{"title":"RM-3 zone in Quesnel: Multi-Unit Residential (High Density)","code":"RM-3","slug":"rm-3","name":"Multi-Unit Residential (High Density)","group":"Residential","section":"17","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"High-density multi-unit housing on serviced urban lots.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"High-density multi-unit housing on serviced urban lots.","quotes":["The purpose is to provide a zone for high-density multi-unit housing on serviced urban lots."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartment dwelling","Assisted residential living","Congregate housing dwelling","Fourplex dwelling","Threeplex dwelling","Townhouse dwelling","Personal care"],"quotes":["apartment dwelling","assisted residential living","congregate housing dwelling","fourplex dwelling","threeplex dwelling","townhouse dwelling","personal care"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory buildings or structures","Assembly","Community care facility","Community garden","Convenience retail store","Eating establishment","Group day care","Minor home based business, except when the principal use is congregate","Personal service establishment"],"quotes":["accessory buildings or structures","assembly","community care facility","community garden","convenience retail store","eating establishment","group day care","minor home based business, except when the principal use is congregate","personal service establishment"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Lot 5, Block 17, Town of Quesnel, Plan 17000 (654 Reid Street) only: Yoga class instruction is permitted as an accessory Type I home based business, limited to 20 hours per week and class sizes up to 10 participants."],"quotes":["Yoga Class Instruction’ is permitted as an accessory Type I home based","business use with class instruction to be limited to 20 hours per week, class","sizes up to 10 participants, and allowing participant vehicles to park on","available parking on site at Lot 5, Block 17, Town of Quesnel, Plan 17000 (654","Reid Street)."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"20 m (66 ft) for residential development under 90 units per ha (36 units per ac); 30 m (98 ft) for residential development over 90 units per ha (36 units per ac)","quotes":["(a) Residential development less than 90 20 m (66 ft)","(b) Residential development greater than 30 m (98 ft)","units per ha (36 units per ac)"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"45% for fourplex, threeplex, townhouse at 40 units per ha (16 units per ac) or less; 50% for development over 40 units per ha; both limited to 70% for buildings, driveways and parking areas. 70% for buildings, driveways and parking areas for development over 90 units per ha (36 units per ac)","quotes":["(a) Fourplex, threeplex, townhouse 45%, provided that the maximum","(b) Residential development greater than 50%, provided that the maximum","parking areas is 70%","(c) Residential development greater than 70% coverage for buildings,","driveways and parking areas","uses with a density of 40 units per ha","(16 units per ac) or less.","40 units per ha (16 units per ac)","90 units per ha (36 units per ac)"]},"max_density":{"value":"General: 120 dwelling units per ha (48 per ac); congregate housing: 160 dwelling units per ha (65 per ac). 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; 1.5 for development over 90 units per ha (36 units per ac)","quotes":["(a) General 120 dwelling units per ha (48","(b) Congregate housing 160 dwelling units per ha (65","Maximum floor area ratio","(a) Fourplex, threeplex, townhouse 0.5","(b) Residential development greater than 1.1","(c) Residential development greater than 1.5","uses with a density of 40 units per ha","(16 units per ac) or less.","40 units per ha (16 units per ac)","90 units per ha (36 units per ac)"]},"max_height":{"value":"12 m (39 ft) or 3 storeys","quotes":["12 m (39 ft) or 3 storeys for principal"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m (15 ft)","quotes":["4.5 m (15 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.","Floor area ratio may be increased (up to an additional 0.2) if required parking is provided beneath habitable space or common amenity areas.","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","An amount may be added to the floor area ratio if required parking spaces are","of an additional 0.2 FAR.","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=83","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-3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/rm-3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/rm-3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/index.json"}}