{"title":"RMC zone in Abbotsford: City Centre Residential Zone","code":"RMC","slug":"rmc","name":"City Centre Residential Zone","group":"Residential","section":"490","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Multi-storey residential buildings for lands designated City Centre Core or City Centre Residential in the City Centre Neighbourhood Plan.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Multi-storey residential buildings for lands designated City Centre Core or City Centre Residential in the City Centre Neighbourhood Plan.","quotes":["Intent: To accommodate multi storey residential buildings for","lands designated City Centre Core or City Centre","Residential in the City Centre Neighbourhood Plan."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartment","Congregate Housing"],"quotes":["Apartment","Congregate Housing"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home Occupation – Level 1","Home Child Care Major","Lock-off Unit","Boarding","Animal Hospital","Assembly","Brewing and Vinting Outlet","Brew-Pub","Child Care Centre","Civic Use","Coffee Shop","Commercial School","Courier and Delivery","Financial Institution","Health Care Office","Indoor Recreation Facility","Liquor Store","Media Studio","Microbrewery","Office","Personal Service Establishment","Pet Daycare","Printing Services","Pub","Restaurant","Retail"],"note":"Accessory commercial uses are limited to the ground floor of street-fronting buildings on lots with an optional or required commercial designation on the City Centre Plan commercial streets map","quotes":["Home Occupation – Level 1","Home Child Care Major","Lock-off Unit","Boarding","Animal Hospital","Assembly","Brewing and Vinting Outlet","Brew-Pub","Child Care Centre","Civic Use","Coffee Shop","Commercial School","Courier and Delivery","Financial Institution","Health Care Office","Indoor Recreation Facility","Liquor Store","Media Studio","Microbrewery","Office","Personal Service Establishment","Pet Daycare","Printing Services","Pub","Restaurant","Retail","Accessory Commercial Uses"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"75%","quotes":["a. 75%"]},"max_density":{"value":"Base floor space ratio 1.5 - 2.75 (3.5 within a Transit-Oriented Area); with a density bonus amenity contribution it may be increased by 3.75, up to a maximum of 6.5","quotes":["a. Floor Space Ratio – 1.5 - 2.75 (except 3.5 where","located within a Transit-Oriented Area)","may be increased by 3.75, up to a maximum","of 6.5."]},"max_height":{"value":"Minimum 3.0 storeys (no maximum stated for principal buildings)","quotes":["a. Principal Building – minimum 3.0 Storeys","Height (minimum"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["b. Accessory Building or Structure – maximum","4.5 m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"Exterior lot line: minimum 3.0 m (0 m for the first storey containing accessory commercial uses where section 490.4.2 or 490.4.3 applies); maximum 6.0 m","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 3.0 m, except 0 m for the","first Storey containing Accessory commercial","Uses where Section 490.4.2 or 490.4.3","a. Principal Building – 6.0 m","(Exterior Lot Line)"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"6.0 m, except 3.0 m from an interior lot line which intersects with a street for storeys 1-3 containing residential uses, and 0 m for the first storey containing accessory commercial uses where section 490.4.2 or 490.4.3 applies","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 6.0 m, except:","with a Street the minimum Setback is 3.0","m for Storeys 1-3 containing residential","ii) 0 m for the first Storey containing","Uses where Section 490.4.2 or 490.4.3"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 m, except 0 m for the first storey containing accessory commercial uses where section 490.4.2 or 490.4.3 applies","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 3.0 m, except 0 m for the","Uses where Section 490.4.2 or 490.4.3","(Exterior Lot Line)"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"1.5 m from an exterior lot line (not between a building face and the street); 3.0 m from an interior lot line","quotes":["b. Accessory Building or Structure – 1.5 m,","except not between a Building Face and","b. Accessory Building or Structure – 3.0 m"]},"other":{"value":["Common outdoor amenity area of 3.0 m² per dwelling unit, outside required setbacks","Where the City Centre Plan commercial streets map shows required commercial, the street-fronting ground floor must include accessory commercial uses"],"quotes":["m2 per Dwelling Unit, and shall not be located within the required","in the amount of 3.0","identifies required commercial, the ground floor of","the Street fronting building must include Accessory Commercial Uses"]}},"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/2014b2400492#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/rmc/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/rmc.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/rmc.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/index.json"}}