{"title":"RM2 zone in Port Moody: Low-Density Townhouse Residential","code":"RM2","slug":"rm2","name":"Low-Density Townhouse Residential","group":"Residential","section":"9.3","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Ground-oriented, low density townhouse development","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Ground-oriented, low density townhouse development","quotes":["To provide for ground-oriented, low density Townhouse development."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Townhouse"],"quotes":["Townhouse"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home Occupation – Type A","Community Care"],"quotes":["Home Occupation – Type A","Community Care"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"25% of the lot; accessory building the lesser of 10% of the lot area or 75 m²","quotes":["Lot – 25%","Accessory Building – the lesser of 10% of the","Lot Area or 75m2"]},"max_density":{"value":"N/A","quotes":["N/A"]},"max_height":{"value":"The lesser of 8.0 m or 2 storeys","quotes":["Principal Building – the lesser of 8.0m or","2 Storeys"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Accessory Building or Structure – 4.5m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"6.0 m (principal building)","quotes":["Principal Building – 6.0m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6.0 m (principal building)","quotes":["Rear Lot Line","Building –","6.0m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.5 m (principal building)","quotes":["Principal Building – 1.5m Interior Lot line and"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 m (principal building)","quotes":["3.0m exterior Lot line"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front: behind the principal building setback; side 1.5 m interior, 3.0 m exterior; rear 1.5 m minimum","quotes":["principal Building Setback","Accessory Building or Structure – 1.5m Interior","1.5m"]},"other":{"value":["Outdoor common amenity space of at least 5.0 m² per dwelling unit, outside required setbacks, with no dimension under 6.0 m and slope no more than 5%","Each dwelling unit must have a separate outside entrance at ground level","Minimum lot size is set in the table in section 3.2 of the bylaw"],"quotes":["equal to or greater than 5.0m2 per Dwelling Unit and shall not be","less than 6.0m or slope greater than 5%.","Each Dwelling Unit shall have a separate outside entrance at","minimum lot size for the RM2 zone"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"City of Port Moody Zoning Bylaw, 2018, No. 2937 (consolidated for convenience, includes amendments to July 14, 2026)","url":"https://api.ghdcdn.com/portmoody-edocs/v1/eDocs/Get?docnumber=461917","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City's PDF (listed as BL2937-C on its Bylaws page) is \"Consolidated for Convenience\". Many older CD zones (CD1 to CD5, CD2R, CD10 to CD15) are listed in s. 3.1 but their text is not in this document; the bylaw says to refer to the original enacting bylaws, so those entries have no lines. CD81, CD94 and CD95 appear in Schedule D but not in the s. 3.1 list. CD zone text is in Schedule D (lines for CD zones are inside Schedule D)."},"source_url":"https://api.ghdcdn.com/portmoody-edocs/v1/eDocs/Get?docnumber=461917#page=91","place":{"path":"ca/bc/port-moody","name":"Port Moody","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/rm2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/rm2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/rm2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/index.json"}}