CR zone in Abbotsford: Country Residential Zone

Abbotsford, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

Accommodate Single Detached Dwellings and Agricultural Uses on large lots.

Zone rules

Purpose	Accommodate Single Detached Dwellings and Agricultural Uses on large lots.
Main uses	Agricultural Use Residential Care Single Detached Dwelling Supported Housing
Also allowed (secondary uses)	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
Minimum lot area	2.0 ha (lots created by subdivision)
Minimum lot width	25% of lot depth
Maximum lot coverage	15%
Maximum density	No maximum (n/a)
Maximum height	Principal building: 9.5 m or three Storeys, whichever is less (agricultural use, farm retail sales and kennels follow the A1 zone)
Maximum height, accessory buildings	Coach House or accessory building or structure: 7.5 m or two Storeys, whichever is less
Front setback	7.5 m (principal building and Coach House)
Rear setback	7.5 m (principal building and Coach House)
Interior side setback	7.5 m (principal building and Coach House)
Street side setback	7.5 m (principal building and Coach House)
Accessory building setbacks	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
Other rules	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

Source: Abbotsford Zoning Bylaw, 2014 (Bylaw No. 2400-2014), City's online consolidation, s. 320 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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