---
title: "RM7 zone in Prince George: High-rise Residential"
place: Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/prince-george
zone: RM7
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007 (consolidated version, revised October 5, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/rm7/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/rm7.json"
---

# RM7 zone in Prince George: High-rise Residential

Provide for high-rise multiple housing with a maximum density of 280 dwellings/ha for areas defined by the OCP as suitable for higher density housing.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Provide for high-rise multiple housing with a maximum density of 280 dwellings/ha for areas defined by the OCP as suitable for higher density housing.
- **Main uses:** community care facility, major; community care facility, minor; apartment hotel; housing, apartment; housing, congregate; housing, fourplex; housing, row; housing, stacked row; 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 Parcel A (W19288), Parcel C (Plan B7858), Lot 19 and Lot 20, Block 257, District Lot 343, Cariboo District, Plan 1268
- **Minimum lot area:** 1,800 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 30.0 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 55% (an additional 30% may be used for covered or enclosed off-street parking)
- **Maximum density:** 280 dwellings/ha
- **Maximum height:** 55.0 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5.0 m
- **Front setback:** 4.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 4.5 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. 10.15](https://www.princegeorge.ca/sites/default/files/2026-10/BL7850_CONSOLIDATED_2026-10-05.pdf#page=152) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Prince George: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/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/prince-george/zoning/rm7/_