---
title: "RM8 zone in Port Moody: Six-Storey Apartment Residential"
place: Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-moody
zone: RM8
bylaw: City of Port Moody Zoning Bylaw, 2018, No. 2937 (consolidated for convenience, includes amendments to July 14, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/rm8/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/rm8.json"
---

# RM8 zone in Port Moody: Six-Storey Apartment Residential

Low-rise multi-residential development up to six storeys

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Low-rise multi-residential development up to six storeys
- **Main uses:** Apartment
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home Occupation – Type A; Community Care
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 60%
- **Maximum density:** FAR 2.4
- **Maximum height:** 21.5 m and 6 storeys, whichever is less
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 m
- **Front setback:** 3.0 m (principal building)
- **Rear setback:** 4.5 m (principal building)
- **Interior side setback:** 3.0 m (principal building)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** side 3.0 m; rear 1.8 m
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [City of Port Moody Zoning Bylaw, 2018, No. 2937 (consolidated for convenience, includes amendments to July 14, 2026), s. 9.9](https://api.ghdcdn.com/portmoody-edocs/v1/eDocs/Get?docnumber=461917#page=102) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Port Moody: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/rm8/_