{"title":"RHR zone in Abbotsford: High Rise Apartment Zone","code":"RHR","slug":"rhr","name":"High Rise Apartment Zone","group":"Residential","section":"470","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"High-rise developments up to 80 metres in height, including residential buildings and buildings for congregate care.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"High-rise developments up to 80 metres in height, including residential buildings and buildings for congregate care.","quotes":["Intent: To accommodate high-rise developments up to 80 metres","in Height, including residential Buildings and Buildings for"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartment","Congregate Housing"],"quotes":["Apartment","Congregate Housing"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home Occupation – Level 1","Assembly","Boarding"],"quotes":["Home Occupation – Level 1","Assembly","Boarding"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50%","quotes":["a. 50%"]},"max_density":{"value":"Base floor space ratio 3.0; with a density bonus amenity contribution it may be increased by 0.50, up to a maximum of 3.5","quotes":["a. Floor Space Ratio – 3.0","maximum Floor Space Ratio may be","increased by 0.50, up to a maximum of","3.5."]},"max_height":{"value":"80 m","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 80 m"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["b. Accessory Building or Structure – 4.5 m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"Exterior lot line: 3.0 m for storeys 1-4, 6.0 m above 4 storeys; maximum 6.0 m","quotes":["a. Principal Building (Storeys 1-4) – 3.0 m","b. Principal Building (above 4 Storeys) – 6.0","a. Principal Building – 6.0 m","(Exterior Lot Line)"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"7.5 m for storeys 1-4; 12.5 m above 4 storeys (interior lot line)","quotes":["a. Principal Building (Storeys 1-4) – 7.5 m","12.5 m","(Interior Lot Line)"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 m for storeys 1-4; 6.0 m above 4 storeys (exterior lot line)","quotes":["a. Principal Building (Storeys 1-4) – 3.0 m","b. Principal Building (above 4 Storeys) – 6.0","(Exterior Lot Line)"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"3.0 m from exterior and interior lot lines","quotes":["c. Accessory Building or Structure – 3.0 m"]},"other":{"value":["Not less than 80% underground parking is required for an Apartment or Congregate Housing","Buildings must have a podium base covering a minimum of 50% of the exterior lot line frontage","No storey above the fourth may be greater than 700 m² in area or exceed a horizontal dimension of 30 m","Common outdoor amenity area of 3.0 m² per dwelling unit, outside required setbacks"],"quotes":["Not less than 80% underground parking is required for an Apartment or","fourth Storey. A podium base shall cover a minimum of 50% of the exterior","storey shall be greater than 700 m 2 in area or exceed a horizontal","dimension of 30 m.","fourth Storey","m2 per Dwelling Unit, and shall not be located within the required Setbacks.","m2 per Dwelling Unit, and shall not be located within the required Setbacks.","in the amount of 3.0 m2 per Dwelling Unit"]}},"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/2014b2400470#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/rhr/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/rhr.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/rhr.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/index.json"}}