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• Lots zoned or re-zoned for residential uses within the Mixed Single Family Residential District (R1A)
1.0 USES
• Single family houses (all types)
• Low rise apartment, townhouse & cluster bungalow
1.1 Permitted Uses
development
• Complementary clubhouse for housing cluster
• Residential apartments exceeding 3 storey height
• General commercial uses
1.2 Prohibited Uses
• Industrial uses
• Major infrastructure
• Standalone food outlet with less than 50 seats Refer land use plan
• Hotels (incl. its ancillary uses) for guidance on
• Public facilities location of facility
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Convenience stores not exceeding 60m of floor
area Refer appendix for
1.3 Conditional Uses
• Home Office regulations
regarding facilities
Refer regulations
for home offices
• Car parking garage
• Guard house
1.4 Ancillary Uses • Maids’ quarters
• Outdoor kitchen
• Store rooms
• 250 m
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1.5 Minimum Lot Size
2.0 COVERAGE
2.1 Maximum Building • 50% maximum
Coverage
2.2 Minimum • 20% minimum
Landscaping
Coverage
2.3 Maximum Floor • 1.0 maximum
Area Ratio (FAR)
3.0 BUILDING
3.1 Maximum Number • G+1+P
of Floors • G (ancillary buildings)
3.2 Floor to Floor • 4m maximum
Height
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ZONING GUIDELINES – CITY OF KIGALI
Regulation Remarks
• Detached villas
3.3 Building Form
• Semi Detached villas
• Additions and alterations necessary to retain an
existing approved legally non-conforming building
and its use in good order and repair will be allowed,
subject to:
• No material change in use which does not comply
with the prevailing zoning regulations;
• No further increase in floor area of the existing
non-conforming use
• Any additional floor area required for the non-
conforming use will:
3.4 Existing Buildings
• Be subject to the evaluation and approval of the
City of Kigali, One Stop Centre; and
• Not to exceed 10% of the existing use
• Conversion of a residential villa to other permitted
uses shall be considered subject to:
• Compliance with parking requirements for non-
residential use
• Removal of the front boundary wall; and
• Aesthetic enhancement of the front elevation of
the building
4.0 BUILDING SETBACK (Minimum)
Detached Buildings Refer Appendix for
• Front: 7 m (min) illustration of
• Side: 3 m (min) setbacks for
• Rear: 3 m (min) semidetached
houses
4.1 Building (Above
Semi-Detached Buildings
Grade)
• Front: 7 m (min)
• Side: 3 m (min)
• Common Side: 0 m
• Rear: 3 m (min)
(Corner plots require Side setback of 3m min)
• Common lot boundaries: 0 m
• All lot boundaries fronting roads: 3 m (min) (to allow
4.2 Basement Setback for any below grade services that may be required
and ensure the viable growth of trees)
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ZONING GUIDELINES – CITY OF KIGALI
7.3 Materials
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ZONING GUIDELINES – CITY OF KIGALI
8.0 CIRCULATION
8.1 Pedestrian • N/A
• N/A
8.2 Public Transit
9.0 SIGNAGE
• One sign shall be located on the fencing wall along
the front setback
• A maximum of 35cm height x 35cm width of signage
shall be permitted for Single Family Houses.
• Larger sign is allowed for apartment complex or
9.1 Permitted
housing cluster, subject to approval by City of Kigali,
One Stop Centre.
• Protrusion of the signage must be contained within
plot boundary