Willoughby, Township of Langley

20261 72B Ave: zoning and what you can build

20261 72B Ave is a strata property in Willoughby, Township of Langley, with 30 units on shared land. It is zoned CD-124 (Comprehensive development). Sources: Township of Langley Zoning Bylaw No. 2500, Section 900 Comprehensive Development Zones, section 1024, and Township of Langley lot records downloaded October 28, 2026.

Homes allowed

This is a strata property: the land is shared by the owners of its 30 units, so a count of new homes does not apply to one unit.

Zone

CD-124

Comprehensive Development Zone CD-124

Lot size

Shared strata land

What the public records say about this lot

Municipality
Township of Langley
Community plan area
Willoughby
Neighbourhood
Central Gordon
Strata units
30
Plan number
EPS7909
Agricultural Land Reserve
Outside the reserve
Heritage
No heritage status recorded
Development permit area
Yes, the Township flags this lot
Urban containment boundary (Metro Vancouver)
Inside

Zone CD-124

What zone CD-124 allows

A housing zone for 110 townhouses and 75 apartments on three lots. The drawing in Section 1024.12 shows 3-storey townhouses on Lots A and B and a 4-storey apartment building on Lot C.

  • Townhouses (section 1024.2)
  • Apartments (section 1024.2)
  • A secondary suite (a second home inside the house) (section 102)

What the zone allows

  • Buildings and uses that serve a main use on the same lot (accessory buildings and uses). (section 1024.1 1))
  • Home businesses, following Section 104.3. (section 1024.1 2))
  • Homes, following Section 1024.2: 110 townhouses and 75 apartments. (section 1024.1 3) and 1024.2)

Lot size for new lots

  • New lots made by subdivision must follow Section 110 of this bylaw and the Subdivision and Development Servicing Bylaw 2019 No. 5382. (section 1024.8)
  • New lots must be at least 6,000 m² (64,583 sq ft) on Lot A, 14,000 m² (150,695 sq ft) on Lot B and 3,000 m² (32,292 sq ft) on Lot C. The lots are shown in Section 1024.12. (section 1024.8)

How much of the lot buildings may cover

  • Buildings and structures may cover at most 44% of Lot A, 43% of Lot B and 42% of Lot C. (section 1024.4)

Height

  • Main buildings may be no higher than the drawing in Section 1024.12 shows, and must follow the development permit. (section 1024.6)
  • The drawing in Section 1024.12 shows 3-storey townhouses on Lots A (30 homes) and B (80 homes), and a 4-storey apartment building of 75 homes on Lot C. (section 1024.12)
  • Accessory buildings may be at most 6 m (19 ft 8 in) high and 1 storey, whichever is lower. (section 1024.6)
  • Inside the Fort Langley area shown on the map in Section 104.5 3), buildings may be at most 9 m (29 ft 6 in) high and at most 2 storeys, with no room above the second storey. (section 104.5 2))

Distance from the property lines

  • The distances buildings must keep from property lines are set in the development permit, a permit from the Township that sets the design of the project. (section 1024.5)
  • A heat pump or air conditioner may not be placed on a wall facing a side property line, or inside the required side distance, unless that side faces a side street or lane. It must be at least 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) from every property line. (section 104.4 12))

Parking

  • Parking and loading spaces must follow Section 107 of the bylaw. (section 1024.7)
  • Townhouses need 2 parking spaces for each main home, 1 space for each secondary suite, and 1 visitor space for every 5 homes. One space for each main home needs an electric car charging outlet. (section 107.3 a) ii) and note (1))
  • Where spaces are in tandem (one car parked behind another), the rate is 2.3 spaces per home, and at most 40% of the homes in a townhouse development may have tandem spaces. (section 107.3 a) ii))
  • Apartments need 1 parking space for each studio and 1.5 spaces for each home with one or more bedrooms, plus 0.5 spaces for each lock-off unit. Another 10% of the required apartment spaces must be for visitors. One space for each main home needs an electric car charging outlet. (section 107.3 a) iii) and note (1))
  • For parking, a studio is an apartment of at most 45 m² (484 sq ft) with no walls between the living, dining and kitchen areas and the sleeping area. (section 107.3 a) iii))
  • Parking for one-bedroom apartments may be cut by 15% when the lot is within 400 m (1,312 ft) of one of these corners: 86 Avenue and 202 Street (Carvolth Exchange), or 200 Street at 84, 80, 76, 72 or 64 Avenue. Visitor and accessible spaces are not cut. (section 107.1 4))
  • An apartment building with 50 to 199 homes needs 1 Class A loading space (at least 7 m (23 ft) long, 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) wide and 3 m (9 ft 10 in) of clear height). With 200 to 299 homes it also needs 1 Class B space (at least 9.3 m (30 ft 6 in) long, 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) wide and 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) of clear height). (section 107.7 1) and 107.8 1))
  • In a residential comprehensive development zone, up to 20% of the required visitor spaces may be small car spaces, if each one is set at a right angle to the aisle, is at least 2.44 m (8 ft) by 4.88 m (16 ft), and has a sign saying it is for small cars only. (section 107.5 7))
  • Lots in the Willowbrook Transit-Oriented Area need no parking spaces for homes, except spaces for people with disabilities. Any spaces built there for homes must have electric car charging outlets. (section 107.1 3))
  • When the parking count comes out with a part of 0.5 or more, it is rounded up to the next whole space. (section 107.2 4))

Secondary suites

  • Each townhouse home may include one secondary suite, a second home inside the unit of at most 120 m² (1,292 sq ft). (section 102)
  • Each apartment may have one lock-off unit: a small home of at most 45 m² (484 sq ft) attached to the larger apartment through a connecting door or hallway. It may not be sold or stratified apart from the main apartment. (section 102)
  • A lock-off unit must be able to be locked off from the main apartment, have a living space at least 4 m (13 ft 1 in) wide and 4 m (13 ft 1 in) long, a sink, a stove or other cooking heat source, a fridge, and at least 3.7 m² (40 sq ft) of closet space. (section 104.20)
  • A home business may not be run inside a secondary suite. (section 104.3 a))

Other rules

  • Each kind of home must be where the drawing in Section 1024.12 puts it. (section 1024.3)
  • Development must closely follow the drawing by Focus Architecture Incorporated, dated May 15, 2020. (section 1024.12)
  • Landscaping, screens and fences are set in the development permit. (section 1024.9)
  • A development with more than 4 townhouse, apartment or seniors' housing homes needs age-friendly amenity areas (shared indoor or outdoor space for the residents' cultural, social and recreation activities): at least 6 m² (65 sq ft) for each of the first 186 homes and 4 m² (43 sq ft) for each home after that. Each area must be at least 70 m² (753 sq ft), and at most half of the required area may be indoors. The development permit also sets them. (section 1024.10, 111.5 1), 2) a) and 6), and 102)
  • Council must issue a development permit (a permit that sets the design of the project) before a building permit is issued. (section 1024.11)
  • In a residential comprehensive development zone, all home businesses on a lot may use at most 25 m² (269 sq ft) of floor space in total. Everyone who runs the home business must live in that home, and the business may only be an office run mainly by phone, computer or other communication equipment. (section 104.3 f) v), g) iv) and l))

Source: Township of Langley Zoning Bylaw No. 2500, Section 900 Comprehensive Development Zones. Section numbers are the bylaw's own.

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Questions about 20261 72B Ave

What is the zoning of 20261 72B Ave?

20261 72B Ave is zoned CD-124 (Comprehensive Development Zone CD-124) in the Township of Langley. A housing zone for 110 townhouses and 75 apartments on three lots. The drawing in Section 1024.12 shows 3-storey townhouses on Lots A and B and a 4-storey apartment building on Lot C.

Can I add a secondary suite at 20261 72B Ave?

Each townhouse home may include one secondary suite, a second home inside the unit of at most 120 m² (1,292 sq ft). Each apartment may have one lock-off unit: a small home of at most 45 m² (484 sq ft) attached to the larger apartment through a connecting door or hallway. It may not be sold or stratified apart from the main apartment. A lock-off unit must be able to be locked off from the main apartment, have a living space at least 4 m (13 ft 1 in) wide and 4 m (13 ft 1 in) long, a sink, a stove or other cooking heat source, a fridge, and at least 3.7 m² (40 sq ft) of closet space.

How tall can a house be at 20261 72B Ave?

Main buildings may be no higher than the drawing in Section 1024.12 shows, and must follow the development permit. The drawing in Section 1024.12 shows 3-storey townhouses on Lots A (30 homes) and B (80 homes), and a 4-storey apartment building of 75 homes on Lot C.

Is 20261 72B Ave in the Agricultural Land Reserve?

No. Township of Langley records place 20261 72B Ave outside the Agricultural Land Reserve.

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