{"title":"MR10 zone in Surrey: City Centre High-Rise Apartment Zone","code":"MR10","slug":"mr10","name":"City Centre High-Rise Apartment Zone","group":"Residential","section":"Part 27","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"High-density high-rise apartment buildings in City Centre, typically in tower form, with optional accessory uses such as commercial.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"High-density high-rise apartment buildings in City Centre, typically in tower form, with optional accessory uses such as commercial.","quotes":["This Zone is intended to accommodate and regulate the development of high-density high-rise","apartment buildings in City Centre, typically in tower form, with optional accessory uses such as"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Multiple unit residential buildings","Ground-oriented multiple unit residential buildings"],"note":"Applies to land located in City Centre (Map D.1 of Schedule D).","quotes":["1. Multiple unit residential buildings and ground-oriented multiple-unit residential buildings."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Child care centres","Short-Term Rental","Retail stores (excluding adult entertainment stores)","Personal service uses (excluding body rub parlours)","General service uses (excluding funeral parlours and drive-through banks)","Eating establishments (excluding drive-through restaurants)","Neighbourhood pubs","Office uses (excluding social escort services, methadone clinics, and cannabis dispensaries)","Indoor recreational facilities","Entertainment uses (excluding arcades and adult entertainment stores)","Community services"],"note":"Accessory uses are limited to a floor area ratio of 0.2 and 232 m² per building.","quotes":["2. Child care centres subject to Section J.2.","3. Short-Term Rental in accordance with Part 4 General Provisions, Section B.7.","4. Retail stores excluding adult entertainment stores.","5. Personal service uses excluding body rub parlours.","6. General service uses excluding funeral parlours and drive-through banks.","7. Eating establishments excluding drive-through restaurants.","8. Neighbourhood pubs.","9. Office uses excluding social escort services, methadone clinics, and cannabis dispensaries.","10. Indoor recreational facilities.","11. Entertainment uses excluding arcades and adult entertainment stores.;","12. Community services.","area ratio for accessory uses is 0.2, provided that no more than 232 sq. m of floor area"]},"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 5.5 if inclusionary housing requirements are met (up to 9.0 with bonus density conditions)","quotes":["The permitted floor area ratio is 5.5 if the inclusionary housing requirements as","9.0 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 1 4.5 m 7.5 m 7.5 m 4.5 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["Principal Building 1 4.5 m 7.5 m 7.5 m 4.5 m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["Principal Building 1 4.5 m 7.5 m 7.5 m 4.5 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Principal Building 1 4.5 m 7.5 m 7.5 m 4.5 m"]},"other":{"value":["Accessory uses (other than child care centres) must be on the ground floor and second storey with their own access.","Balconies are required on dwelling units that are not ground-oriented."],"quotes":["Accessory uses, excluding child care centres, must be located on the ground floor and","second storey and must have access independent of the residential access.","Balconies are required for all dwelling units which are not ground-oriented and must be a"]}},"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=242","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/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/mr10.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/mr10.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/index.json"}}