445 Alberta St
New Westminster · PID 002-628-309
What BC law allows here
Under BC's small-scale multi-unit housing law, the city must allow at least 4 homes on this lot (a multiplex, a house with suites, or a house plus a laneway home).
Front of the lot
Google Street View from the street in front of the lot; drag to look around. Photos may be a few years old. Imagery © Google.
Aerial view
Satellite photo, the pin marks the lot. Imagery © Google.
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Lot facts
- Address
- 445 Alberta St
- City
- New Westminster
- PID
- 002-628-309
- Lot size
- 820 m² · 8,826 ft²
- Zone
- RT-A Houses, duplexes & small multiplexes RT-A rules
- Homes guide
- How many homes can I build in New Westminster?
- Property tax
- $4.79 per $1,000 of assessed value
Zoning rules · RT-A · Townhouse Residential District
With the OCP townhouse design guidelines, allow townhouses on sites that also allow single detached dwellings, secondary suites and laneway or carriage houses (s.405.1).
- Max floor area
- 10,592 ft² (984 m²), floor space ratio 1.20
- Max height
- 39 ft (12.0 m)
- Max building footprint
- 4,413 ft² (410 m²)
- Setbacks
- front 3.5 m, side 1.22 m, rear 7.62 m, flanking side 3.5 m
- Homes
- Townhouses with no unit cap beyond FSR, on consolidated sites of at least 836.1 m2 and 20 m frontage with lane access (s.405.4); otherwise a house + suite (+ laneway house) under NR-1/RS-1 rules.
New Westminster Zoning Bylaw No. 6680, 2001 (section consolidations to 2025-05-26, plus adopted amendments Bylaw 8524 (Townhouse Zoning Update) and Bylaw 8578, 2026 (Infill Housing Program, footer-dated 2026-06-08); official consolidation to 2025-11-17 not retrievable) · s.405.1-405.23 (replaced by Bylaw 8524, 2025). Estimated from the bylaw for a lot of this size; confirm with the city before buying or building.
More on the map
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