{"title":"RM8 zone in Port Moody: Six-Storey Apartment Residential","code":"RM8","slug":"rm8","name":"Six-Storey Apartment Residential","group":"Residential","section":"9.9","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Low-rise multi-residential development up to six storeys","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Low-rise multi-residential development up to six storeys","quotes":["To accommodate low-rise Multi-Residential developments up to six Storeys in"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartment"],"quotes":["Apartment"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home Occupation – Type A","Community Care"],"quotes":["Home Occupation – Type A","Community Care"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"60%","quotes":["Lot Coverage i. 60%"]},"max_density":{"value":"FAR 2.4","quotes":["Floor Area Ratio – 2.4"]},"max_height":{"value":"21.5 m and 6 storeys, whichever is less","quotes":["Principal Building – 21.5m and 6 Storeys,","whichever is less"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Accessory Building or Structure – 4.5m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"3.0 m (principal building)","quotes":["Front Lot Line","Principal Building – 3.0m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"4.5 m (principal building)","quotes":["Principal Building – 4.5m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3.0 m (principal building)","quotes":["Side Lot Line","Principal Building – 3.0m"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"side 3.0 m; rear 1.8 m","quotes":["Accessory Building or Structure – 3.0m","Accessory Building or Structure – 1.8m"]},"other":{"value":["Common amenity space of at least 3.0 m² per dwelling unit; outdoor common amenity space must be outside required setbacks","Minimum lot size is set in the table in section 3.2 of the bylaw"],"quotes":["Common Amenity Space shall be provided in the minimum amount of 3.0m2","per Dwelling Unit. Outdoor Common Amenity Space shall not be located","within the required Setbacks.","minimum lot size for the RM8 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=102","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/rm8/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/rm8.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/rm8.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/index.json"}}