{"title":"RM-1 zone in Port Clements: Multiple Family Residential","code":"RM-1","slug":"rm-1","name":"Multiple Family Residential","group":"Residential","section":"7.3.3","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Low-rise multiple family housing on a residential parcel.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Low-rise multiple family housing on a residential parcel.","quotes":["This zone is intended to accommodate and regulate the development of low-rise","multiple family housing on a residential parcel."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartments","Single family and two-family dwellings, triplexes, or fourplexes","Townhouses or rowhouses"],"quotes":["apartments;","single family and two-family dwellings, triplexes, or fourplexes; and","townhouses or rowhouses."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory buildings and structures","Childcare program"],"quotes":["accessory buildings and structures;","childcare program;"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"558 m² (parcels created by subdivision). Minimum site area: 270 m² single family; 558 m² two-family; 1,116 m² triplexes or fourplexes; 2,232 m² apartment buildings and townhouses","quotes":["558 m2 parcel size; and","270 m2 for single family dwellings;","558 m2 for two-family dwellings;","1,116 m2 for triplexes or fourplexes; and","2,232 m2 for apartment buildings and townhouses."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15 m frontage on the highway","quotes":["15 m frontage for the portion of the parcel that fronts on the highway."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40 % of the site area, including all buildings, structures and accessory buildings","quotes":["buildings, structures and accessory buildings shall not exceed 40 % of the site area."]},"max_density":{"value":"40 units per hectare (16 units per acre)","quotes":["the density permitted shall be 40 units","per hectare (16 units per acre)."]},"max_height":{"value":"Two-family dwellings, triplexes, fourplexes and townhouses: three stories to a maximum of 11.0 m; apartments: three stories to a maximum of 12.0 m","quotes":["for two-family dwellings, triplexes, fourplexes, and townhouses, the height","11.0 m; and","for apartments, the height of any principal building shall not exceed three","stories to a maximum of 12.0 m."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.0 m","quotes":["(b) Accessory buildings shall not exceed a height of 4.0 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["front setback from a road 6.0 m;"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["rear setback from a road 6.0 m; and"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.5 m (from an adjacent parcel or road)","quotes":["side setback from an adjacent parcel or road 1.5 m."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"1.5 m (from an adjacent parcel or road)","quotes":["side setback from an adjacent parcel or road 1.5 m."]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"Not permitted within front setback of principal building; rear 1.5 m; side 1.5 m","quotes":["not permitted within front setback of principal building;","rear setback from a road 1.5 m; and","side setback from an adjacent parcel or road 1.5 m."]},"other":{"value":["Total floor area of all accessory buildings cannot exceed 10 % of the parcel area (20 % where the building is a parking structure)"],"quotes":["buildings shall not exceed 10 % of the parcel area except where the building serves","as a parking structure in which case the floor area should not exceed 20 % of the"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Village of Port Clements Zoning Bylaw No. 444, 2024 (adopted February 17, 2026)","url":"https://portclements.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/February-17-2026-Regular-Council-Meeting-Agenda-Package.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-08","note":"The text is from the Feb 17, 2026 Council agenda package (item G-1, pages 48-116 of the package PDF) because the posted bylaw (https://portclements.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Zoning-Bylaw.pdf) is a scan with no text layer. The bylaw was read a third time and adopted on February 17, 2026. pdf_page numbers below are page numbers of the agenda package."},"source_url":"https://portclements.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/February-17-2026-Regular-Council-Meeting-Agenda-Package.pdf#page=86","place":{"path":"ca/bc/port-clements","name":"Port Clements","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-clements/zoning/rm-1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-clements/zoning/rm-1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-clements/zoning/rm-1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-clements/zoning/index.json"}}