---
title: "RM-3 zone in Pitt Meadows: Multi-Family Residential 3"
place: Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/pitt-meadows
zone: RM-3
bylaw: City of Pitt Meadows Zoning Bylaw No. 2505, 2011 (consolidated to Bylaw 3031, 2025, adopted January 13, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/zoning/rm-3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/zoning/rm-3.json"
---

# RM-3 zone in Pitt Meadows: Multi-Family Residential 3

Land suitable for comprehensively planned developments consisting of a majority of apartment development with some dwelling units having individual access at ground level.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Land suitable for comprehensively planned developments consisting of a majority of apartment development with some dwelling units having individual access at ground level.
- **Main uses:** Townhouse
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home-Based Business; Accessory Residential Buildings and Uses
- **Minimum lot area:** 0.4 ha
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40%
- **Maximum density:** Floor-area ratio 0.55
- **Maximum height:** 13.0 m (principal buildings)
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m (front or exterior side lot lines)
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m (3.6 m on corner lots where the rear-facing wall has no windows to a habitable room)
- **Interior side setback:** 7.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m (front or exterior side lot lines)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Accessory buildings and structures: not less than 3 m from any rear or interior side lot line

## Source

- [City of Pitt Meadows Zoning Bylaw No. 2505, 2011 (consolidated to Bylaw 3031, 2025, adopted January 13, 2026), s. 10.7](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2025-04/Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%202505%2C%202011%20-%20Consolidated%20Version_2.pdf#page=124) (read 2026-11-07)

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