{"title":"MR9-C zone in Surrey: High-Rise Apartment with Commercial Zone","code":"MR9-C","slug":"mr9-c","name":"High-Rise Apartment with Commercial Zone","group":"Mixed use","section":"Part 26A","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"High-rise mixed-use apartment buildings, typically up to 40 storeys, with required ground floor commercial.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"High-rise mixed-use apartment buildings, typically up to 40 storeys, with required ground floor commercial.","quotes":["apartment buildings, typically up to 40 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)","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. Child care centres subject to Section J.2.","3. Retail stores excluding adult entertainment stores, secondhand stores, and pawnshops.","4. Personal service uses excluding body rub parlours.","5. General service uses excluding funeral parlours and drive-through banks.","6. Eating establishments excluding drive-through restaurants.","7. Liquor store.","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.","13. Cultural uses.","14. Places of worship, provided that they do not constitute more than 30% of the total gross"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Short-Term Rental"],"quotes":["15. 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":"85%","quotes":["1. The maximum lot coverage for all buildings and structures must be 85%."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 5.3 if inclusionary housing requirements are met (up to 6.3 with bonus density conditions)","quotes":["The permitted floor area ratio is 5.3 if the inclusionary housing requirements as applicable","bonus density conditions in Schedule G are met.","The floor area ratio in Section D.1 may be increased by 1.0, up to a maximum of 6.3 if the"]},"max_height":{"value":"Lesser of 40 storeys or 165 m","quotes":["Principal building height must not exceed the lesser of 40 storeys or 165 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 2 4.5 m 7.5 m 1 7.5 m 1 4.5 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m (0.0 m next to certain OCP-designated properties)","quotes":["Principal Building 2 4.5 m 7.5 m 1 7.5 m 1 4.5 m","1 The side yard setback and rear yard setback may be reduced to 0.0 m if the principal building is adjacent to another property"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"7.5 m (0.0 m next to certain OCP-designated properties)","quotes":["Principal Building 2 4.5 m 7.5 m 1 7.5 m 1 4.5 m","1 The side yard setback and rear yard setback may be reduced to 0.0 m if the principal building is adjacent to another property"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Principal Building 2 4.5 m 7.5 m 1 7.5 m 1 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.","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","ground floor commercial must front at least one highway","(c) Do not exceed a total 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=238","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/mr9-c/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/mr9-c.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/mr9-c.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/index.json"}}