{
  "title": "SSMUH implementation in nine Lower Mainland municipalities",
  "description": "How nine Lower Mainland municipalities implemented BC's small-scale multi-unit housing requirements, read from each city's own zoning bylaw.",
  "source": "https://kyraxlaneway.com/laneway-homes/bc-ssmuh-rules/",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
  "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "KYRAX Laneway Homes, https://kyraxlaneway.com/laneway-homes/bc-ssmuh-rules/",
  "provincial_framework_verified": "2026-09-01",
  "caveat": "Counting zones is not counting lots: a zone covering most of a city and one covering three blocks each count once. zones_read is every code in our lookup table, which can include non-residential codes, so favourable_zones divided by zones_read is not a share of a city's residential zones. Corrections: info@kyraxlaneway.com",
  "fields": [
    {
      "name": "municipality",
      "description": "Municipality name as the city writes it"
    },
    {
      "name": "local_term",
      "description": "The leading term this municipality's own voice uses for a detached accessory suite"
    },
    {
      "name": "also_called",
      "description": "Its other term(s) for the same building, semicolon-separated; empty if it uses only one"
    },
    {
      "name": "favourable_zones",
      "description": "Zone codes our reading grades as permitting one (the 'likely' grade of our address check); a KYRAX reading of the bylaw, not a municipal classification"
    },
    {
      "name": "conditional_zones",
      "description": "Zone codes our reading grades as permitting one where lot dimensions decide it; a KYRAX reading"
    },
    {
      "name": "zones_read",
      "description": "Every zone code in our lookup table for this municipality, which can include commercial, industrial, agricultural and site-specific codes; not necessarily a count of residential zones, and not every zone in the bylaw"
    },
    {
      "name": "parcel_data_published",
      "description": "Whether the city publishes a parcel-level zoning feed"
    },
    {
      "name": "bylaw_read_date",
      "description": "Date the bylaw was read for this row (ISO 8601)"
    },
    {
      "name": "page",
      "description": "Page setting out the reading for this municipality"
    }
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "municipality": "Burnaby",
      "local_term": "laneway homes",
      "also_called": "",
      "favourable_zones": 1,
      "conditional_zones": 2,
      "zones_read": 26,
      "parcel_data_published": true,
      "bylaw_read_date": "2026-08-02",
      "page": "https://kyraxlaneway.com/laneway-homes/burnaby/"
    },
    {
      "municipality": "Coquitlam",
      "local_term": "garden cottages",
      "also_called": "carriage houses; laneway homes",
      "favourable_zones": 2,
      "conditional_zones": 2,
      "zones_read": 10,
      "parcel_data_published": true,
      "bylaw_read_date": "2026-08-02",
      "page": "https://kyraxlaneway.com/laneway-homes/coquitlam/"
    },
    {
      "municipality": "Delta",
      "local_term": "coach houses",
      "also_called": "garden suites",
      "favourable_zones": 13,
      "conditional_zones": 0,
      "zones_read": 19,
      "parcel_data_published": true,
      "bylaw_read_date": "2026-08-02",
      "page": "https://kyraxlaneway.com/laneway-homes/delta/"
    },
    {
      "municipality": "Langley City",
      "local_term": "garden suites",
      "also_called": "carriage homes",
      "favourable_zones": 1,
      "conditional_zones": 0,
      "zones_read": 8,
      "parcel_data_published": true,
      "bylaw_read_date": "2026-08-02",
      "page": "https://kyraxlaneway.com/laneway-homes/langley-city/"
    },
    {
      "municipality": "Langley Township",
      "local_term": "coach houses",
      "also_called": "laneway homes",
      "favourable_zones": 10,
      "conditional_zones": 4,
      "zones_read": 22,
      "parcel_data_published": true,
      "bylaw_read_date": "2026-08-02",
      "page": "https://kyraxlaneway.com/laneway-homes/langley-township/"
    },
    {
      "municipality": "New Westminster",
      "local_term": "carriage houses",
      "also_called": "laneway houses",
      "favourable_zones": 2,
      "conditional_zones": 5,
      "zones_read": 15,
      "parcel_data_published": true,
      "bylaw_read_date": "2026-08-02",
      "page": "https://kyraxlaneway.com/laneway-homes/new-westminster/"
    },
    {
      "municipality": "Richmond",
      "local_term": "coach houses",
      "also_called": "",
      "favourable_zones": 9,
      "conditional_zones": 4,
      "zones_read": 50,
      "parcel_data_published": false,
      "bylaw_read_date": "2026-08-06",
      "page": "https://kyraxlaneway.com/laneway-homes/richmond/"
    },
    {
      "municipality": "Surrey",
      "local_term": "coach houses",
      "also_called": "garden suites",
      "favourable_zones": 4,
      "conditional_zones": 5,
      "zones_read": 52,
      "parcel_data_published": true,
      "bylaw_read_date": "2026-08-02",
      "page": "https://kyraxlaneway.com/laneway-homes/surrey/"
    },
    {
      "municipality": "Vancouver",
      "local_term": "laneway houses",
      "also_called": "",
      "favourable_zones": 6,
      "conditional_zones": 12,
      "zones_read": 55,
      "parcel_data_published": true,
      "bylaw_read_date": "2026-08-03",
      "page": "https://kyraxlaneway.com/laneway-homes/vancouver/"
    }
  ]
}