Site specific zone · section 15.19 of Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007
Z19: University Heights Neighbourhood Core
Z19 (University Heights Neighbourhood Core) is a site specific zone for shops and services, homes (fourplexes, row houses, apartments and congregate housing), schools and institutions and offices. Density is capped at about 90 homes per hectare.
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From the bylaw consolidated to Oct 5, 2026 · .
Purpose
“The purpose of this zone is to provide for a neighbourhood node featuring primarily multiple residential with limited commercial and institutional uses and service-based office uses in support of the University.”
Section 15.19.1 of the bylaw.
What you can build and run here
In short: fourplexes, row houses, apartments, congregate housing; shops and services; schools and institutions; offices; hotels; parks and recreation.
Main uses
Allowed on their own (principal uses).
- apartment hotel
- club
- community care facility, major
- community care facility, minor
- education
- education, commercial
- health service, minor
- hotel
- housing, apartment
- housing, congregate
- housing, four-plex
- housing, row
- housing, stacked row housing, two-unit
- office
- recreation, indoor
- religious assembly
- restaurant
- retail, convenience
- retail, general
- retail, liquor
- service, business support
- service, financial
- service, personal
Limits
| Density | 90 homes per hectare |
|---|
Density rule: “Multiple Family Commercial Mixed-Use Minimum Lot Width 18.0 m 15.0 m 15.0 m Minimum Lot Area 750 m² 500 m² 500 m² Multiple Family Commercial Mixed Use Maximum Residential Density 90 dwellings/ha N/A 90 dwellings/ha Maximum Site Coverage 55% 55% 55% Maximum…”
These are the zone’s general limits for principal buildings. Accessory buildings, secondary dwellings, corner lots and parking have their own rules, and other sections of the bylaw (general rules, specific uses, landscaping, parking, development permit areas) also apply.
Where Z19 applies
2 areas on the City’s zoning map, about 19 ha, covering 6 parcels.
Rezonings
From the bylaw’s list of amendments since 2018: 1 into Z19, 0 out of it.
University Heights
Jan 22, 2018 · Rezoned from AG, AF, U2 to AG, AF, RS2, P1, U2, Z19
This section was last changed by bylaws 8693, 9004.
A plain-language reading of the bylaw, not legal advice. Confirm with City of Prince George Planning and Development before you plan.
Source: Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007, section 15.19 (uses, limits and purpose; quotes are short extracts), and City of Prince George open data for where the zone applies (Open Government Licence – City of Prince George). Summary written by PG Pulse. Data: JSON.
