{"title":"MR8 zone in Surrey: Mid-Rise Apartment Zone","code":"MR8","slug":"mr8","name":"Mid-Rise Apartment Zone","group":"Residential","section":"Part 25","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Mid-rise apartment buildings, typically 10 to 20 storeys, with optional accessory uses such as commercial.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Mid-rise apartment buildings, typically 10 to 20 storeys, with optional accessory uses such as commercial.","quotes":["buildings, typically 10 to 20 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, 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":["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, 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.","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 4.0 if inclusionary housing requirements are met (up to 5.0 with bonus density conditions)","quotes":["The permitted floor area ratio is 4.0 if the inclusionary housing requirements as applicable","of 5.0 if the bonus density conditions in Schedule G are met."]},"max_height":{"value":"Lesser of 25 storeys or 95 m","quotes":["Principal building height must not exceed the lesser of 25 storeys or 95 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","quotes":["Principal Building 1 5.5 m 7.5 m 7.5 m 5.5 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["Principal Building 1 5.5 m 7.5 m 7.5 m 5.5 m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["Principal Building 1 5.5 m 7.5 m 7.5 m 5.5 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"5.5 m","quotes":["Principal Building 1 5.5 m 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=226","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/mr8/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/mr8.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/mr8.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/index.json"}}