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RM-3 zone in Pitt Meadows
Multi-Family Residential 3. Comprehensively planned developments, mostly apartments with some ground-access units (s.10.7.1).
13 mmaximum height (43 ft)
The rules
| Name | Multi-Family Residential 3 |
|---|---|
| Homes allowed | No unit cap; limited by FAR (s.10.7.3) |
| Floor space ratio | 0.55 |
| Floor space notes | Max floor-area ratio 0.55 (s.10.7.3). Note: permitted principal use is listed only as Townhouse (Bylaw 2722, 2016) although the intent statement describes apartments. Gross floor area (s.2.3) includes stairways, elevator shafts, storage and mechanical rooms but excludes garages in apartments and townhouses, porches, balconies, basements and areas under 1.8 m ceiling height; FAR = GFA of all buildings / site area. |
| Height | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Height notes | Principal buildings 13.0 m (s.10.7.5 b). Height (s.2.3) measured from average finished grade at the outermost corners to the top of a flat-roof wall, or to the mid-point between uppermost eave and ridge of a pitched roof (roof slope 2 in 12 or less is flat); small dormers excluded. |
| Lot coverage | 40% |
| Coverage notes | Max lot coverage 40% (s.10.7.5 a). |
| Setbacks | front 7.5 m (25 ft), side 7.5 m (25 ft), rear 7.5 m (25 ft), flank 7.5 m (25 ft) |
| Setback notes | Principal buildings 7.5 m from front/exterior side and from rear/interior lot lines; on corner lots rear may be 3.6 m if the rear wall has no habitable-room windows (s.10.7.6 a). Accessory buildings 3 m from rear/interior side (s.10.7.6 b). |
| Bylaw sections | s.10.7, 2.3 |
What you can use it for
TownhouseHome-based businessAccessory residential buildings
Example lots in RM-3
No addressed lots in this zone on the map.
Other zones in Pitt Meadows
Read from City of Pitt Meadows Zoning Bylaw No. 2505, 2011 (consolidated; last listed amendment Bylaw 3031, 2025 adopted 2026-01-13) ↗, checked 2026-10-21. Summaries are our reading of the bylaw: confirm with Pitt Meadows before buying or designing. Page rebuilt October 25, 2026.