---
title: "RM2 zone in Port Alberni: Medium Density Multi-Residential"
place: Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-alberni
zone: RM2
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 5105, 2024 (October 2026 update)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/rm2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/rm2.json"
---

# RM2 zone in Port Alberni: Medium Density Multi-Residential

To provide for medium density multiple family residential development.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** To provide for medium density multiple family residential development.
- **Main uses:** Boarding and lodging; Community care facility; Multi-residential dwellings; Single detached dwelling; Semi-detached dwelling
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home occupation
- **Minimum lot area:** 840 m² (9,043 ft²)
- **Minimum lot width:** 25 m (82.0 ft)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50%
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 0.8
- **Maximum height:** 12.5 m (41.0 ft)
- **Front setback:** 6 m (19.7 ft)
- **Rear setback:** 9 m (29.5 ft)
- **Interior side setback:** 5 m (16.4 ft)
- **Other rules:** Usable open space of at least 45 m² (484.4 ft²) per dwelling unit with 3 or more bedrooms, and 18 m² (193.3 ft²) per smaller unit.; Groups of single and semi-detached or multi-residential dwellings are permitted.; Single and semi-detached dwellings must follow the R zone regulations (Sections 5.10.2 and 5.10.3).

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 5105, 2024 (October 2026 update), s. 5.12](https://portalberni.ca/sites/default/files/doc_library/5105_Zoning_Bylaw_No_5105_2024_Oct%202026%20Update.pdf#page=37) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Port Alberni: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/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/port-alberni/zoning/rm2/_