{"title":"RM3 zone in Prince George: Multiple Residential","code":"RM3","slug":"rm3","name":"Multiple Residential","group":"Residential","section":"10.11","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Provide for multiple housing with a maximum density of 60 dwellings/ha.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Provide for multiple housing with a maximum density of 60 dwellings/ha.","quotes":["The purpose of this zone is to provide for multiple housing with a maximum","density of 60 dwellings/ha."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["community care facility, major","community care facility, minor","housing, apartment","housing, congregate","housing, four-plex","housing, row","housing, single detached","housing, stacked row","housing, two-unit"],"quotes":["• community care facility,","major","• community care facility,","minor","• housing, apartment","• housing, congregate","• housing, four-plex","• housing, row","• housing, single","• housing, stacked row","• housing, two-unit"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["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"],"quotes":["• bed & breakfast only in","single detached and two-","unit housing","• home business 1","• home business 2 only in","single detached and two-","• secondary suite"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Housing, Supportive only on Parcel Z (DF24049) of District Lot 1429, Cariboo District, Plan 646 Except the East 256 Feet Thereof and Plans 20803 and PGP40268","Housing Supportive only on Lots 1 – 3, District Lot 937, Cariboo District, Plan 18167"],"quotes":["• Housing, Supportive only","on Parcel Z (DF24049)","of District Lot 1429,","Plan","646 Except the East","256 Feet Thereof and","Plans 20803 and","PGP40268","• Housing Supportive only","on Lots 1 – 3, District","Lot 937, Cariboo","District, Plan 18167"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"750 m² (500 m² for single detached housing)","quotes":["2. The minimum lot area is 750 m², except it is 500 m² for single"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"18.0 m (15.0 m for single detached housing)","quotes":["1. The minimum lot width is 18.0 m, except it is 15.0 m for single"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"55%","quotes":["2. The maximum site coverage is 55%."]},"max_density":{"value":"60 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","quotes":["1. The maximum residential density is 60 dwellings/ha. Except the","maximum residential density is three (3) dwelling units on a parcel 280","m2 or less, and a minimum of four (4) dwelling units are permitted on a","parcel greater than 280 m2."]},"max_height":{"value":"12.0 m (11.0 m for single detached and two-unit housing); 3 storeys maximum","quotes":["3. The maximum height is 12.0 m, except it is 11.0 m for single detached","and two-unit housing.","4. The maximum number of storeys is 3."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"5.0 m","quotes":["1. The maximum height is 5.0 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["5. The minimum front yard is 6.0 m."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["8. The minimum rear yard is 6.0 m."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3.0 m (1.2 m for single detached and two-unit housing); not required for a common wall for attached housing","quotes":["6. The minimum interior side yard is 3.0 m (except it is 1.2 m for single","detached and two-unit housing) and is not required for a common wall","for attached housing."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 m","quotes":["7. The minimum exterior side yard is 3.0 m"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front 15.0 m, interior side 1.2 m, exterior side 3.0 m, rear 1.2 m","quotes":["2. The minimum front yard is 15.0 m.","The minimum interior side yard is 1.2 m and the minimum exterior side","yard is 3.0 m.","The minimum rear yard is 1.2 m."]},"other":{"value":["Minimum distance between principal buildings is 4.5 m"],"quotes":["9. The minimum setback between principal buildings is 4.5 m."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007 (consolidated version, revised October 5, 2026)","url":"https://www.princegeorge.ca/sites/default/files/2026-10/BL7850_CONSOLIDATED_2026-10-05.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"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."},"source_url":"https://www.princegeorge.ca/sites/default/files/2026-10/BL7850_CONSOLIDATED_2026-10-05.pdf#page=145","place":{"path":"ca/bc/prince-george","name":"Prince George","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/rm3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/rm3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/rm3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/index.json"}}