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title: "RM-3 zone in Gibsons: Medium-Density Residential Upper Gibsons Zone"
place: Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/gibsons
zone: RM-3
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1342, 2025 (consolidated for convenience to include 1342-01, June 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/gibsons/zoning/rm-3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/gibsons/zoning/rm-3.json"
---

# RM-3 zone in Gibsons: Medium-Density Residential Upper Gibsons Zone

Medium-density residential uses and limited accessory commercial uses on corner lots in Upper Gibsons, up to four storeys.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Medium-density residential uses and limited accessory commercial uses on corner lots in Upper Gibsons, up to four storeys.
- **Main uses:** Residential, limited to Cluster Housing, Townhouses, and Apartments
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Buildings; Food and Beverage; Home Occupation; Retail; Short-Term Rental (Food and Beverage and Retail combined are limited to 50 m² and must be on the ground floor of the principal building on a corner lot.)
- **Minimum lot area:** 1000 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 25 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 75%
- **Maximum density:** 100 dwelling units per hectare (rounded down); up to 149 per hectare with a housing agreement with the Town
- **Maximum height:** 15 m
- **Front setback:** 3 m; 5 m from Highway 101, North Road, and abutting lots zoned RL-1 or RL-2
- **Rear setback:** 1.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 3 m
- **Other rules:** Min amenity area 10 m² per dwelling unit; Min lot depth 25 m

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1342, 2025 (consolidated for convenience to include 1342-01, June 2026), s. 2.2.5](https://gibsons.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Zoning-Bylaw-No.-1342-2025.pdf#page=14) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Gibsons: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/gibsons/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/gibsons/zoning/rm-3/_