{"title":"MR6 zone in Surrey: Low-Rise (4 Storey) Apartment Zone","code":"MR6","slug":"mr6","name":"Low-Rise (4 Storey) Apartment Zone","group":"Residential","section":"Part 23","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Low-rise apartment buildings, typically 3 to 4 storeys, with optional accessory uses such as commercial.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Low-rise apartment buildings, typically 3 to 4 storeys, with optional accessory uses such as commercial.","quotes":["This Zone is intended to accommodate and regulate the development of low-rise apartment","buildings, typically 3 to 4 storeys, with optional accessory uses such as commercial, that are"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Multiple unit residential buildings","Ground-oriented multiple unit residential buildings"],"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":"Commercial 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","10. Indoor recreational facilities.","11. Entertainment uses excluding arcades and adult entertainment stores.","12. Community services.","the maximum floor area ratio for accessory uses is 0.2,","provided that no more than 232 sq. m of floor area for an accessory use is permitted in"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"2,000 m² (not required for air space parcels)","quotes":["Lot Area 2,000 sq. m","Air space parcels and the remainder lot created through an air space subdivision in this"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"30 m","quotes":["Lot Width 30 m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"60%","quotes":["1. The maximum lot coverage for all buildings and structures is 60%."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 1.4 (up to 1.6 with bonus density conditions)","quotes":["The permitted floor area ratio is 1.4.","of 1.6 if the bonus density conditions in Schedule G are met."]},"max_height":{"value":"Lesser of 4 storeys or 15 m","quotes":["Principal building height must not exceed the lesser of 4 storeys or 15 m."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m (accessory buildings and structures)","quotes":["Accessory building height must not exceed 4.5 m.","Structure height must not exceed 4.5 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Principal Building 1 4.5 m 6.0 m 6.0 m 5.5 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["Principal Building 1 4.5 m 6.0 m 6.0 m 5.5 m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["Principal Building 1 4.5 m 6.0 m 6.0 m 5.5 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"5.5 m","quotes":["Principal Building 1 4.5 m 6.0 m 6.0 m 5.5 m"]},"other":{"value":["Maximum commercial floor area ratio is 0.2, and no more than 232 m² of accessory use floor area per building.","Balconies are required on dwelling units that are not ground-oriented.","Child care centres may not exceed 3.0 m² per dwelling unit."],"quotes":["the maximum floor area ratio for accessory uses is 0.2,","no more than 232 sq. m of floor area for an accessory use is permitted in","Balconies are required for all dwelling units which are not ground-oriented and must be a","(c) Do not exceed a total area of 3.0 sq. m per dwelling unit."]}},"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=206","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/mr6/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/mr6.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/mr6.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/index.json"}}