City of Powell River · zoning
The RM5 zone in Powell River.
Multiple Family Residential Five. What the bylaw lets you build, how big the lot has to be, and how close to the lines you can go, in plain words with the section for each.
From the zoning bylaw (9.6, 6.5.1). General information, not legal or planning advice. The adopted bylaw, as the City of Powell River reads it, is always the final word.
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RM5 at a glance
| What you can use it for | apartment buildings; home based business; accessory buildings and uses; in-home child care; child care centre in a non-residential space within a multi-family development (9.6.2). Intent: high density apartments (9.6.1) |
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| Dwelling units | Floor area ratio max 1.5; up to 2.0 where 15% or more of units are affordable under a housing agreement (9.6.3). Usable open space at least 10% of lot; playground rule as RM3 (9.6.4) |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 930 m² (10,010 ft²) min lot area; lot width 27 m (89 ft); lot depth 27 m (89 ft) (9.6.5, 9.6.6) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | 5.5 m (18 ft) front / 3.0 m (10 ft) side / 9.0 m (30 ft) rear / 4.5 m (15 ft) side road flanking (9.6.9) |
| Height | 19.5 m (64 ft) principal (9.6.8) / 4.0 m (13 ft) accessory (printed as 9.5.14 inside 9.6) |
| Lot coverage | 40% all buildings and structures (9.6.7) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | accessory buildings max 10% lot coverage (9.6.11) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | accessory bldg: behind the principal building (9.6.10); 1.8 m (6 ft) from principal building; 3.0 m (10 ft) side; 3.0 m (10 ft) rear; 3.0 m (10 ft) from a lane (9.6.13) |
| Parking | per Part 6 (9.6.14.1): apartments 6.5.1(d); on Lot 2 DL 450 Plan EPP81176 (PID 030-471-621): 0.7 per micro/studio, 1.0 per 1-bed, 1.25 per 2-bed, plus 0.1 per unit visitor (9.6.14.2) |
Metric figures are the bylaw's own. Feet and acres are converted for reading and rounded.
One lot, not the zone
What the zone page can't tell you
- Whether your lot is actually in this zone. Check the zoning map, not the listing.
- Whether a permit area, floodplain, stream setback or farmland reserve sits over the lot. Each adds steps.
- Whether site-specific rules or a covenant on title change what this table says.
- What council has decided on the street lately.
The lot report answers those for one address.
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