{"title":"CR zone in Abbotsford: Country Residential Zone","code":"CR","slug":"cr","name":"Country Residential Zone","group":"Rural","section":"320","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Accommodate Single Detached Dwellings and Agricultural Uses on large lots.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Accommodate Single Detached Dwellings and Agricultural Uses on large lots.","quotes":["Intent: To accommodate Single Detached Dwellings and","Agricultural Uses on large Lots"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Agricultural Use","Residential Care","Single Detached Dwelling","Supported Housing"],"quotes":[".1 Agricultural Use",".2 Residential Care",".3 Single Detached Dwelling",".4 Supported Housing"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Farm Retail Sales","Short-Term Rental Accommodation","Boarding","Coach House","Home Occupation - Level 3 (outside the ALR) or Level 4 (inside the ALR)","Breeding and Boarding Kennel","Secondary Suite"],"quotes":[".5 Farm Retail Sales",".6 Short-Term Rental Accommodation",".7 Boarding",".8 Coach House",".9 Home Occupation - Level 3, on a Lot outside the Agricultural Land Reserve",".10 Home Occupation - Level 4, on a Lot within the Agricultural Land Reserve",".11 Breeding and Boarding Kennel",".12 Secondary Suite"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"2.0 ha (lots created by subdivision)","quotes":["a. 2.0 ha"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"25% of lot depth","quotes":["a. 25% of Lot Depth"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"15%","quotes":["a. 15%"]},"max_density":{"value":"No maximum (n/a)","quotes":[".1 Density (maximum) n/a"]},"max_height":{"value":"Principal building: 9.5 m or three Storeys, whichever is less (agricultural use, farm retail sales and kennels follow the A1 zone)","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 9.5 m or three","Storeys, whichever is less"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"Coach House or accessory building or structure: 7.5 m or two Storeys, whichever is less","quotes":["b. Coach House or Accessory Building or","Structure – 7.5 m or two Storeys,"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m (principal building and Coach House)","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 7.5 m","b. Coach House – 7.5 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m (principal building and Coach House)","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 7.5 m","b. Coach House – 7.5 m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"7.5 m (principal building and Coach House)","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 7.5 m","b. Coach House – 7.5 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"7.5 m (principal building and Coach House)","quotes":["a. Principal Building – 7.5 m","b. Coach House – 7.5 m"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"Accessory building or structure: front 7.5 m, rear 1.0 m, interior side 1.0 m, exterior side 4.5 m; 1.5 m from the principal building","quotes":["c. Accessory Building or Structure – 7.5 m","c. Accessory Building or Structure – 1.0 m","c. Accessory Building or Structure – 4.5 m","Accessory Building or Structure (other","than Coach House) – 1.5 m"]},"other":{"value":["Agricultural Use, Farm Retail Sales and Breeding and Boarding Kennel follow the A1 zone setbacks and heights","Coach House only on a lot greater than 0.4 hectares","Coach House or Secondary Suite: one per lot, maximum floor area 90 m2 or 40% of the Single Detached Dwelling's Net Floor Area, whichever is less","Neither allowed where there is a Residential Care, Supported Housing or Boarding Use on the lot"],"quotes":["a. The Setback provisions of section 210.4",".3 A Coach House shall only be permitted on a Lot that is greater than 0.4","a. be limited to one such Use per Lot and to a maximum Floor Area of","90 m2 or 40% of the Net Floor Area of the Single Detached Dwelling to","b. not be operated where there is a Residential Care, Supported Housing"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Abbotsford Zoning Bylaw, 2014 (Bylaw No. 2400-2014), City's online consolidation","url":"https://laws.abbotsford.ca/civix/content/coa/coabylaws/z/zoning/?xsl=/templates/browse.xsl","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City publishes the bylaw as one PDF per section or zone in its Civix bylaw library (laws.abbotsford.ca); each zone below has its own source_url and its pdf_page is the page within that file. The text is described in the bylaw as an unofficial consolidation for convenience; no consolidation date is stated."},"source_url":"https://laws.abbotsford.ca/civix/document/id/coa/coabylaws/2014b2400320#page=1","place":{"path":"ca/bc/abbotsford","name":"Abbotsford","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/cr/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/cr.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/cr.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/index.json"}}