Living in Southwest Maple Ridge

SD42 doesn’t publish a school list for the MLS sub-area, so these are the schools at addresses in the southwest part of the city. Catchments are set by address, so confirm a specific address in the SD42 school locator or with School District 42 (SD42).

• The Hammond Area Plan is part of the City’s area plans. Council adopted it on January 24, 2017, and adopted the 2025 update on November 25, 2025.
• The 2025 update enables mixed-use, higher-density buildings and adds the density required by provincial legislation.
• The City says it adopted updates to the Official Community Plan and to the Town Centre, Hammond, Silver Valley and Albion area plans in 2025. Albion’s was adopted on October 28 and the others in November.
• Hammond is bounded on the south by the Fraser River. Check the City’s floodplain map for any address near the river.
• The City’s 2014 Hammond open-house handout, “Developing in the Floodplain,” says building in the floodplain needs a covenant registered on title and a geotechnical engineer’s report. For lots created after the original 1800s subdivision, the covenant also bars habitable floor space below the flood construction level. A 2008 study put that level at 6.7 metres geodetic for the Fraser River in this area. It is an older handout, so confirm today’s rules with the City.
• The City mails its Be Flood Ready guide to properties near the Fraser River floodplain. The guide includes a map of the Fraser River floodplain and an overview of the City’s flood response plan.
• The City says it manages flood risk case by case, and that a proposed Floodplain Management Bylaw would set clearer rules, including minimum building elevations.
• The City’s Fraser River Escarpment policy area is bounded by 207 Street on the west, 124 Avenue on the north, 224 Street on the east and the crest of the Fraser River escarpment on the south.
• Inside that area, groundwater and surface drainage from additions, new construction and hard landscaping must connect to the City storm drainage system, which means a ditch or storm sewer.
• For properties between 100 m and 300 m from the crest, the City also requires a geotechnical report and a Section 219 covenant before a building permit. Closer than 100 m, the report must also look at seismic slope failure.
• The escarpment guidelines say septic fields are to be avoided and sanitary sewers provided where possible.
• ALR: I did not find an official statement placing Agricultural Land Reserve land inside the southwest urban area. ALR status is set parcel by parcel, so check the exact address on the Agricultural Land Commission map.
• Transit: the West Coast Express stops at Maple Meadows Station and Port Haney Station, and routes 743, 744, 701 and 791 all serve Maple Meadows Station.

My Maple Ridge zoning guide covers agricultural and rural zones only. For a home on a city lot, send me the address and I’ll look up the zone.