Section 13 - Multi-Dwelling Zones

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September 26, 2022

Section 13 - Multi-Dwelling Zones

13.1 Zone Purposes

Section 13.1 Zone Purposes
Zones	Purposes
MF1 – Infill Housing	The purpose is to provide a zone for infill development within the core area of the City limiting development to ground-oriented housing of 2 storeys.
MF2 – Townhouse Housing	The purpose is to provide a zone for ground-oriented multiple housing (typically townhouse developments) up to 3 storeys on serviced urban lots.
MF3 –Apartment Housing	The purpose is to provide a zone primarily for apartments ranging up to 6 storeys on serviced urban lots with various commercial uses permitted on transit supportive corridors.

13.2 Sub-Zones

Section 13.2 Sub-Zone Purposes
Zones	Sub-Zones	Purpose
MF1 – Infill Housing	MF1r – Infill Housing Rental Only	The purpose is to provide a sub-zone that restricts the dwelling units to a rental only tenure and to prohibit any building or bareland stratification.
MF2 – Townhouse Housing	MF2r – Townhouse Housing Rental Only	The purpose is to provide a sub-zone that restricts the dwelling units to a rental only tenure and to prohibit any building or bareland stratification.
MF3 – Apartment Housing	MF3r – Apartment Housing Rental Only	The purpose is to provide a sub-zone that restricts the dwelling units to a rental only tenure and to prohibit any building or bareland stratification.

13.3 Permitted Land Uses

Section 13.3 Permitted Land Uses
Uses	Zones ('P' = Principal Use, 'S' = Secondary Use, '-' = Not Permitted)
Uses	MF1	MF2	MF3
Accessory Buildings or Structures	S	S	S
Agriculture, Urban	S	S	S
Apartment Housing	-	-	P
Child Care Centre, Major	S	S	S
Child Care Centre, Minor	S	S	S
Cultural and Recreation Services	-	-	S ^.2
Duplex Housing	P	P	-
Food Primary Establishment	-	-	S ^.2
Group Home	P ^.1	P ^.1	-
Home-Based Business, Major	S ^.5	S ^.6	S ^.6
Home-Based Business, Minor	S	S	S
Health Services	-	-	S ^.2
Professional Services	-	-	S ^.2
Participant Recreation Services, Indoor	-	-	S
Personal Service Establishments	-	-	S ^.2
Retail	-	-	S ^.2
Secondary Suite	S ^.3	-	-
Semi-Detached Housing	P	P	-
Short-Term Rental Accommodations	S	S	S
Single Detached Housing	P	P	-
Stacked Townhouses	-	P	P ^.4
Townhouses	P	P	P ^.4
FOOTNOTES (Section 13.3): ^.1Group homes are only permitted within a single detached housing, semi-detached housing, or a duplex housing form. ^.2These land uses are only permitted on transit supportive corridors and these land uses are not permitted above the first storey. ^.3 No new secondary suites are permitted. Existing secondary suites that existed prior to December 4th 2017 are permitted to remain. ^.4 Townhouses and/or stacked townhouses are only permitted if the majority of the residential dwelling units are in the form of apartment housing. ^.5 Home-based business, major is only permitted when the lot has two (2) or less principal dwelling units. ^.6 Home-based business, major is only permitted within ground-oriented dwelling units fronting transit supportive corridors, ground-oriented dwelling units within urban centres, or ground-oriented dwelling units within village centres.

13.4 Subdivision Regulations

Section 13.4 Subdivision Regulations m = metres / m² = square metres
		Zones
		MF1	MF2	MF3
Min. Lot Width	Regular Lots	7.5 m	20.0 m ^.1	30.0 m
	Corner lots	9.5 m
Min. Lot Area	Regular Lots	277.5 m²	900 m²^.1	1,400 m²
	Corner Lots	350 m²
Min. Lot Depth		30.0 m	30.0 m ^.1	30.0 m
FOOTNOTES (Section 13.4): ^.1Townhouse developments may be subdivided into smaller lots than the regulations listed above provided the site is comprehensively developed under a single development permit and a party wall agreement is registered on title.

13.5 Development Regulations

Section 13.5 Development Regulations m = metres / m² = square metres
Criteria	Zones
	MF1	MF2	MF3
Max. Height Max. Density	Section 13.6 – Density and Height Development Regulations
Max. Site Coverage of all Buildings	55%	55%	65%
Max. Site Coverage of all Buildings, Structures, and Impermeable Surfaces	75%	80%	85%
Min. Front Yard & Flanking Side Yard setback for Ground-Oriented units	4.0 m	3.0 m ^.3	3.0 m ^.3
Min. Front Yard & Flanking Side Yard setback for all Buildings including Accessory Buildings or Structures	4.0 m ^.5	3.0 m ^.5	4.5 m ^.5
Min. Building Stepback from Front Yard and Flanking Side Yard	n/a	n/a	3.0 m ^.6
Min. Side Yard Setback	1.2 m ^{.1 , .2}	3.0 m except 1.2 m from a lane ^.2	3.0 m ^.7
Min. Rear Yard Setback	3.0 m except 0.9 m from a rear lane	4.5 m except 0.9 m from a rear lane	4.5 m except 3.0 m from a rear lane ^.4
Min. Rear Yard Setback for Accessory Buildings or Structures	1.5 m except 0.9 m from a lane	1.5 m except 0.9 m from a lane	1.5 m except 0.9 m from a lane ^.7
Min. Separation between Detached Principal Buildings	2.0 m	3.0 m	n/a
Min. Common and Private Amenity Space	n/a	7.5 m² per bachelor dwelling unit 15.0 m² per 1-bedroom dwelling unit 25 m² per dwelling unit with more than 1-bedroom ^{.8, .9}
Max. Building Frontage	A continuous building frontage shall not exceed 100 m in length.
Vehicular Access	Where a lot has access to a lane, vehicular access is only permitted from the lane. If a lot does not have access to a lane then access will come from the street according to the City of Kelowna’s Subdivision and Servicing Bylaw 7900.
FOOTNOTES (Section 13.5): ^.1For lots 17.0 m or wider, the minimum side yard setback is increased to 2.1 m. ^.2Side yards are not required for semi-detached housing or townhouses on a lot line that has a party wall agreement. ^.3 The minimum setback can be reduced from 3.0 m to 2.0 m for ground-oriented units if both of these criteria are met: (a) The maximum first floor height above the adjacent curb level for ground-oriented residential units are 1.2 m. Height is measured from the grade at the sidewalk directly from a fronting publicly accessible street, walkway, open space or applicable lot line. See example diagram Figure 5.12. (b) The minimum net floor area for ground-oriented residential units on the first floor is 11m². See example diagram Figure 5.13. ^.4 For portions of a parkade with lane access which do not project more than 2.3 m above finished grade, the rear yard setback for the parkade is 1.5 m. ^.5 The setback for a garage, a carport, or a parkade door that has direct access to the street shall have a 6 m setback measured from back-of-curb or edge of road pavement, or edge of sidewalk or 4.5 m from lot line (whichever is greater). ^.6 Minimum building stepbacks apply only to buildings 5 storeys and taller. The stepback can occur on any floor above the second storey. ^.7 If the property is abutting a Rural – Agricultural and Resource, Rural – Residential, or Suburban – Residential future land use designation as defined in the Official Community Plan then a 1.5 m additional setback needs to be added to the minimums. ^.8 Common and Private Amenity Space can be devoted to child care centres as long as the child care spaces have direct access to open space and play areas within the lot. The amount of Common and Private Amenity Space dedicated to child care spaces cannot be more than 50% of the total space required. ^.9 4.0 m² per dwelling unit of the common and private amenity space shall be configured as common area that is accessible to all residents and must not be located within the required setback areas.

13.6 Density and Height Development Regulations

Section 13.6 Density and Height Development Regulations m = metres / m² = square metres
		Zones
		MF1	MF2	MF3
Min. Density for Lots fronting onto a Transit Supportive Corridor		For lots with a lane = 4.75 units per 1,000 m² and a min. 1,050 m² lot area ^.5 For lots without a lane = 3.1 units per 1,000 m² and a min. 1,600 m² lot area ^.5
Max. Base Density		0.8 FAR with lane 0.6 FAR without lane and max. 9.9 dwelling units per 1000 m² of lot area	1.0 FAR See Underground Parking Base FAR Adjustments ^.7	For 4 storeys and below max. FAR = 1.3 ^.2 For 5 storeys and above max. FAR = 1.8 ^.2 See Underground Parking Base FAR Adjustments ^.7
Max. Bonus Density (Floor area ratio increase)		n/a	An additional 0.15 FAR ^.3	An additional 0.25 FAR ^.3
Max. Bonus Density for Rental Projects		n/a	An additional 0.3 FAR ^.3	An additional 0.3 FAR ^.3
Max. Base Height		8.0 m & 2 storeys	11.0 m & 3 storeys	18.0 m & 4 storeys or 22.0 m / 6 storeys ^.1
Max. Base Height for Buildings with Walkout Basements	Front Building Elevation	n/a	10.0 m & 3 storeys	n/a
	Rear Building Elevation	n/a	12.6 m & 3 storeys	n/a
Max. Bonus Height		n/a	n/a	22.0 m & 6 storeys ^.3 or 44.0 m & 12 storeys ^.4
FOOTNOTES (Section 13.6): ^.1The base height is 18.0 m & 4 storeys except the maximum height may be increased to 22.0 m / 6 storeys if: • The subject property is fronting onto a Transit Supportive Corridor; or • The subject property does not abut a RU1, RU2, RU3, RU4, or RU5 zoned lot. ^.2 The base FARs are derived from the base height regulation. Therefore, the base FARs remain constant even if an owner successfully applies for a Development Variance Permit to the base heights. ^.3 These bonuses only apply to lots within the Core Area or within a village centre. The bonus density and bonus height provisions occur if the provisions of Section 6.8 Density Bonus are secured. ^.4 The increase in height to 44.0 m and 12 storeys only applies in situations where: (a) lots are fronting a Provincial Highway; and (b) lots are within 400 m of transit stop and that transit stop must be located fronting onto a Provincial Highway or a major arterial road; and (c) the abutting lots cannot be zoned A1, A2, RR1, RR2, RU1, RU2, RU3, RU4, or RU5; and (d) lots are within the Core Area Neighbhourhood Future Land Use Designations as outlined in the OCP. (e) The bonus density and bonus height provisions occur if the provisions of Section 6.8 Density Bonus are secured. ^.5 For the purpose of calculating minimum densities the amount of commercial area considered as a unit will be measured at one (1) unit per 125 m² of commercial GFA. ^.6 For the purpose of calculating minimum densities the amount of commercial area considered as a unit will be measured at one (1) unit per 125 m2 of commercial GFA. ^.7 If eighty percent (80%) of the parking provided on-site is located underground (below finished grade) then the base FAR is increased by 0.25 FAR.

13.7 Site Specific Regulations

Section 13.7 Site Specific Regulations
Uses and regulations apply on a site-specific basis as follows:
	Legal Description	Civic Address	Regulation
1.	Lot A, District Lot 140, ODYD, Plan KAP58184	1915-1925 Enterprise Way	This property is permitted to have hotels as principal land use.
2.	ODYD, Plan KAS3399	1132-1160 Bernard Ave	This property is permitted to have 16 storeys in height.
3.	Lot 1, Section 32, Township 26, ODYD, Plan KAP 91641	530 Caramillo Crt	This property is permitted to have Apartment housing limited to 4 storeys.
4.	Strata Plan of Lot 3 & Remainder Lot 3, Section 28, Township 26, ODYD, PLAN KAP74074 (See Posting Plan EPP 104511)	777 Denali Drive	This property is permitted to have Apartment housing limited to 3 storeys.
5.	Lot B, Section 24, Township 28, Land District 54, Plan KAP30848, EXC EPT Plan KAP79047, EPP23768	530 Quartz Crescent	This property is permitted to have Apartment housing limited to 3 storeys.

Zoning Bylaw No. 12375

Section 13 - Multi-Dwelling Zones