "Not set" means the zone itself sets no figure; general rules elsewhere in its bylaw may still apply. Each zone's page has its uses, setbacks and the bylaw's sections.
Two lots both zoned RS7 under different bylaws can allow quite different things, and provincial law sets a floor of homes on most house zones in towns (how many homes can I build?). Site-specific exceptions, development permit areas and the ALR apply on top. Find the lot's own zone with the search above, then confirm with the local government before you buy or build.
Sources: each zone's bylaw, linked from its page, summarised in our words. Other councils' zones aren't here: the zoning we cover.