{"title":"RMU zone in Abbotsford: Mixed Use Apartment Zone","code":"RMU","slug":"rmu","name":"Mixed Use Apartment Zone","group":"Mixed use","section":"480","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Low-rise mixed-use developments up to six storeys, with limited commercial uses on the first and second floors and apartments or congregate housing above.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Low-rise mixed-use developments up to six storeys, with limited commercial uses on the first and second floors and apartments or congregate housing above.","quotes":["Intent: To accommodate low-rise, mixed-use developments up to","six Storeys in Height, consisting of limited commercial","Uses on the first and second floors and Apartment or"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartment","Congregate Housing","Mobile Food Vendor"],"quotes":["Apartment","Congregate Housing","Mobile Food Vendor"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Child Care Centre","Coffee Shop","Commercial School","Financial Institution","Health Care Office","Home Occupation – Level 1","Liquor Store","Non-Permanent Commercial","Office","Personal Service Establishment","Pet Daycare","Restaurant","Retail","Boarding"],"quotes":["Child Care Centre","Coffee Shop","Commercial School","Financial Institution","Health Care Office","Home Occupation – Level 1","Liquor Store","Non-Permanent Commercial","Office","Personal Service Establishment","Pet Daycare","Restaurant","Retail","Boarding"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"75%","quotes":["a. 75%"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor space ratio 1.75; where underground parking is provided, density may be increased by the ratio of underground parking to required off-street parking, to a maximum additional FSR of 1.0","quotes":["a. Floor Space Ratio – 1.75","underground parking to required off-","Street parking, to a maximum additional","FSR of 1.0"]},"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 m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"Minimum 2.0 m for storeys 1-4, 4.0 m above 4 storeys; maximum 3.0 m","quotes":["a. Principal Building (Storeys 1-4) – 2.0 m","b. Principal Building (above 4 Storeys) –","4.0 m","a. Principal Building – 3.0 m","(Front Lot Line)"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"4.0 m for storeys 1-4; 6.0 m above 4 storeys","quotes":["a. Principal Building (Storeys 1-4 ) – 4.0 m","6.0 m","(Rear Lot Line)"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"0.0 m when abutting a RMU zone or a C zone, otherwise 4.0 m","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 0.0 m when abutting","a RMU zone or a C zone, otherwise","4.0 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.0 m for storeys 1-4; 6.0 m above 4 storeys","quotes":["a. Principal Building (Storeys 1-4 ) – 4.0 m","b. Principal Building (above 4 Storeys) –","6.0 m","Exterior Side Lot"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front: no less than the principal building's actual setback; rear 4.0 m; interior side 2.0 m; exterior side 4.0 m","quotes":["c. Accessory Building or Structure – no less","c. Accessory Building or Structure – 4.0 m","b. Accessory Building or Structure – 2.0 m"]},"other":{"value":["Apartment or Congregate Housing is only permitted together with one or more other principal uses","Commercial uses only on the ground and second storeys; second-storey commercial needs a first-storey entrance no wider than 3.0 m","Maximum ground floor individual commercial premises 550 m² and frontage 15.0 m","Common indoor or outdoor amenity area of 3.0 m² per dwelling unit, outside required setbacks"],"quotes":["shall only be permitted when","developed in conjunction with one or more other Principal Use(s).","Commercial Uses shall only be permitted on the ground and second","Commercial Uses located on the second Storey shall have a first Storey","entrance not exceeding 3.0 m in width.","The maximum ground floor individual commercial premises and frontage","shall be 550 m2 and 15.0 m respectively.","3.0 m2 per Dwelling Unit, and shall not be located within the required"]}},"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/2014b2400480#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/rmu/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/rmu.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/rmu.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/index.json"}}