--- title: "Maple Ridge zoning: find your zone and what it allows" question: "How do I find out how my property is zoned and what I can build on it?" place: Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada place_path: ca/bc/maple-ridge category: Building, renovating and your property owner: municipal owner_body: City of Maple Ridge sources_read: 2026-11-05 review: machine_checked canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/maple-ridge/zoning-lookup/" json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/maple-ridge/zoning-lookup.json" --- # Maple Ridge zoning: find your zone and what it allows **Question:** How do I find out how my property is zoned and what I can build on it? **Short answer:** To find your zoning in Maple Ridge, look up your lot on the City's RidgeView map, then read your zone's section of Zoning Bylaw 7600-2019. Planning staff can confirm it at 604-467-7341, and a Land Use Inquiry application can give your current zoning or zoning history. **Who handles it:** Municipal (City of Maple Ridge, https://www.mapleridge.ca) **Cost:** Looking up zoning is free. A Land Use Inquiry has an application fee of $265 before taxes (Fees and Charges Bylaw 7575-2019). **Where:** - Online: Zoning Bylaw page and zoning map, https://www.mapleridge.ca/build-do-business/community-planning/zoning-bylaw - Online: Maps and Guides (RidgeView), https://www.mapleridge.ca/resident-services/maps-guides - Phone: Planning, 604-467-7341 - Email: Planning, Planning@MapleRidge.ca ## Key facts - **How to find your zone:** Look up the property on RidgeView, the City's interactive lot map, then read that zone's section of the Zoning Bylaw. The Zoning Bylaw page also gives access to the zoning map. Planning staff can confirm zoning, and a Land Use Inquiry application can give current zoning or zoning history. - Source: [Maps and Guides](https://www.mapleridge.ca/resident-services/maps-guides) - Official wording: "RidgeView: Interactive City Lot Map" … "RidgeView provides Information about properties, facilities, attractions, utilities, schools, parks, and aerial imagery." - Source: [Home Improvements, Step One](https://www.mapleridge.ca/build-do-business/construction-development-permits/home-improvements) - Official wording: "using the Ridgeview Mapping Application." - Source: [Zoning Bylaw, Zoning Bylaw page](https://www.mapleridge.ca/build-do-business/community-planning/zoning-bylaw) - Official wording: "current Zoning Bylaw and zoning map, and to find information" - Source: [Land Use Inquiry Application Guide](https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/land-use-inquiry-application-guide) - Official wording: "Current zoning or zoning history of a site." - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06 - **Zoning bylaw:** Zoning Bylaw No. 7600-2019, consolidated to July 28, 2026 (adopted December 8, 2020); a Zoning Bylaw update is under way. - Source: [Zoning Bylaw 7600-2019, title page](https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/zoning-bylaw-7600-2019) - Official wording: "Consolidated to July 28, 2026" - Source: [Zoning Bylaw, History](https://www.mapleridge.ca/build-do-business/community-planning/zoning-bylaw) - Official wording: "Final Reading to Zoning Bylaw No. 7600-2019 on December 8, 2020" … "The City of Maple Ridge is in the process of updating the Zoning Bylaw" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06 - **What the zone controls:** For each zone: permitted principal and accessory uses and density, lot size, lot coverage, setbacks, building height, landscaping and fencing, and parking. General rules cover specific uses, siting, retaining walls and waste. - Source: [Zoning Bylaw, Regulations](https://www.mapleridge.ca/build-do-business/community-planning/zoning-bylaw) - Official wording: "Within each zone, regulations for the permitted use and density of use of land, buildings and other structures;" … "Regulations for setbacks, and for the height of buildings and structures;" … "Regulations for the area, shape and dimensions of new lots;" … "Regulations for landscaping and fencing;" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06 - **Contact:** Planning Department: Planning@MapleRidge.ca or 604-467-7341. - Source: [Zoning Bylaw, Zoning Bylaw page](https://www.mapleridge.ca/build-do-business/community-planning/zoning-bylaw) - Official wording: "Please contact the Planning Department by email Planning@MapleRidge.ca or by phone at 604-467-7341" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06 - **Bylaw:** Zoning Bylaw No. 7600-2019 - Source: [Zoning Bylaw 7600-2019, s. 101.1](https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/zoning-bylaw-7600-2019) - Official wording: "MAPLE RIDGE ZONING BYLAW NO.7600-2019" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06 ## How it works Every property in the City of Maple Ridge has a zone. [Zoning Bylaw 7600-2019](https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/zoning-bylaw-7600-2019), consolidated to July 28, 2026, sets for each zone the permitted principal and accessory uses and density, lot size, lot coverage, setbacks, building height, landscaping and fencing, and parking. General rules cover specific uses, siting, retaining walls and waste. The City says a Zoning Bylaw update is under way, so rules may change. ## Steps 1. Look up your lot on RidgeView, the City's interactive lot map (see the Maps and Guides page). 2. Open the Zoning Bylaw and read your zone's section. The Zoning Bylaw page also gives access to the zoning map. 3. For a written answer, email Planning@MapleRidge.ca or call 604-467-7341. 4. Or file a Land Use Inquiry application, which can give your current zoning or zoning history. ## Good to know - Some lots also have rules from the Official Community Plan, development permit areas or the Agricultural Land Reserve. Ask Planning if your lot may be affected. - The Land Use Inquiry fee is $265 before taxes. ## Zones 97 zones are listed from [Maple Ridge Zoning Bylaw No. 7600-2019 (consolidated to July 28, 2026)](https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/zoning-bylaw-7600-2019). Each zone has its own page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/maple-ridge/zoning/index.json Look up the zone of an address: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/maple-ridge/zoning/lookup?address=123+Main+St ## Official forms and pages - [Zoning Bylaw page (bylaw and zoning map)](https://www.mapleridge.ca/build-do-business/community-planning/zoning-bylaw) - [Zoning Bylaw No. 7600-2019 (PDF)](https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/zoning-bylaw-7600-2019) - [Land Use Inquiry Application Guide (PDF)](https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/land-use-inquiry-application-guide) - [Maps and Guides](https://www.mapleridge.ca/resident-services/maps-guides) ## Related questions - [Maple Ridge secondary suite and carriage house rules](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/maple-ridge/secondary-suite.md) ## The same question elsewhere - [Zoning maps in British Columbia, by municipality](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/zoning-lookup.md) - [Pitt Meadows](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/zoning-lookup.md) - [Port Coquitlam](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning-lookup.md) - [Coquitlam](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning-lookup.md) - [Anmore](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/anmore/zoning-lookup.md) - [Township of Langley](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langley-township/zoning-lookup.md) - [Port Moody](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning-lookup.md) ## Sources - [Zoning Bylaw, City of Maple Ridge](https://www.mapleridge.ca/build-do-business/community-planning/zoning-bylaw) (read 2026-11-05) - [Maps and Guides, City of Maple Ridge](https://www.mapleridge.ca/resident-services/maps-guides) (read 2026-11-05) - [Land Use Inquiry Application Guide (PDF)](https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/land-use-inquiry-application-guide) (read 2026-11-05) - [Zoning Bylaw 7600-2019 (PDF)](https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/zoning-bylaw-7600-2019) (read 2026-11-05) - [Fees and Charges (Consolidated) Bylaw No. 7575-2019 (PDF)](https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/fees-charges-consolidated-bylaw-no-7575-2019) (read 2026-11-05) - [Home Improvements, City of Maple Ridge](https://www.mapleridge.ca/build-do-business/construction-development-permits/home-improvements) (read 2026-11-05) _Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 5 of 5 facts was matched to the official text. 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