{"title":"MR7-C zone in Surrey: Low-Rise (5-8 Storey) Apartment with Commercial Zone","code":"MR7-C","slug":"mr7-c","name":"Low-Rise (5-8 Storey) Apartment with Commercial Zone","group":"Mixed use","section":"Part 24B","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Low-rise mixed-use apartment buildings, typically 5 to 8 storeys, with required ground floor commercial.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Low-rise mixed-use apartment buildings, typically 5 to 8 storeys, with required ground floor commercial.","quotes":["This Zone is intended to accommodate and regulate the development of low-rise mixed-use","apartment buildings, typically 5 to 8 storeys, with required ground floor commercial, that are"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Multiple unit residential buildings (at least 25% of the ground floor must be commercial or related uses accessible from the street)","Non-market rental development","Child care centres","Retail stores (excluding adult entertainment stores, secondhand stores, and pawnshops)","Personal service uses (excluding body rub parlours)","General service uses (excluding funeral parlours and drive-through banks)","Eating establishments (excluding drive-through restaurants)","Liquor store","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","Cultural uses","Places of worship (no more than 30% of the total gross floor area)"],"quotes":["1. Multiple unit residential buildings subject to Sections J.4 and J.5 of this Zone, provided","(b) A minimum of 25% of the floor area of the ground floor is occupied by one or","2. Non-market rental development.","3. Child care centres subject to Section J.2.","4. Retail stores excluding adult entertainment stores, secondhand stores, and pawnshops.","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. Liquor store.","9. Neighbourhood pubs.","10. Office uses excluding social escort services, methadone clinics, and cannabis","11. Indoor recreational facilities.","12. Entertainment uses excluding arcades and adult entertainment stores.","13. Community services.","14. Cultural uses.","15. Places of worship, provided that they do not constitute more than 30% of the total gross"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Short-Term Rental"],"quotes":["16. Short-Term Rental in accordance with Part 4 General Provisions, Section B.7."]},"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":"60% (not applicable to non-market rental development)","quotes":["1. The maximum lot coverage for all buildings and structures must be 60%.","2. Despite Section E.1, maximum lot coverage is not applicable to non-market rental"]},"max_density":{"value":"Outside a Transit-Oriented Area: floor area ratio 2.2 (up to 2.5 with bonus density conditions). Inside a Transit-Oriented Area: 3.0 if inclusionary housing requirements are met. Entirely non-market rental: 3.0","quotes":["The permitted floor area ratio is 2.2.","2.5 if the bonus density conditions in Schedule G are met.","The permitted floor area ratio is 3.0 if the inclusionary housing requirements as","development, the permitted base density floor area ratio is 3.0."]},"max_height":{"value":"Outside a Transit-Oriented Area: lesser of 6 storeys or 22 m. Inside a Transit-Oriented Area: lesser of 8 storeys or 26 m","quotes":["Principal building height must not exceed the lesser of 6 storeys or 22 m.","Principal building height must not exceed the lesser of 8 storeys or 26 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 3","4.5 m 1"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m (0.0 m below the second floor next to certain OCP-designated properties)","quotes":["7.5 m 3","2 The side yard setback and rear yard setback may be reduced to 0.0 m below the second floor if the principal building is adjacent"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"7.5 m (0.0 m below the second floor next to certain OCP-designated properties)","quotes":["7.5 m 2","2 The side yard setback and rear yard setback may be reduced to 0.0 m below the second floor if the principal building is adjacent"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Principal Building 3","4.5 m"]},"other":{"value":["Balconies are required on dwelling units that are not ground-oriented.","Ground floor commercial must front a highway shown as commercial frontage, otherwise an arterial, collector or local road in that order."],"quotes":["Balconies are required for all dwelling units which are not ground-oriented and must be a","ground floor commercial must front at least one"]}},"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=222","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/mr7-c/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/mr7-c.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/mr7-c.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/index.json"}}