---
title: "RM4 zone in Powell River: Multiple Family Residential Four"
place: Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/powell-river
zone: RM4
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw 2100, 2006 (consolidated May 15, 2025)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/powell-river/zoning/rm4/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/powell-river/zoning/rm4.json"
---

# RM4 zone in Powell River: Multiple Family Residential Four

Medium density apartment development

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Medium density apartment development
- **Main uses:** Apartment buildings; Townhouse dwellings; Cluster housing dwellings; Child care centre in a non-residential space within a multiple family residential development
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home based business; Accessory buildings and uses; In-home child care
- **Minimum lot area:** 930 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 27 m (lot depth also at least 27 m)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40% (buildings and structures combined); accessory buildings 10%
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 1.0 (1.5 if 15% or more of units are affordable housing under a Housing Agreement)
- **Maximum height:** 13.5 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.0 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 9.0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 3.0 m (no side road flanking)
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** from principal building 1.8 m, side 3.0 m, rear 3.0 m, from any lane 3.0 m
- **Other rules:** Usable open space of at least 10% of the lot area; Accessory buildings must be located to the rear of the principal building; Developments with 40 or more units where over 30% have three or more bedrooms need an equipped playground of at least 7.5 x 7.5 metres

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw 2100, 2006 (consolidated May 15, 2025), s. 9.5](https://powellriver.civicweb.net/document/876#page=77) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Powell River: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/powell-river/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/powell-river/zoning/rm4/_