{"title":"SRH zone in Abbotsford: Suburban Residential Hobby Farm Zone","code":"SRH","slug":"srh","name":"Suburban Residential Hobby Farm Zone","group":"Rural","section":"335","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Accommodate Single Detached Dwellings on suburban lots with small scale hobby farming.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Accommodate Single Detached Dwellings on suburban lots with small scale hobby farming.","quotes":["Intent: To accommodate Single Detached Dwellings on suburban","Lots with small scale hobby farming."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Residential Care","Single Detached Dwelling"],"quotes":[".1 Residential Care",".2 Single Detached Dwelling"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Produce Sales","Short-Term Rental Accommodation","Boarding","Coach House","Hobby Farm Agriculture","Home Occupation Level 3","Secondary Suite"],"quotes":[".4 Accessory Produce Sales",".5 Short-Term Rental Accommodation",".6 Boarding",".7 Coach House",".8 Hobby Farm Agriculture",".9 Home Occupation Level 3",".10 Secondary Suite"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"0.4 ha","quotes":[".1 Lot Size (minimum) a. 0.4 ha"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"25% of lot depth","quotes":[".2 Lot Width (minimum) a. 25% of Lot Depth"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"20%","quotes":["a. 20%"]},"max_density":{"value":"No maximum (n/a)","quotes":[".1 Density (maximum) a. n/a"]},"max_height":{"value":"Single Detached Dwelling: 9.5 m or three Storeys, whichever is less","quotes":["a. Single Detached Dwelling – 9.5 m or","three Storeys, whichever is less"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"Coach House, accessory building or structure, or Hobby Farm Agricultural Building: 7.5 m or two Storeys, whichever is less","quotes":["b. Coach House, Accessory Building or","Structure, or Hobby Farm Agricultural","Building – 7.5 m or two Storeys,"]},"setback_front":{"value":"6.0 m (Single Detached Dwelling, Coach House, Hobby Farm Agricultural Building)","quotes":["a. Single Detached Dwelling – 6.0 m","b. Coach House – 6.0 m","d. Hobby Farm Agricultural Building – 6.0 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m (Single Detached Dwelling, Coach House, Hobby Farm Agricultural Building)","quotes":["a. Single Detached Dwelling – 7.5 m","b. Coach House – 7.5 m","d. Hobby Farm Agricultural Building – 7.5 m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.8 m (Single Detached Dwelling and Coach House); 3.0 m for a Hobby Farm Agricultural Building","quotes":["a. Single Detached Dwelling – 1.8 m","b. Coach House – 1.8 m","d. Hobby Farm Agricultural Building – 3.0 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m (Single Detached Dwelling, Coach House, Hobby Farm Agricultural Building); garage with driveway access across the exterior side lot line 6.0 m","quotes":["a. Single Detached Dwelling – 4.5 m","b. Coach House – 4.5 m","e. Hobby Farm Agricultural Building – 4.5 m","Exterior Side Lot Line – 6.0 m"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"Accessory building or structure: front 6.0 m, rear 1.0 m, interior side 1.0 m, exterior side 4.5 m","quotes":["c. Accessory Building or Structure – 6.0 m","c. Accessory Building or Structure – 1.0 m","c. Accessory Building or Structure – 4.5 m"]},"other":{"value":["Hobby Farm Agricultural Buildings must be 30 m from wells","Coach House only on a lot greater than 0.4 hectares (and ALC approval if in the ALR)","Coach House or Secondary Suite: one per lot, maximum floor area 90m² or 40% of the Single Detached Dwelling's Net Floor Area, whichever is less","Hobby farming may not include roosters and animals must be confined"],"quotes":["Agricultural Building and wells","a. On a Lot that is greater than 0.4 hectares in area; and","a. Be limited to one such use per Lot and to a maximum Floor Area of","90m² or 40% of the Net Floor Area of the Single Detached Dwelling to","a. Not include the keeping of roosters (limited to chicken hens); and"]}},"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/2014b2400335#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/srh/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/srh.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/srh.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/index.json"}}