{"title":"RMM-R zone in Abbotsford: Mid Rise Apartment Zone - Rental","code":"RMM-R","slug":"rmm-r","name":"Mid Rise Apartment Zone - Rental","group":"Residential","section":"465","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Mid-rise developments up to six storeys, including residential buildings and buildings for congregate care, on lands designated Apartment in the OCP, restricted to residential rental tenure.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Mid-rise developments up to six storeys, including residential buildings and buildings for congregate care, on lands designated Apartment in the OCP, restricted to residential rental tenure.","quotes":["Intent: To accommodate mid-rise developments up to six (6)","Storeys in Height, including residential Buildings and","Buildings for Congregate Care which are restricted to","Residential Rental Tenure only, for lands designated"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartment","Congregate Housing"],"quotes":["Apartment","Congregate Housing"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home Occupation – Level 1","Assembly","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 only permitted on Commercial Streets designated by the Official Community Plan","quotes":["Home Occupation – Level 1","Assembly","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","Uses are only permitted on"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50%","quotes":["a. 50%"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor space ratio 1.0 to 2.5 (minimum and maximum)","quotes":["a. Floor Space Ratio – 1.0 to 2.5"]},"max_height":{"value":"21.3 m or six storeys, whichever is less","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 21.3 m, or six (6)","Storeys, whichever is less"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["b. Accessory Building or Structure – 4.5 m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"3.0 m (exterior lot line)","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 3.0 m","(Exterior Lot Line)"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"6.0 m (interior lot line)","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 6.0 m","(Interior Lot Line)"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 m (exterior lot line)","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 3.0 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 and","b. Accessory Building or Structure – 3.0 m"]},"other":{"value":["Apartment or Congregate Housing is restricted to residential rental tenure only","Common outdoor amenity area of 3.0 m² per dwelling unit, outside required setbacks","Assembly use only on the first two storeys, with entrances separate from the apartments","Accessory commercial uses limited to the ground floor of street-fronting buildings on lots with an optional commercial designation in the OCP"],"quotes":["shall be restricted to Residential","Rental Tenure only;","3.0 m2 per Dwelling Unit, and shall not be located within the required","only be permitted on the first two (2) Storeys of an Apartment or","ground floor of the Street fronting Building on Lots with an optional"]}},"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/aea2a6aeb#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/rmm-r/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/rmm-r.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/rmm-r.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/index.json"}}