RR3: Rural Residential 3

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

One house with one secondary suite or one accessory suite; or, where small-scale multiple housing is allowed (below), 2 to 4 homes, and then up to two suites (two secondary, two accessory, or one of each). Whether those suites count toward the 4 homes the bylaw doesn't say: unclear

Main uses

A house, small-scale multiple housing, a small group home; a secondary suite or accessory suite, a bed and breakfast, short term vacation rental, home occupations, a small care centre, backyard chickens, minor utility services

Smallest lot for a subdivision

2,500 m², 30.0 m wide, 30.0 m deep

Lot coverage

40% (50% with driveways and parking)

Height limit

House 9.5 m or 2½ storeys; small-scale multiple housing 11 m or 3 storeys; accessory buildings 8.0 m or 2 storeys, accessory structures 13.0 m

Setbacks

Front 4.5 m (6.0 m to a garage door facing the street); sides 3.0 m for a house (4.0 m on a street), 1.5 m for small-scale multiple housing (4.0 m on a street, 6.0 m to a garage door facing it); rear 6.0 m (3.0 m for accessory buildings); an accessory building with a suite 5 m from the main building and 3 m from other accessory buildings

Small-scale multiple housing (2 to 4 homes, attached or detached, each with its own outside door) only on a lot inside the urban containment boundary, connected to municipal water and sewer, and 4,050 m² or smaller; at least 7.5 m² of private open space per home, and 3 m between main buildings.

A secondary suite: one per main home, inside it, at most 90 m² or 40% of the building's floor area, whichever is less; one property with the home, and not alongside lodgers, a bed and breakfast or a group home (s. 10.7).

An accessory suite: in an accessory building, at least 5 m from the house, at most 90 m² or 75% of the house's floor area, whichever is less; it needs community sewer unless the lot is at least 1.0 ha and passes the District's septic capacity requirements; one property with the home, and not alongside lodgers, a bed and breakfast or a group home (s. 10.8).

Accessory buildings: not in the required front yard and at least 1 m from the house; 18 m from the front line unless set back at least twice the zone's front yard and as far from the sides as the house; 1 m from side lines (0 m for one under 2.0 m high and 10 m²); a building with a suite keeps the house's front yard (s. 7.6, s. 14.3).

A bed and breakfast: in the main home only, at most 4 guest rooms of 11 m² or more with 2 guests each, run by someone who lives there, guest parking screened from the neighbours (s. 10.9).

Short term vacation rental is a listed use: only in a principal residence (the owner claims the home owner grant on it), stays of no more than 30 days in a row, at most 4 bedrooms rented at a time, never in an accessory suite, with all parking and garbage kept on the lot (s. 10.15).

Backyard chickens: up to 5 hens, no rooster, on a lot over 500 m² with no more than 2 homes, in a coop in the rear yard set back from the lines and the home, with a yearly District permit (s. 10.16).

Sections 7 (general development rules), 8 (landscaping and fencing), 9 (parking), 10 (specific uses) and 11 (signs) also apply.

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 Lake Country's community services department before you buy or build.

Source: Section 14.3 of District of Lake Country Zoning Bylaw 561, 2007 (summarised in our words, checked 2026-10-04); zone map: Open Government Licence – District of Lake Country.