RMM-R zone in Abbotsford: Mid Rise Apartment Zone - Rental

Abbotsford, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

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.

Zone rules

Purpose	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.
Main uses	Apartment Congregate Housing
Also allowed (secondary uses)	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 Accessory commercial uses are only permitted on Commercial Streets designated by the Official Community Plan
Maximum lot coverage	50%
Maximum density	Floor space ratio 1.0 to 2.5 (minimum and maximum)
Maximum height	21.3 m or six storeys, whichever is less
Maximum height, accessory buildings	4.5 m
Front setback	3.0 m (exterior lot line)
Interior side setback	6.0 m (interior lot line)
Street side setback	3.0 m (exterior lot line)
Accessory building setbacks	3.0 m from an exterior lot line (not between a building face and the street); 3.0 m from an interior lot line
Other rules	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

Source: Abbotsford Zoning Bylaw, 2014 (Bylaw No. 2400-2014), City's online consolidation, s. 465 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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