{"title":"MR10-CBD zone in Surrey: Central Business District Zone","code":"MR10-CBD","slug":"mr10-cbd","name":"Central Business District Zone","group":"Mixed use","section":"Part 27B","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"High-density high-rise commercial, institutional and office buildings in the City Centre Central Business District; residential only when minimum commercial, institutional or office requirements are met.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"High-density high-rise commercial, institutional and office buildings in the City Centre Central Business District; residential only when minimum commercial, institutional or office requirements are met.","quotes":["This Zone is intended to accommodate and regulate the development of high-density high-rise","commercial, institutional, and office buildings in City Centre within the Central Business District","design. Residential uses will be permitted only when minimum commercial, institutional, or"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Retail stores (excluding adult entertainment stores)","Personal service uses (excluding body rub parlours)","General service uses (excluding drive-through banks)","Eating establishments (excluding drive-through restaurants)","Liquor stores","Neighbourhood pubs","Office uses (excluding social escort services, methadone clinics, and cannabis dispensaries)","Tourist Accommodations","Indoor recreational facilities","Entertainment uses (excluding arcades and adult entertainment stores)","Community services","Cultural uses","Assembly Halls","Universities under the University Act","Colleges and Institutes under the College and Institute Act","Private Schools","Multiple unit residential buildings (only if minimum commercial, institutional or office floor area is provided)"],"note":"Applies to land in City Centre within the Central Business District.","quotes":["1. Retail stores excluding adult entertainment stores.","2. Personal service uses excluding body rub parlours.","3. General service uses excluding drive-through banks.","4. Eating establishments excluding drive-through restaurants.","5. Liquor stores.","6. Neighbourhood pubs.","7. Office uses excluding social escort services, methadone clinics; and cannabis","8. Tourist Accommodations.","9. Indoor recreational facilities.","9. Entertainment uses excluding arcades and adult entertainment stores.","10. Community services.","11. Cultural uses.","12. Assembly Halls.","13. Universities under the University Act.","14. Colleges and Institutes under the College and Institute Act.","15. Private Schools.","16. Multiple unit residential buildings, subject to the floor area ratio of the uses in Sections"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Child care centres","Short-Term Rental"],"quotes":["17. Child care centres subject to Section J.2.","18. Short-Term Rental in accordance with Section B.7 of Part 4 General Provisions."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"2,000 m² (not required for air space parcels)","quotes":["Lot Area 2,000 sq. m","Zone are not subject to Section C.1."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"36 m","quotes":["Lot Width 36 m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"85%","quotes":["1. The maximum lot coverage for all buildings and structures must be 85%."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 7.5 (up to 12.0 with bonus density conditions)","quotes":["The floor area ratio is 7.5.","12.0, if the bonus density conditions in Schedule G are met."]},"max_height":{"value":"Not applicable to this Zone (no height limit set)","quotes":["Not applicable to this Zone."]},"setback_front":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Principal Building 3 4.5 m 7.5 m 2 7.5 m 2 4.5 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m (0.0 m next to certain OCP-designated properties)","quotes":["Principal Building 3 4.5 m 7.5 m 2 7.5 m 2 4.5 m","1 The side yard setback and rear yard setback may be reduced to 0.0 m if the principal building is adjacent to another property"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"7.5 m (0.0 m next to certain OCP-designated properties)","quotes":["Principal Building 3 4.5 m 7.5 m 2 7.5 m 2 4.5 m","1 The side yard setback and rear yard setback may be reduced to 0.0 m if the principal building is adjacent to another property"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Principal Building 3 4.5 m 7.5 m 2 7.5 m 2 4.5 m"]},"other":{"value":["Residential use is allowed only if a minimum floor area ratio of commercial, institutional or office uses is provided: Area 1 FAR 3.5 (or 3.0 in a standalone building of at least 18,580 m²); Area 2 FAR 2.0 (or 1.5 in a standalone building of at least 9,290 m²)."],"quotes":["occupy a minimum floor area ratio of 3.5; or","occupy a minimum floor area ratio of 3.0 provided within a standalone building","(no residential) of at least 18,580 sq. m.","occupy a minimum floor area ratio of 2.0; or","occupy a minimum floor area ratio of 1.5 provided within a standalone building","(no residential) of at least 9,290 sq. m."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000 (consolidation includes amendments up to By-law 22120, adopted 09/21/2026)","url":"https://www.surrey.ca/sites/default/files/bylaws/BYL_Zoning_12000.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"Each Comprehensive Development (CD) zone is a separate site-specific by-law attached to Part 52 (listed on the Surrey map by lot as \"CD\" with its by-law number); those by-laws are not written out in this PDF."},"source_url":"https://www.surrey.ca/sites/default/files/bylaws/BYL_Zoning_12000.pdf#page=250","place":{"path":"ca/bc/surrey","name":"Surrey","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/mr10-cbd/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/mr10-cbd.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/mr10-cbd.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/index.json"}}