{"title":"RM16 zone in Abbotsford: Low Density Townhouse Zone","code":"RM16","slug":"rm16","name":"Low Density Townhouse Zone","group":"Residential","section":"405","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Townhouse developments at lower densities, up to 16 units per hectare.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Townhouse developments at lower densities, up to 16 units per hectare.","quotes":["Intent: To accommodate Townhouse developments at lower","densities, up to 16 units per hectare"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Townhouse"],"quotes":[".1 Townhouse"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Boarding","Home Occupation – Level 1"],"quotes":[".2 Boarding",".3 Home Occupation – Level 1"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40%","quotes":["a. 40%"]},"max_density":{"value":"16 dwelling units per hectare","quotes":["a. Dwelling units per hectare – 16"]},"max_height":{"value":"9.5 m or three storeys, whichever is less","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 9.5 m or three"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["b. Accessory Building or Structure – 4.5 m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"6.0 m, except 3.0 m where a dwelling unit fronts a street","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 6.0 m, except 3.0 m","where a Dwelling Unit fronts a Street"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"4.5 m (all other lot lines)","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 4.5 m, except 1.8 m","(all other Lot Lines)"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"4.5 m, except 1.8 m from an interior lot line shared with an RS lot where the dwelling unit fronts a street","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 4.5 m, except 1.8 m","from an interior Lot Line shared with an","RS Lot where the Dwelling Unit fronts a"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front 6.0 m; other lot lines 4.5 m, except 1.0 m from a rear or interior lot line","quotes":["b. Accessory Building or Structure – 6.0 m","b. Accessory Building or Structure – 4.5m, ","except 1.0 m from a rear or interior Lot"]},"other":{"value":["Common outdoor amenity area of 3.0 m² per dwelling unit, outside required setbacks, for townhouse use"],"quotes":["common outdoor amenity area, in the amount of 3.0 m 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/2014b2400405#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/rm16/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/rm16.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/rm16.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/index.json"}}