{"title":"RM5 zone in Prince George: Multiple Residential","code":"RM5","slug":"rm5","name":"Multiple Residential","group":"Residential","section":"10.13","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Provide for multiple housing with a maximum density of 125 dwellings/ha for areas defined by the OCP as suitable for higher density housing.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Provide for multiple housing with a maximum density of 125 dwellings/ha for areas defined by the OCP as suitable for higher density housing.","quotes":["The purpose of this zone is to provide for multiple housing with a maximum","density of 125 dwellings/ha for areas defined by the OCP as suitable for"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["community care facility, major","community care facility, minor","housing, apartment","housing, congregate","housing, four-plex","housing, row","housing, stacked row","housing, two-unit","religious assembly (only on sites less than 1.0 ha)"],"quotes":["• community care facility,","major","minor","• housing, apartment","• housing, congregate","• housing, four-plex","• housing, row","• housing, stacked row","• housing, two-unit","• religious assembly only","on sites less than 1.0"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["club","health service, minor","home business 1","retail, convenience","secondary suite","service, massage therapy","service, personal"],"quotes":["• club","• health service, minor","• home business 1","• retail, convenience","• secondary suite","• service, massage therapy","• service, personal"]},"site_specific":{"value":["housing, supportive only on Lot 6, District Lot 343, Cariboo District, Plan 18815","retail, general only on Lot 6, District Lot 343, Cariboo District, Plan 18815"],"quotes":["• housing, supportive only","on Lot 6, District Lot","343, Cariboo District,","Plan 18815","• retail, general only on","Lot 6, District Lot 343,","Cariboo District, Plan"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1,200 m²","quotes":["2. The minimum lot area is 1,200 m²."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"22.0 m","quotes":["1. The minimum lot width is 22.0 m."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"55%","quotes":["2. The maximum site coverage is 55%."]},"max_density":{"value":"125 dwellings/ha","quotes":["1. The maximum density is 125 dwellings/ha."]},"max_height":{"value":"15.0 m; 4 storeys maximum","quotes":["3. The maximum height is 15.0 m.","4. The maximum number of storeys is 4."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"5.0 m","quotes":["1. The maximum height is 5.0 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["5. The minimum front yard is 4.5 m."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["8. The minimum rear yard is 6.0 m."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3.0 m (not required for a common wall for attached housing)","quotes":["The minimum interior side yard is 3.0 m, except it is not required for a","common wall for attached housing."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 m","quotes":["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 15.0m.","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 6.0 m","Service, retail, and health service uses must be in a building that also has a residential use; each tenancy is limited to 150 m², and all such uses combined to the lesser of 260 m² or 10% of the gross floor area of all principal buildings"],"quotes":["9. The minimum setback between principal buildings is 6.0 m.","1. Service, retail, and health service uses shall not be in any freestanding","service use in one tenancy is 150 m².","gross floor area of all service, retail, and health service uses shall not","exceed the lesser of 260 m² or 10% of the gross floor area of all"]}},"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=148","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/rm5/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/rm5.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/rm5.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/index.json"}}