RS-2: Residential Single Family Two

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

One small house per bare land strata lot; no suite

Main uses

House; auxiliary buildings

Smallest lot for a subdivision

350 m²

Lot coverage

35%

Height limit

7.6 m

Setbacks

Front and rear 3 m (none for a garage), no side setback; 6 m from the edge of the strata plan (3 m next to a golf course or Crown land); houses 3 m apart

House from 70 m² up to 157.5 m² or a floor space ratio of 0.35, whichever is lower, with up to 40 m² for parking (ss. 14.3 and 14.9(a)).

No auxiliary dwelling unit (s. 14.9(c)).

Parking may be on the strata's common property (s. 14.8(b)).

A landscaping plan must be approved, and finished within a year of the main building being completed. (s. 14.9(e))

Renting by the night (tourist accommodation) isn't a permitted use in this zone. The Municipality may allow it on a lot by temporary use permit, for up to three years and renewable once after a hearing, with conditions such as a guest limit, inspections and a local manager (s. 3.10).

Frontage at least a tenth of the lot's perimeter (s. 14.5(b)).

Parking (Table 4A): 2 spaces per home of up to 235 m², 3 up to 325 m², 4 above; 1 per auxiliary dwelling unit. No parking space within 1.5 m of a lot line (s. 4.2(e)).

Shipping containers only during construction under a building permit, removed within 14 days of completion (s. 3.9(b)).

No auxiliary building before the main building, unless built under the same permit (s. 3.2(a)); auxiliary buildings are at most 5 m tall (s. 3.2(e)), and one attached to the main building counts as part of it (s. 3.2(b)).

Eaves, chimneys and bay windows may reach 60 cm into a setback; open stairs, balconies, porches and canopies 1.5 m into front and side setbacks and 2 m into the rear setback, with their supports outside it (s. 3.3). Domes, chimneys, antennas and screened rooftop equipment may rise above the height limit, up to 1.2 times it, over at most 10% of the roof (s. 3.4).

Height of a main building is measured from the average finished grade to halfway between the eaves and the ridge of a sloping roof (the top of a flat roof), averaged over the roof's planes by area as s. 3.7 sets out; an auxiliary building is measured to its highest point (Division One).

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 Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality's planning department before you buy or build.

Source: Sun Peaks Resort Area Zoning Bylaw No. 1400 (summarised in our words); zone map: Open Government Licence – Thompson-Nicola Regional District.