{"title":"RM3 zone in Port Moody: Low Density Townhouse Residential","code":"RM3","slug":"rm3","name":"Low Density Townhouse Residential","group":"Residential","section":"9.4","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Ground-oriented townhouses, each with an exclusive entrance and possibly separate title","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Ground-oriented townhouses, each with an exclusive entrance and possibly separate title","quotes":["To provide for ground-oriented Townhouses, each of which has an exclusive"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Townhouse"],"quotes":["Townhouse"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home Occupation – Type A","Community Care"],"quotes":["Home Occupation – Type A","Community Care"]},"site_specific":{"value":["One Recreation Building in total for all the properties legally described in each of Schedules SSU1, SSU2 and SSU3","Maximum height 10.5 m and 3 storeys for principal buildings on all properties in Schedules SSU1, SSU2, SSU3, SSU4 and SSU5","Maximum height 14.3 m or 4 storeys for the principal building on Strata Lot 6, Plan NWS961, District Lot 201, New West District (PID 001-596-047)"],"quotes":["One Recreation Building total for all the properties","legally described in Schedule SSU1.","legally described in Schedule SSU2.","legally described in Schedule SSU3.","Site Specific Maximum Height – 10.5m and 3","Schedules","Site Specific Maximum Height – 14.3m or 4","STRATA LOT 6, PLAN NWS961, DISTRICT LOT","PID: 001-596-047"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50%","quotes":["Lot Coverage i. 50%"]},"max_density":{"value":"FAR 0.75","quotes":["Floor Area Ratio – 0.75"]},"max_height":{"value":"9.0 m or 2 storeys (the floor below the first storey may be exposed on one side of the building on a sloping lot)","quotes":["Principal Building – 9.0m or 2 Storeys, except that","one side of the Building where it is located on a"]},"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":["Principal Building – 6.0m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.8 m (principal building)","quotes":["Principal Building – 1.8m Interior Lot line and"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.0 m (principal building)","quotes":["4.0m exterior Lot line"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front: behind the principal building setback; side 1.8 m interior, 4.0 m exterior; rear 1.2 m","quotes":["principal Building Setback","Accessory Building or Structure – 1.8m Interior","Accessory Building or Structure – 1.2m"]},"other":{"value":["Minimum separation of 6.0 m between a principal building and an accessory building, and 3.0 m between principal buildings","Accessory building walls no longer than 10.0 m; accessory parking building holds no more than three parking spaces","For developments of 10 or more residential units, outdoor common amenity space of at least 5.0 m² per dwelling unit is required","Minimum lot size is set in the table in section 3.2 of the bylaw"],"quotes":["6.0m between a principal Building and an Accessory","3.0m between a principal Building and another principal","The maximum length or any wall of an Accessory Building or","Structure shall be 10.0m.","contain no more than three Parking","For developments of 10 Residential units or more, outdoor","greater than 5.0m2 per Dwelling Unit and shall not be located within","minimum lot size for the RM3 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=93","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/rm3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/rm3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/rm3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/index.json"}}