Golden amended its zoning in 2024 to create R1S secondary-residential permissions.
Golden amended its zoning in 2024 to create R1S secondary-residential permissions.
The town’s September 2025 housing report records adopted Amendment Bylaw 1492, changing about 280 R1 lots to R1S. An R1S lot can generally have one additional residential dwelling, internal or detached, subject to district standards.
The older Bylaw 1294 text includes a 600 m² condition for certain detached units. Do not apply that historic condition across all newly amended zones without the live consolidated schedule; first confirm actual R1S zoning and permit requirements.
Before work begins: confirm the lot’s actual zoning, mapped overlays, legal parcel characteristics, servicing and applicable building permit conditions with the municipality.
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Use these tools only after confirming the municipal path. Cost planning and contractor matching do not establish zoning, code compliance or permit approval.
Guide verification: Targeted municipal source review documented. Selected rule or adoption claims were checked against named official material and recorded in the site research notes. This is not a complete current bylaw, zoning-map or amendment certification.
Property confidence: Not assessed. City-wide guidance does not confirm permission for a particular parcel. Check official zoning, overlays and permits. How verification works →
Reviewed October 8, 2026. Check the current bylaw and the mapped parcel directly with municipal planning before constructing or legalizing housing.
Official-source claim check · 12 October 2026: Official housing report states adopted Bylaw 1492 rezoned about 280 R1 lots to R1S, allowing one additional internal OR detached secondary dwelling. Official municipal evidence ↗ Remaining verification: Current zoning map and subsequent amendment schedule remain required for a property-specific result.