{"title":"RM-2 zone in Quesnel: Multi-Unit Residential (Medium Density)","code":"RM-2","slug":"rm-2","name":"Multi-Unit Residential (Medium Density)","group":"Residential","section":"16","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Medium-density multi-unit housing (e.g. apartments) on urban services.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Medium-density multi-unit housing (e.g. apartments) on urban services.","quotes":["The purpose is to provide a zone for medium-density multi-unit housing (e.g. apartments) on","urban services."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartment dwelling","Assisted residential living","Congregate housing dwelling","Fourplex dwelling","Threeplex dwelling","Townhouse dwelling"],"quotes":["apartment dwelling","assisted residential living","congregate housing 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"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Lot 2 DL 703 Plan PGP39945 only: maximum density 135 dwelling units per hectare; lot coverage for buildings, driveways and parking areas up to 100%, provided coverage for buildings is 50%."],"quotes":["On Lot 2 DL 703 Plan PGP39945 only, the permitted maximum density is 135","dwelling units per hectare and the permitted maximum lot coverage for","buildings, driveways and parking areas is 100% provided the maximum","coverage for buildings is 50%."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"20 m (66 ft)","quotes":["20 m (66 ft)","Minimum lot frontage"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"45% for fourplex, threeplex, townhouse uses at 40 units per ha (16 units per ac) or less; 50% for residential development over 40 units per ha (16 units per ac); in both cases buildings, driveways and parking areas may cover up to 70%","quotes":["(a) Fourplex, threeplex, townhouse 45%, provided that the maximum","(b) Residential development greater than 50%, provided that the maximum","parking areas is 70%","uses with a density of 40 units per ha","(16 units per ac) or less."]},"max_density":{"value":"90 dwelling units per ha (36 dwelling units per ac) for developments over 40 dwelling units per ha; floor area ratio 0.5 for fourplex, threeplex, townhouse at 40 units per ha or less, 1.1 for development over 40 units per ha","quotes":["90 dwelling units per ha (36 dwelling","Maximum density","Regulations table for RM-2 Zone for developments with a density greater than 40 dwelling","0.5","1.1","Maximum gross floor area ratio"]},"max_height":{"value":"12 m (39 ft) or 3 storeys","quotes":["12 m (39 ft) or 3 storeys for principal"]},"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","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=80","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-2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/rm-2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/rm-2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/index.json"}}