{"title":"RM8 zone in Prince George: Mixed-Use Residential","code":"RM8","slug":"rm8","name":"Mixed-Use Residential","group":"Mixed use","section":"10.16","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Provide for mixed-use developments with a residential and local commercial focus within neighbourhood corridors.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Provide for mixed-use developments with a residential and local commercial focus within neighbourhood corridors.","quotes":["The purpose of this zone is to provide for mixed-use developments which","have a residential and local commercial focus within neighbourhood"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["club","community care facility, major","community care facility, minor","education, commercial","housing, apartment","housing, congregate","housing, four-plex","housing, row","housing, stacked row","housing, two-unit","office","restaurant","retail, general","service, business support","service, financial","service, massage therapy","service, personal"],"quotes":["• club","• community care facility, major","• community care facility, minor","• education, commercial","• housing, apartment","• housing, congregate","• housing, four-plex","• housing, row","• housing, stacked row","• housing, two-unit","• office","• restaurant","• retail, general","• service, business support","• service, financial","• service, massage therapy","• service, personal"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["home business 1 (only to housing)","secondary suite"],"quotes":["• home business 1, only to","• secondary suite"]},"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":"60 dwellings/ha","quotes":["1. The maximum density is 60 dwellings/ha."]},"max_height":{"value":"15.0 m; 4 storeys maximum","quotes":["5. The maximum height is 15.0 m.","6. 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":["7. The minimum front yard is 4.5 m."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["9. The minimum rear yard is 4.5 m."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3.0 m (side yard)","quotes":["8. The minimum side yard is 3.0 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 m (side yard)","quotes":["8. The minimum 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.","3. The minimum interior side yard is 1.2 m and the minimum exterior side","yard is 3.0 m.","4. The minimum rear yard is 1.2 m."]},"other":{"value":["Commercial uses must be at least 10% and at most 35% of the total Gross Floor Area of all buildings on a site, up to 1680 m²","Club, education, health service, office, restaurant, retail and service uses are permitted only on the ground floor of a building that includes housing uses","Maximum size of any one tenancy for those uses is 280 m²; total for all of them 1,680 m²","Maximum one restaurant tenancy per lot; outdoor restaurant patios have a maximum occupant load of 16 people"],"quotes":["3. The minimum Gross Floor Area for commercial uses is 10% of the total","4. The maximum Gross Floor Area for commercial uses is 35% of the total","Gross Floor Area of all buildings on a site, up to 1680 m².","1. Club, education, health service, office, restaurant, retail and service","uses are permitted only on the ground floor of a building that includes","service use is 280 m².","1,680 m².","4. There is a maximum of one restaurant tenancy per lot.","maximum occupant load of 16"]}},"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=154","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/rm8/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/rm8.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/rm8.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/index.json"}}