---
title: "RM8 zone in Prince George: Mixed-Use Residential"
place: Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/prince-george
zone: RM8
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/rm8/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/rm8.json"
---

# RM8 zone in Prince George: Mixed-Use Residential

Provide for mixed-use developments with a residential and local commercial focus within neighbourhood corridors.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Provide for mixed-use developments with a residential and local commercial focus within neighbourhood corridors.
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** home business 1 (only to housing); secondary suite
- **Minimum lot area:** 1,200 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 22.0 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 55%
- **Maximum density:** 60 dwellings/ha
- **Maximum height:** 15.0 m; 4 storeys maximum
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5.0 m
- **Front setback:** 4.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 4.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 3.0 m (side yard)
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 m (side yard)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 15.0 m, interior side 1.2 m, exterior side 3.0 m, rear 1.2 m
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007 (consolidated version, revised October 5, 2026), s. 10.16](https://www.princegeorge.ca/sites/default/files/2026-10/BL7850_CONSOLIDATED_2026-10-05.pdf#page=154) (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/rm8/_