---
title: "RMU zone in Fruitvale: Residential Mixed Use"
place: Fruitvale, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/fruitvale
zone: RMU
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/rmu/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fruitvale/zoning/rmu.json"
---

# RMU zone in Fruitvale: Residential Mixed Use

A zone for low to medium density residential mixed-use developments, with limited commercial, institutional, office and service uses placed sensitively to the street and adjacent residential areas.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** A zone for low to medium density residential mixed-use developments, with limited commercial, institutional, office and service uses placed sensitively to the street and adjacent residential areas.
- **Main uses:** apartment housing; row housing; duplex housing; multi-plexes (3 or 4 units); congegate care housing; public and private education services; Convenience retail stores; government services; minor home occupations; personal service shops; professional, financial and office support services; public libraries and cultural exhibits; religious assembly; public park; care centers
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** care centers; neighbourhood pubs, for less than 100 occupants and 120 m2 of public space; boarding and lodging houses; child care services; group homes; health service; hotels (small inns); household repair services; indoor participant recreation services; home occupations (major); private clubs/club house; residential sales center
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50% for buildings; 75% for all buildings, parking areas and roads
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 1.0 (up to 1.3 with a density bonus amenity; up to 0.2 more for screened parking beneath buildings; 0.1 more with a housing agreement)
- **Maximum height:** Lesser of 12.4 m or 3 storeys (lesser of 16.5 m or 4 storeys with a density bonus amenity)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 m
- **Other rules:** Site coverage, building heights and setbacks are as approved by development permit.; Accessory buildings and structures used for maintenance or storage must have a 3 level landscape buffer.; No outdoor storage is permitted in this zone.; Apartment housing with commercial uses on the main floor needs separate at-grade access; surface parking lots may not directly abut adjacent streets.

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 846, 2013 (consolidated for convenience February 26, 2026), s. 18.1](https://fruitvale.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/846-Zoning-Bylaw-Final-Consolidated.pdf#page=122) (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/rmu/_