RMU zone in Abbotsford: Mixed Use Apartment Zone

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

In short

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 (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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