{"title":"P3 zone in Merritt: Post-Secondary Educational","code":"P3","slug":"p3","name":"Post-Secondary Educational","group":"Public","section":"7.25","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Post-secondary educational institutions and their supporting uses, with Multiple Unit Dwellings allowed as faculty and student housing on the campus site.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Post-secondary educational institutions and their supporting uses, with Multiple Unit Dwellings allowed as faculty and student housing on the campus site.","quotes":["The Post-Secondary Educational zone provides for post-secondary educational"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Educational Institution"],"quotes":["Educational Institution"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Building","Daycare Centre, Major","Daycare Centre, Minor","Dwelling, Multiple Unit Apartment","Dwelling, Multiple Unit Townhome","Food Primary Establishment","Liquor Primary Establishment","Retail Store, Convenience","Urban Agriculture"],"quotes":["Accessory Building","Daycare Centre, Major","Daycare Centre, Minor","Dwelling, Multiple Unit Apartment","Dwelling, Multiple Unit Townhome","Food Primary Establishment","Liquor Primary Establishment","Retail Store, Convenience","Urban Agriculture"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"450 m²","quotes":["All Parcel types 450 m2 15 metres 30 metres"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15 metres","quotes":["All Parcel types 450 m2 15 metres 30 metres"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"75% (up to 90% with permeable surfaces on at least 15% of the Parcel Area)","quotes":["75%,","increased to a maximum of 90% with use of permeable surface materials for","driveways and/or pathways on at least 15% of the total Parcel Area."]},"max_density":{"value":"Multiple Unit Dwelling: 90 units per hectare; no maximum for residential developments occupied by current students of the Educational Institution","quotes":["90, except","c. There is no maximum Density for residential developments that are occupied by"]},"max_height":{"value":"Lesser of 18 metres or 4 storeys; Multiple Unit Dwelling: lesser of 22 metres or 5 storeys","quotes":["Lesser of 18","metres or 4","Lesser of 22","metres or 5"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"Lesser of 5 metres or 1.5 storeys","quotes":["Lesser of 5","metres or 1.5"]},"setback_front":{"value":"0 metres","quotes":["All types N/A 0 metres 3 metres 0 metres 3 metres","All types 0 metres 3 metres 0 metres 3 metres"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3 metres","quotes":["All types N/A 0 metres 3 metres 0 metres 3 metres","All types 0 metres 3 metres 0 metres 3 metres"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3 metres","quotes":["All types N/A 0 metres 3 metres 0 metres 3 metres","All types 0 metres 3 metres 0 metres 3 metres"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"0 metres","quotes":["All types N/A 0 metres 3 metres 0 metres 3 metres","All types 0 metres 3 metres 0 metres 3 metres"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front: Front Building Line; interior side 1.2 metres; exterior side 0 metres; rear 1.2 metres","quotes":["Building 1.2 metres 0 metres 1.2 metres"]},"other":{"value":["Where a building contains residential Dwelling Units and institutional or commercial uses, the Dwelling Units must be above, below or behind the other use","Residential Dwelling Units must have a separate entrance from any institutional or commercial use"],"quotes":["a. Where a building contains residential Dwelling Units and institutional or","floor or behind the institutional or commercial use.","b. Residential Dwelling Units must have a separate entrance, separate from that of"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 2284, 2020 (consolidated to January 2026)","url":"http://www.merritt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2284_Zoning-Bylaw_2026.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City's consolidation does not have legal force; contact City Hall to confirm the status of the bylaw. Section 7.27 (Comprehensive Development framework) sets rules for creating CD zones and is not itself a zone. Sections 7.5 and 7.9 are deleted."},"source_url":"http://www.merritt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2284_Zoning-Bylaw_2026.pdf#page=161","place":{"path":"ca/bc/merritt","name":"Merritt","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/zoning/p3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/zoning/p3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/zoning/p3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/zoning/index.json"}}