{"title":"RM-1 zone in Quesnel: Multi-Unit Residential (Low Density)","code":"RM-1","slug":"rm-1","name":"Multi-Unit Residential (Low Density)","group":"Residential","section":"15","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Low density multi-unit housing on serviced urban lots.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Low density multi-unit housing on serviced urban lots.","quotes":["The purpose is to provide a zone for low density multi-unit housing on serviced urban lots."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartment dwelling","Assisted residential living","Congregate housing dwelling","Group home dwelling","Fourplex dwelling","Threeplex dwelling","Townhouse dwelling"],"quotes":["apartment dwelling","assisted residential living","congregate housing dwelling","group home dwelling","fourplex dwelling","threeplex dwelling","townhouse dwelling"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory buildings or structures","Community garden","Group day care","Minor home based business, except when the principal use is congregate","Personal care","Urban agriculture"],"quotes":["accessory buildings or structures","community garden","group day care","minor home based business, except when the principal use is congregate","personal care","urban agriculture"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"20 m (66 ft)","quotes":["20 m (66 ft)","Minimum lot frontage"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"45%, provided that the maximum coverage of buildings, driveways and parking areas is 70%","quotes":["45% provided that the maximum","coverage of buildings, driveways","and parking areas is 70%"]},"max_density":{"value":"40 dwelling units per ha (16 dwelling units per ac); gross floor area ratio 0.5","quotes":["40 dwelling units per ha (16","dwelling units per ac)","Maximum gross floor area ratio","0.5"]},"max_height":{"value":"11 m (36 ft)","quotes":["11m (36 ft) for principal building"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"7 m (23 ft)","quotes":["7 m (23 ft) for accessory building"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m (25 ft)","quotes":["(a) front lot line 7.5 m (25 ft)"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3.0 m (10 ft)","quotes":["(d) rear lot line 3.0 m (10 ft)"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3.0 m (10 ft)","quotes":["(b) interior side lot line 3.0 m (10 ft)"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 m (10 ft)","quotes":["(c) exterior side lot line 3.0 m (10 ft)"]},"other":{"value":["Principal building must be at least 5.6 m (18 ft) wide.","No limit to the number of buildings, provided each group of units meets every rule of the zone.","Single detached dwellings are also permitted on parcels that already had one when the bylaw was adopted, following the RS-1 zone rules."],"quotes":["5.6 m (18 ft)","Minimum principal building width","There shall be no limit to the number of buildings provided that each group of","single detached dwellings are added","The regulations set out in RS-1 zone"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 1980","url":"https://quesnel.civicweb.net/document/164372/","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City's Zoning & Land Use page also links an excerpted zoning map PDF (Schedule B). The Schedule B pages inside this PDF are headed \"Zoning Bylaw No. XXXX of 2025\". Table 6.1 of the bylaw omits zone C-4A, but section 25 of the bylaw establishes it."},"source_url":"https://quesnel.civicweb.net/document/164372/#page=78","place":{"path":"ca/bc/quesnel","name":"Quesnel","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/rm-1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/rm-1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/rm-1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/index.json"}}