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705 First St

New Westminster · PID 013-484-460

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What BC law allows here

Under BC's small-scale multi-unit housing law, the city must allow at least 3 homes on this lot (a multiplex, a house with suites, or a house plus a laneway home).

Lot facts

Address
705 First St
City
New Westminster
PID
013-484-460
Lot size
184 m² · 1,981 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
2,377 ft² (221 m²), floor space ratio 1.20
Max height
39 ft (12.0 m)
Max building footprint
990 ft² (92 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.

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