RM5 zone in Prince George: Multiple Residential

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

In short

Provide for multiple housing with a maximum density of 125 dwellings/ha for areas defined by the OCP as suitable for higher density housing.

Zone rules

Purpose	Provide for multiple housing with a maximum density of 125 dwellings/ha for areas defined by the OCP as suitable for higher density housing.
Main uses	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)
Also allowed (secondary uses)	club health service, minor home business 1 retail, convenience secondary suite service, massage therapy service, personal
Extra uses on specific lots	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
Minimum lot area	1,200 m²
Minimum lot width	22.0 m
Maximum lot coverage	55%
Maximum density	125 dwellings/ha
Maximum height	15.0 m; 4 storeys maximum
Maximum height, accessory buildings	5.0 m
Front setback	4.5 m
Rear setback	6.0 m
Interior side setback	3.0 m (not required for a common wall for attached housing)
Street side setback	3.0 m
Accessory building setbacks	front 15.0 m, interior side 1.2 m, exterior side 3.0 m, rear 1.2 m
Other rules	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

Source: Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007 (consolidated version, revised October 5, 2026), s. 10.13 (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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