{"title":"MR7 zone in Surrey: Low-Rise (5-8 Storey) Apartment Zone","code":"MR7","slug":"mr7","name":"Low-Rise (5-8 Storey) Apartment Zone","group":"Residential","section":"Part 24A","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Low-rise apartment buildings, typically 5 to 8 storeys, with optional accessory uses such as commercial.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Low-rise apartment buildings, typically 5 to 8 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 5 to 8 storeys, with optional accessory uses such as commercial, that are"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Multiple unit residential buildings","Ground-oriented multiple unit residential buildings","Non-market rental development"],"quotes":["1. Multiple unit residential buildings and ground-oriented multiple unit residential buildings.","2. Non-market rental development."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Child care centres","Short-Term Rental","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"],"note":"Accessory uses are limited to a floor area ratio of 0.2 and 232 m² per building.","quotes":["3. Child care centres subject to Section J.2.","4. Short-Term Rental in accordance with Part 4 General Provisions, Section B.7.","5. Retail stores excluding adult entertainment stores, secondhand stores, and pawnshops.","6. Personal service uses excluding body rub parlours.","7. General service uses excluding funeral parlours and drive-through banks.","8. Eating establishments excluding drive-through restaurants.","9. Liquor store.","10. Neighbourhood pubs.","11. Office uses excluding social escort services, methadone clinics, and cannabis","12. Indoor recreational facilities.","13. Entertainment uses excluding arcades and adult entertainment stores.","14. Community services.","15. Cultural uses.","16. Places of worship.","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 each building."]},"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":"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%.","development."]},"max_density":{"value":"Outside a Transit-Oriented Area: floor area ratio 2.0 (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 2.0.","maximum of 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","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":"5.5 m (4.5 m for non-market rental development)","quotes":["Principal Building 2 5.5 m 1 7.5 m 7.5 m 5.5 m","1 The front yard setback of the principal building of a non-market rental development may be reduced to a minimum of 4.5 m."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["Principal Building 2 5.5 m 1 7.5 m 7.5 m 5.5 m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["Principal Building 2 5.5 m 1 7.5 m 7.5 m 5.5 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"5.5 m","quotes":["Principal Building 2 5.5 m 1 7.5 m 7.5 m 5.5 m"]},"other":{"value":["Balconies are required on dwelling units that are not ground-oriented.","Child care centres may not exceed 3.0 m² per dwelling unit."],"quotes":["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=218","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/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/mr7.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/mr7.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/index.json"}}