{"title":"RM4 zone in Port Moody: Medium-Density Townhouse Residential","code":"RM4","slug":"rm4","name":"Medium-Density Townhouse Residential","group":"Residential","section":"9.5","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Townhouse development at medium density","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Townhouse development at medium density","quotes":["To provide for Townhouse development at medium density."]},"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":"40%","quotes":["Lot Coverage i. 40%"]},"max_density":{"value":"FAR 1. (as printed in the bylaw), or FAR 1.25 where required parking is underground","note":"The base figure is printed as '1.' in the bylaw text, so it may be a typographical error for 1.0.","quotes":["Floor Area Ratio – 1., except in cases where","required parking is underground, a maximum FAR","of 1.25 is permitted"]},"max_height":{"value":"10.5 m and 3 storeys","quotes":["Principal Building – 10.5m and 3 Storeys"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Accessory Building or Structure – 4.5m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"4.0 m minimum and 6.0 m maximum (principal building)","quotes":["Principal Building – 4.0m minimum and","6.0m maximum"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3.0 m (principal building)","quotes":["Principal Building – 3.0m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"2.0 m (principal building)","quotes":["Principal Building – 2.0m 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 2.0 m interior, 3.0 m exterior; rear 3.0 m, or 1.8 m where the lot abuts a street or lane","quotes":["principal Building Setback","Accessory Building or Structure – 2.0m Interior","Accessory Building or Structure – 3.0m, except it","may be 1.8m where the Lot abuts a Street or"]},"other":{"value":["Outdoor common amenity space of 5.0 m² per dwelling unit, outside required setbacks, with no dimension under 6.0 m and slope no more than 5%","Minimum lot size is set in the table in section 3.2 of the bylaw"],"quotes":["Dwelling Unit and shall not be located within the required Setbacks and shall","have no dimension less than 6.0m nor slope greater than 5%.","Outdoor Common Amenity Space shall be provided in the amount of 5.0m2 per","minimum lot size for the RM4 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=95","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/rm4/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/rm4.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/rm4.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/index.json"}}