Barriere permits secondary dwelling units in residential zoning, subject to its adopted local rules and building-permit requirements.
Official-record update — October 13, 2026: Official 2024 council minutes record adoption of Bylaw 245, while the publicly indexed PDF remains an unsigned draft. Do not use the unsigned draft as an authenticated copy of the enacted dimensional rules.
Evidence: minutes record adoption / signed text missing. Still unresolved: Signed enacted Bylaw 245; subsequent amendments, current zone map and servicing. No parcel approval or final comprehensive legal signoff.
Barriere permits secondary dwelling units in residential zoning, subject to its adopted local rules and building-permit requirements.
The District’s official planning page directs owners to Zoning Bylaw 111 and its own building-permit office. June 10, 2024 Council minutes record adoption of Amendment Bylaw 245, concerning accessory/secondary dwelling controls. That adoption record does not independently authenticate every numeric setback, height or size standard in an unsigned draft or a parcel’s specific zoning.
June 10, 2024 Council minutes identify and record adoption of Amendment Bylaw 245, although the current signed schedule, exact amended setbacks, subsequent amendments and all zone exceptions still require direct verification before relying on dimensions.
Before work begins: confirm the lot’s actual zoning, mapped overlays, legal parcel characteristics, servicing and applicable building permit conditions with the municipality.
Before relying on this guide: Residential secondary-dwelling permissions are documented, but confirm your exact zone, setbacks, servicing and permit requirements with Barriere before building.
Municipal guidance is a starting point, not a property approval. This page does not calculate a legal unit count for an individual lot.
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This is the simple build-direction summary. The exact property still has to meet its zoning, site, servicing and permit requirements.
Before you build: confirm the exact property, zoning and permit path with Barriere.
Use these tools only after confirming the municipal path. Cost planning and contractor matching do not establish zoning, code compliance or permit approval.
Corrected evidence: Council minutes of June 10, 2024 record first, second and third readings and adoption of Zoning Amendment Bylaw 245. This supersedes the older unsigned draft-only assessment.
Outstanding: Exact final amendment schedule, later amendments, zone mapping and setbacks are not yet comprehensively reconciled.
Approval by Council is not the same as site-specific permission.
Guide verification: Targeted official-source check (12 October 2026). The key claim below was compared with a linked primary municipal source; this is not a complete up-to-date bylaw, zoning-map or parcel approval review.
Property confidence: Not assessed. City-wide guidance does not confirm permission for a particular parcel. Check official zoning, overlays and permits. How verification works →
Official-source finding: The June 10, 2024 Council minutes record the adoption of Zoning Amendment Bylaw 245 following three readings; the previously linked unsigned draft is superseded as evidence of adoption.
Not yet cleared: Final certified amendment schedules, later zoning changes and parcel-specific dimensional standards still require direct verification; the unsigned draft should not be used alone for measurements.
Evidence status: COUNCIL ADOPTION CONFIRMED; FULL SCHEDULE UNVERIFIED. This is not a complete adopted-bylaw, zoning-map, appeal or property-specific approval determination.
Municipal adoption / zoning evidence reviewed October 8, 2026 ↗
Reviewed October 8, 2026. Check the current bylaw and the mapped parcel directly with municipal planning before constructing or legalizing housing.
Barriere 2024 council meetings and supporting records (official reference, not parcel approval)
Primary-source check · 12 October 2026: Municipality reported zoning amendment to remove max suite size and reduce setbacks for secondary units. Official evidence ↗ Verification limit: Municipal report does not supply exact signed amendment number or operative setback values; must not infer figures.
Batch 1 evidence follow-up · 12 October 2026: The official June 10, 2024 Council minutes record readings and adoption of Amendment Bylaw 245. Earlier unsigned public copies remain unsuitable for determining exact setbacks; confirm current certified schedules and property zoning. Council adoption minutes ↗