R-CL(SD): Residential Compact Lot (semi-detached)

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

One half of a semi-detached house on each lot (each half on its own titled lot), plus one accessory dwelling unit above the detached garage, and a second attached to it where the lot is over 280 m²: at most 3 homes on a lot of 280 m² or less, 4 on a bigger one (ss. 409.1, 409.2). New lots here are at most 280 m², so a fourth home is only for an older, bigger lot (our reading)

Main uses

Semi-detached homes, accessory dwelling units above the garage, home occupations (an office only), a detached garage

Smallest lot for a subdivision

201 m² (254 m² on a corner) and at most 280 m²; 7.2 m wide (9.1 m on a corner); 28 m deep (s. 409.9)

Lot coverage

55%; covered porches and decks at the front or street side not counted (s. 409.4)

Height limit

The house 9.0 m or 3 storeys, whichever is less, a third storey at most 50% of the first; the garage 3.75 m, or 6.75 m with a home above it; no hoop or fabric-covered buildings (ss. 409.6, 409.7)

Setbacks

The house: front 2.5 m, rear 13.0 m on average, 0 m on the shared side and 1.2 m on the other, street side 2.5 m, lane side 1.2 m. The garage and the homes above it: not in the front yard, at least 6.0 m from the house, rear 0.6 m, one side 0 m and the other 2.9 m, street side 2.5 m, lane side 1.5 m. Porches, stairs and balconies may come to 1.5 m of the front or street side (s. 409.5)

How many lots or homes a development may hold follows the Community or Neighbourhood Plan for the area, whatever the lot sizes allow (s. 409.2); we don't read those plans: ask the Township.

The kitchen, living and dining rooms are on the first storey; basement stairs only at the back; both halves, and the homes above both garages, designed, permitted and built together by one builder under a party wall agreement; no accessory buildings besides the garage and the homes above it (s. 409.6).

Parking from the lane only, at least one space in a closed garage (6.1 by 2.9 m inside), and one visitor space for every 5 homes, which may be off the lot (s. 409.8).

The first floor at most 0.8 m above the average grade on any side facing a street (less strict on a lot sloping 5% or more) (s. 409.7).

Home occupations (s. 104.3): only an office run by people who live in the home, at most 25 m², not in a secondary suite.

Short-term rental isn't a listed use in this zone, and neither is a bed and breakfast (the bylaw allows one only as part of a farm use, which this zone doesn't list). Ask the Township before renting a home by the night.

Uses the zone doesn't list aren't allowed, even where a general clause might seem to cover them (s. 101.4).

A half with two accessory dwelling units needs 4 parking spaces in all (s. 409.8).

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 Township of Langley's community development division before you buy or build.

Source: Section 409 of Township of Langley Zoning Bylaw 1987 No. 2500 (summarised in our words, checked 2026-10-04); Section 100 (definitions and general rules), Township of Langley Zoning Bylaw No. 2500; zone map: Open Government Licence – Township of Langley.