---
title: "MR10-CBD zone in Surrey: Central Business District Zone"
place: Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/surrey
zone: MR10-CBD
bylaw: Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000 (consolidation includes amendments up to By-law 22120, adopted 09/21/2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/mr10-cbd/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/mr10-cbd.json"
---

# MR10-CBD zone in Surrey: Central Business District Zone

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.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** 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.
- **Main uses:** 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) (Applies to land in City Centre within the Central Business District.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Child care centres; Short-Term Rental
- **Minimum lot area:** 2,000 m² (not required for air space parcels)
- **Minimum lot width:** 36 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 85%
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 7.5 (up to 12.0 with bonus density conditions)
- **Maximum height:** Not applicable to this Zone (no height limit set)
- **Front setback:** 4.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m (0.0 m next to certain OCP-designated properties)
- **Interior side setback:** 7.5 m (0.0 m next to certain OCP-designated properties)
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m
- **Other rules:** 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).

## Source

- [Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000 (consolidation includes amendments up to By-law 22120, adopted 09/21/2026), s. Part 27B](https://www.surrey.ca/sites/default/files/bylaws/BYL_Zoning_12000.pdf#page=250) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Surrey: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/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/surrey/zoning/mr10-cbd/_