{"title":"RMG zone in Abbotsford: Multifamily Ground Oriented Zone","code":"RMG","slug":"rmg","name":"Multifamily Ground Oriented Zone","group":"Residential","section":"431","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Ground oriented multi-unit residential development for lands designated Townhouse in the OCP.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Ground oriented multi-unit residential development for lands designated Townhouse in the OCP.","quotes":["Intent: To enable ground oriented multi-unit residential","development for lands designated Townhouse in the OCP"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Townhouse"],"quotes":[".2 Townhouse"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Boarding","Home Occupation – Level 1"],"quotes":[".3 Boarding",".4 Home Occupation – Level 1"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"45%","quotes":["a. 45%"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor space ratio 0.5 to 1.5 (minimum and maximum)","quotes":["a. Floor Space Ratio – 0.5 to 1.5"]},"max_height":{"value":"11 m or three storeys, whichever is less","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 11 m or three"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["b. Accessory Building or Structure – 4.5 m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"3.0 m from an exterior lot line, except 6.0 m where a garage faces an exterior lot line; 3.0 m from a lane","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 3.0 m, except 6.0 m","a. Principal Building – 3.0 m","(Exterior Lot Line)","(from a lane)"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3.0 m from a lane; 4.5 m from interior lot lines (see interior lot line exceptions)","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 3.0 m","(from a lane)","a. 4.5 m, except"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"4.5 m, except 3.0 m where the side elevation of the dwelling unit faces an interior lot line, 1.8 m where the dwelling unit faces a street, or 0.0 m from an interior lot line shared with an attached dwelling unit or accessory building","quotes":["a. 4.5 m, except","i. 3.0 m where the side elevation of the","ii. 1.8 m where the Dwelling Unit faces","iii. 0.0 m from an Interior Lot Line"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"exterior lot line: no less than the principal building's actual setback; from a lane 1.5 m; interior lot lines same as principal building","quotes":["b. Accessory Building or Structure – no less","b. Accessory Building or Structure – 1.5 m","Principal Building and Accessory Building or"]},"other":{"value":["Common outdoor amenity area of at least 3.0 m² per dwelling unit, outside setbacks, for townhouse use"],"quotes":["A common outdoor amenity area of at least 3.0 m2 per Dwelling Unit shall"]}},"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/2014b2400431#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/rmg/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/rmg.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/rmg.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/index.json"}}