Lot 000-000-655
Nanaimo · PID 000-000-655
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).
Lot facts
- Address
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- City
- Nanaimo
- PID
- 000-000-655
- Lot size
- 865 m² · 9,311 ft²
- Zone
- R5 Houses, duplexes & small multiplexes R5 rules
- Homes guide
- How many homes can I build in Nanaimo?
- Property tax
- $7.31 per $1,000 of assessed value
Zoning rules · R5 · Three and Four Unit Residential Zone
Small-scale multiple family dwellings of up to four units compatible with single-family areas; the City's SSMUH zone applied to about 22,000 former R1/R2/R4 lots in June 2024 (Bylaw 4500.223).
- Floor area
- No floor-area ratio: size is set by height, setbacks and coverage
- Max height
- 34 ft (10.5 m)
- Max building footprint
- 4,655 ft² (432 m²)
- Setbacks
- front 3.0 m, side 1.5 m, rear 7.5 m, flanking side 2.5 m
- Homes
- 3 dwelling units; 4 where the lot is 280 m2 or more (s.7.3.1), in at most two principal buildings (s.7.2.1); secondary suites only where no more than two principal units exist (s.7.2.3.1)
City of Nanaimo Zoning Bylaw 2011 No. 4500 (consolidated version dated 2026-03-23; last amendment in table 4500.213 adopted 2026-03-23) · Part 7 (s.7.1-7.6) for R5; s.6.15. Estimated from the bylaw for a lot of this size; confirm with the city before buying or building.
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