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RM1 zone in Prince George: Multiple Residential

Prince George, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

Provide primarily for row housing and apartments with not more than six units in a building, and a maximum density of 30 dwellings/ha.

Zone rules

PurposeProvide primarily for row housing and apartments with not more than six units in a building, and a maximum density of 30 dwellings/ha.
Main uses
  • community care facility, major
  • community care facility, minor
  • housing, apartment
  • housing, four-plex
  • housing, row
  • housing, single detached
  • housing, stacked row
  • housing, two-unit
Also allowed (secondary uses)
  • bed & breakfast (only in single detached and two-unit housing)
  • home business 1
  • home business 2 (only in single detached and two-unit housing)
  • secondary suite
Minimum lot area500 m²
Minimum lot width15.0 m
Maximum lot coverage45%
Maximum density30 dwellings/ha; except 3 dwelling units on a parcel 280 m² or less, and a minimum of four (4) dwelling units on a parcel greater than 280 m²
Maximum height11.0 m; 3 storeys maximum
Maximum height, accessory buildings5.0 m
Front setback4.5 m
Rear setback6.0 m
Interior side setback1.2 m (not required for a common wall for attached housing)
Street side setback3.0 m
Accessory building setbacksfront 4.5 m, interior side 1.2 m, exterior side 3.0 m, rear 1.2 m
Other rules
  • Maximum 6 dwellings in one building
  • Minimum distance between buildings: 2.4 m between single detached and two-unit housing; 4.5 m between all other principal buildings

Source: Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007 (consolidated version, revised October 5, 2026), s. 10.9 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. The City says this version is consolidated for convenience. Zone sections that share a heading cover variant codes (AR3m, RS1m, RS2m, RM9r, C1c/C1l, C2c, C4c/C4l/C4lc, C6c/C6l/C6lc, M1n, M2n, M3n, M5n). Sections 10.5 (deleted), 15.13 (Z13 not in the bylaw) and 15.18 (Z18, deleted by Bylaw 9466) are not zones. Schedule A, the zoning map, is the zoning layer in PGMap. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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