---
title: "RMU zone in Abbotsford: Mixed Use Apartment Zone"
place: Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/abbotsford
zone: RMU
bylaw: Abbotsford Zoning Bylaw, 2014 (Bylaw No. 2400-2014), City's online consolidation
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/rmu/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/rmu.json"
---

# RMU zone in Abbotsford: Mixed Use Apartment Zone

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.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** 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.
- **Main uses:** Apartment; Congregate Housing; Mobile Food Vendor
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** 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
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 75%
- **Maximum density:** 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
- **Maximum height:** 21.3 m or six storeys, whichever is less
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 m
- **Front setback:** Minimum 2.0 m for storeys 1-4, 4.0 m above 4 storeys; maximum 3.0 m
- **Rear setback:** 4.0 m for storeys 1-4; 6.0 m above 4 storeys
- **Interior side setback:** 0.0 m when abutting a RMU zone or a C zone, otherwise 4.0 m
- **Street side setback:** 4.0 m for storeys 1-4; 6.0 m above 4 storeys
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front: no less than the principal building's actual setback; rear 4.0 m; interior side 2.0 m; exterior side 4.0 m
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Abbotsford Zoning Bylaw, 2014 (Bylaw No. 2400-2014), City's online consolidation, s. 480](https://laws.abbotsford.ca/civix/document/id/coa/coabylaws/2014b2400480#page=1) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Abbotsford: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/rmu/_