{"title":"CHR zone in Abbotsford: Commercial High Rise Zone","code":"CHR","slug":"chr","name":"Commercial High Rise Zone","group":"Commercial","section":"560","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Commercial and mixed-use developments up to 80 metres in height along and close to the City's Primary Transit Corridor.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Commercial and mixed-use developments up to 80 metres in height along and close to the City's Primary Transit Corridor.","quotes":["Intent: To accommodate commercial and mixed-Use","developments up to 80 metres in Height along and","within close proximity to the City’s Primary Transit"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Animal Hospital","Apartment","Assembly","Child Care Centre","Civic Use","Coffee Shop","Commercial School","Community Service","Congregate Housing","Financial Institution","Funeral Parlour","Health Care Office","Indoor Recreation Facility","Liquor Store","Media Studio","Mobile Food Vendor","Non-Permanent Commercial","Office","Personal Service Establishment","Pet Daycare","Restaurant","Retail","Tourist Accommodation"],"quotes":["Animal Hospital","Apartment","Assembly","Child Care Centre","Civic Use","Coffee Shop","Commercial School","Community Service","Congregate Housing","Financial Institution","Funeral Parlour","Health Care Office","Indoor Recreation Facility","Liquor Store","Media Studio","Mobile Food Vendor","Non-Permanent Commercial","Office","Personal Service Establishment","Pet Daycare","Restaurant","Retail","Tourist Accommodation"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home Occupation - Level 1","Boarding"],"quotes":["Home Occupation - Level 1","Boarding"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"95%","quotes":["a. 95%"]},"max_density":{"value":"Base floor space ratio 4.5, provided residential density is limited to 2.5; with a density bonus amenity contribution residential FSR may be increased by 1.0 (up to 3.50) and total FSR may not exceed 5.00","quotes":["a. Floor Space Ratio – 4.5, provided that the","maximum residential Density is limited to","2.5","Ratio may be increased by 1.0, up to a","maximum of 3.50; and","exceed a total Floor Space Ratio of 5.00."]},"max_height":{"value":"80.0 m","quotes":["a. 80.0 m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"Exterior lot line: 0.0 m for storeys 1-4; 6.0 m above 4 storeys","quotes":["a. Storeys 1-4 – 0.0 m","b. Above 4 Storeys – 6.0 m","(Exterior Lot Line)"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"Storeys 1-6: 3.0 m, except 0.0 m where abutting a C zone or 6.0 m where abutting an R zone; above 6 storeys: 12.5 m","quotes":["a. Storeys 1-6 – 3.0 m, except 0.0 m where","abutting a C zone or 6.0 m where abutting","b. Above 6 Storeys – 12.5 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"0.0 m for storeys 1-4; 6.0 m above 4 storeys","quotes":["a. Storeys 1-4 – 0.0 m","b. Above 4 Storeys – 6.0 m","(Exterior Lot Line)"]},"other":{"value":["Not less than 80% of required parking must be underground or within a wholly enclosed building","No storey above the sixth may be greater than 700 m² in area or exceed a dimension of 30 m","An apartment or congregate housing use is only permitted together with one or more principal uses","Common indoor or outdoor amenity area of 3.0 m² per dwelling unit for apartments, outside required setbacks"],"quotes":["Not less than 80% of required parking shall be underground parking or","than 700 m2 in area or exceed a dimension of 30 m.","developed in conjunction with one or more Principal Use(s).","amount of 3.0 m2 per Dwelling Unit, and shall not be located within the"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Abbotsford Zoning Bylaw, 2014 (Bylaw No. 2400-2014), City's online consolidation","url":"https://laws.abbotsford.ca/civix/content/coa/coabylaws/z/zoning/?xsl=/templates/browse.xsl","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City publishes the bylaw as one PDF per section or zone in its Civix bylaw library (laws.abbotsford.ca); each zone below has its own source_url and its pdf_page is the page within that file. The text is described in the bylaw as an unofficial consolidation for convenience; no consolidation date is stated."},"source_url":"https://laws.abbotsford.ca/civix/document/id/coa/coabylaws/2014b2400560#page=1","place":{"path":"ca/bc/abbotsford","name":"Abbotsford","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/chr/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/chr.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/chr.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/index.json"}}