{"title":"RMS-2 zone in Surrey: Special Care Housing 2 Zone","code":"RMS-2","slug":"rms-2","name":"Special Care Housing 2 Zone","group":"Residential","section":"Part 29","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Care facilities within Town Centres, which may be subject to the Community Care and Assisted Living Act.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Care facilities within Town Centres, which may be subject to the Community Care and Assisted Living Act.","quotes":["development within Town Centres (see","Schedule D), of care facilities, which may be subject to the Community Care and Assisted Living"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Care facilities, regulated by the Community Care and Assisted Living Act"],"quotes":["1. Care facilities, regulated by the Community Care and Assisted Living Act, as amended."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Caretaker unit (accommodation for the owner or owner's employee)","Personal service uses, limited to barbershops and hair salons","Child care centres","Office uses limited to out-patient physical and mental health services, medical and dental offices, health clinics and counselling services (not methadone clinics)","Eating establishment (seating capacity of 35 or less, not licensed under the Liquor Control and Licensing Act)","Convenience store"],"quotes":["2. Caretaker unit, which in this Zone, includes accommodation for the owner or owner’s","3. Personal service uses, limited to barbershops and hair salons.","4. Child care centres, regulated by the Community Care and Assisted Living Act, as amended,","5. Office uses limited to out-patient physical and mental health services, medical and dental","6. Eating establishment provided that the seating capacity shall not exceed 35 and the said","7. Convenience store."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"2,000 m²","quotes":["1. Lot Area: Minimum 2,000 sq. m."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"30 m","quotes":["2. Lot Width: Minimum 30 m."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"45%","quotes":["The maximum lot coverage for all buildings and structures shall be 45%."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 1.00; accessory uses (excluding caretaker unit) up to 20% of the care facility density","quotes":["(a) Maximum floor area ratio of 1.00; and","(b) Excluding caretaker unit, the maximum density for accessory uses is 20% of the"]},"max_height":{"value":"13 m","quotes":["Principal building height shall not exceed 13 m."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m (accessory buildings and structures)","quotes":["Accessory building height shall not exceed 4.5.","Structure height shall not exceed 4.5 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m from all lot lines","quotes":["Buildings and structures shall be sited not less than 7.5 m from all lot lines."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m from all lot lines","quotes":["Buildings and structures shall be sited not less than 7.5 m from all lot lines."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"7.5 m from all lot lines","quotes":["Buildings and structures shall be sited not less than 7.5 m from all lot lines."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"7.5 m from all lot lines","quotes":["Buildings and structures shall be sited not less than 7.5 m from all lot lines."]}},"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=259","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/rms-2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/rms-2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/rms-2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/index.json"}}