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title: "MR4 zone in Surrey: High Density Townhouse Zone"
place: Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/surrey
zone: MR4
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/mr4/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/mr4.json"
---

# MR4 zone in Surrey: High Density Townhouse Zone

High density townhouses developed under a comprehensive design.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** High density townhouses developed under a comprehensive design.
- **Main uses:** Multiple unit residential buildings; Ground-oriented multiple unit residential buildings; Ground-oriented back-to-back multiple unit residential buildings
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Child care centres; Short-Term Rental; One lock-off suite (within Transit-Oriented Areas and Frequent Bus Stop Areas)
- **Minimum lot area:** 2,000 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 45%
- **Maximum density:** 75 dwelling units per hectare; floor area ratio 1.0
- **Maximum height:** 13 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 m (accessory buildings, excluding indoor amenity space buildings; structures 4.5 m)
- **Front setback:** 4.5 m (2.5 m for a covered porch or veranda; may need to match adjacent lower density development)
- **Rear setback:** 4.5 m (4.0 m for a deck or balcony on the main and second floor)
- **Interior side setback:** 4.5 m (4.0 m for a deck or balcony on the main and second floor)
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m (2.5 m for a covered porch or veranda)
- **Other rules:** Balconies are required on dwelling units that are not ground-oriented.; Back-to-back ground-oriented units are limited to 20% of all dwelling units where there is no underground parking.; A lock-off suite must be at least 30 m² and less than 40% of the larger dwelling unit's habitable floor area.

## Source

- [Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000 (consolidation includes amendments up to By-law 22120, adopted 09/21/2026), s. Part 22](https://www.surrey.ca/sites/default/files/bylaws/BYL_Zoning_12000.pdf#page=200) (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/mr4/_