---
title: "RM1 zone in Fruitvale: Low Density Multiple Housing"
place: Fruitvale, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/fruitvale
zone: RM1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 846, 2013 (consolidated for convenience February 26, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fruitvale/zoning/rm1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fruitvale/zoning/rm1.json"
---

# RM1 zone in Fruitvale: Low Density Multiple Housing

A zone for low density multiple or row housing and compatible secondary uses on urban services.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** A zone for low density multiple or row housing and compatible secondary uses on urban services.
- **Main uses:** multiple dwelling housing; two dwelling housing; four dwelling housing; row housing
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** care centres, minor; home occupation; utility services, minor impact
- **Minimum lot area:** 1000 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 30.0 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 45%, and 50% for buildings, driveways and parking areas together
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 0.5 (0.55 with a housing agreement or density bonus amenity; up to 0.08 more where screened parking is under habitable or common amenity areas)
- **Maximum height:** Lesser of 9.5 m or 2½ storeys
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 m
- **Front setback:** 4.5 m (6.0 m to a garage door or carport entrance)
- **Rear setback:** 6.0 m for a 1 or 1½ storey portion; 7.5 m for a 2 or 2½ storey portion
- **Interior side setback:** 4.0 m for a 1 or 1½ storey portion or an accessory building; 4.5 m for a 2 or 2½ storey portion (none on a lot line with a party wall)
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m (6.0 m where a garage is accessed from the flanking street)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** rear 1.5 m
- **Other rules:** No principal building may be closer than 3.0 m to another principal building.; No more than 6 dwellings in a building.; At least 25 m² of private open space per dwelling.; Official Community Plan development permit guidelines apply.

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 846, 2013 (consolidated for convenience February 26, 2026), s. 14.3](https://fruitvale.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/846-Zoning-Bylaw-Final-Consolidated.pdf#page=94) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Fruitvale: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fruitvale/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/fruitvale/zoning/rm1/_