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Township of Langley zoning bylaw, section 802

Zone P-2B: Community Care Facility Zone P-2B

A community care zone for one care home inside a house: care, treatment, room and board for up to 4 adults with developmental disabilities.

0 lots carry this zone in the Township of Langley lot records.

How many homes

  • Up to 1 home: one house, and the care home must be inside it. Only the people in care (up to 4) and the family may live in the house. (section 802.2 2) and 802.3 2) and 3))
  • A house (section 802.3 2))

The rules of zone P-2B

What the zone allows

  • Buildings and uses that serve a main use on the same lot (accessory buildings and uses). (section 802.1 1))
  • Home businesses, following Section 104.3. (section 802.1 2))
  • Adult day care: licensed programs and personal care for seniors and adults with disabilities, following Section 802.2. (section 802.1 3) and 102)
  • Farm uses (agricultural uses), only when the lot is in the Agricultural Land Reserve. (section 802.1 4) and 102)
  • Community care facilities (care of people in places licensed under the provincial Community Care and Assisted Living Act) and similar uses, following Section 802.2. (section 802.1 5) and 102)
  • Homes, following Section 802.3. (section 802.1 6))
  • Supportive housing, as the Province of BC defines it, following Section 802.2. (section 802.1 7))
  • Here the community care facility is limited to care, treatment, room and board for up to 4 adults with developmental disabilities. (section 802.2 2))

Lot size for new lots

  • New lots must be at least 1.7 ha (4.2 acres). (section 110.7 3))

How much of the lot buildings may cover

  • Buildings and structures may cover at most 35% of the lot. (section 802.4)

Height

  • Buildings used for homes may be at most 9 m (29 ft 6 in) high. (section 802.6)
  • 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 main building must sit at least 9.75 m (32 ft) from the front property line, 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) from the back property line, 3 m (9 ft 10 in) from each side property line and 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) from a side property line that faces a side street. (section 802.5 2) and 201.7 1))
  • Accessory buildings must sit at least 9.75 m (32 ft) from the front property line, 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) from the back and side property lines, and 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) from a side property line that faces a side street. (section 802.5 2) and 201.7 5))
  • A building that houses animals or poultry must sit at least 15 m (49 ft 3 in) from every property line. (section 802.5 2) and 201.7 2))

Parking

  • Parking and loading spaces must follow Section 107 of the bylaw. (section 802.7)
  • A community care facility needs 1 parking space for each employee and 1 space for every 4 people in care or living there. For every 4 of those people, one space needs a power outlet beside it that can charge an electric car at Level 2 or faster. (section 107.3 b) ii) and note (1))
  • A house or mobile home needs 1 parking space for each home in it, and the lot needs at least 2 spaces for it. For each main home, one of those spaces needs a power outlet beside it that can charge an electric car at Level 2 or faster. (section 107.3 a) i) and note (1))
  • When a building has more than one use, the parking spaces needed for each use are added together. (section 107.4)
  • 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))

Other rules

  • No more than one house is allowed on a lot. The care facility must be inside the house, and the people living there are limited to the 4 people in care plus the family. (section 802.3 2) and 3))
  • Home businesses are allowed in a home on the lot. In the P-2B zone, all home businesses on a lot may use at most 25 m² (269 sq ft) of floor area in total. The owner of the home business must live in that home, and a home business may not be run inside a secondary suite. (section 104.3 a), b) and f) v))
  • Landscaping, screens and fences must follow Section 111 of the bylaw. (section 802.9)
  • A landscaped strip at least 2 m (6 ft 7 in) deep is required along the front property line and along a side property line that faces a side street. (section 111.3 table)
  • Along the back property line and the inside side property lines (up to 3 m (9 ft 10 in) from the front property line), a landscaped strip at least 2 m (6 ft 7 in) deep with a landscaping screen 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) high is required. The same is required around any permitted outdoor storage area. (section 111.3 table)
  • A landscaping screen is a solid hedge, shrubs or evergreen trees at least 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) high when planted, kept healthy and neat. (section 111.1 2))
  • Every part of the lot that is not covered by a building or used for parking, loading, permitted outdoor storage or walkways must be planted as lawn or other landscaping. (section 111.2)
  • Parking lots need 1 tree for every 6 parking spaces, each with at least 10 cubic metres of growing soil, and a tree with a landscaped strip at least 2 m (6 ft 7 in) wide at the end of each row of spaces. (section 111.4 1) and 2))
  • Barbed wire is allowed only on a fence or wall above a height of 2 m (6 ft 7 in). (section 111.7 b))

Source: Township of Langley Zoning Bylaw No. 2500, Section 800 Institutional Zones. Section numbers are the bylaw's own.

Questions about zone P-2B

What is zone P-2B in the Township of Langley?

P-2B is the Community Care Facility Zone P-2B in the Township of Langley zoning bylaw (section 802). A community care zone for one care home inside a house: care, treatment, room and board for up to 4 adults with developmental disabilities.

How many homes can I build in zone P-2B?

Up to 1 home: one house, and the care home must be inside it. Only the people in care (up to 4) and the family may live in the house.

How tall can I build in zone P-2B?

Buildings used for homes may be at most 9 m (29 ft 6 in) high. 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.

How many lots are zoned P-2B?

The Township of Langley lot records list 0 lots in zone P-2B, on 0 streets.