{"title":"RML zone in Abbotsford: Low Rise Apartment Zone","code":"RML","slug":"rml","name":"Low Rise Apartment Zone","group":"Residential","section":"450","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Low-rise developments up to six storeys, including residential buildings and buildings for congregate care.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Low-rise developments up to six storeys, including residential buildings and buildings for congregate care.","quotes":["Intent: To accommodate low-rise developments up to six Storeys"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartment","Congregate Housing"],"quotes":["Apartment","Congregate Housing"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home Occupation – Level 1","Boarding"],"quotes":["Home Occupation – Level 1","Boarding"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40% (up to 45% with a density bonus amenity contribution)","quotes":["a. 40%","ii. the maximum Lot Coverage may","be increased to 45%"]},"max_density":{"value":"Base floor space ratio 1.4; with a density bonus amenity contribution it may be increased by 0.30, up to a maximum of 1.70","quotes":["Space Ratio – 1.4","i. the maximum Floor Space Ratio","may be increased by 0.30, up to a","maximum of 1.70"]},"max_height":{"value":"21.3 m or six storeys, whichever is less","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 21.3 m or six"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["b. Accessory Building or Structure – 4.5"]},"setback_front":{"value":"Exterior lot line: minimum 3.0 m, maximum 6.0 m","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 6.0 m","a. Principal Building – 3.0 m","(Exterior Lot Line)"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"6.0 m for storeys 1-4; 10.0 m above 4 storeys (interior lot line)","quotes":["a. Principal Building (Storeys 1-4) – 6.0 m","b. Principal Building (above 4 Storeys) –","10.0 m","(Interior Lot Line)"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 m (exterior lot line), maximum 6.0 m","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 3.0 m","a. Principal Building – 6.0 m","(Exterior Lot Line)"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"3.0 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 – 3.0","m, except not between a Building Face","c. Accessory Building or Structure – 3.0"]},"other":{"value":["Common outdoor amenity area of 3.0 m² per dwelling unit, outside required setbacks","Apartment and Congregate Housing may share a building only on different storeys with separate entrances, exits and lobbies"],"quotes":["in the amount of 3.0","m2 per Dwelling u=Unit, and shall not be located within the required","a. the Uses are located on different Storeys of the Building; and","b. separate entrances, exits and lobbies are provided for each Use."]}},"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/2014b2400450#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/rml/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/rml.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/rml.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/index.json"}}