---
title: "SRH zone in Abbotsford: Suburban Residential Hobby Farm Zone"
place: Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/abbotsford
zone: SRH
bylaw: Abbotsford Zoning Bylaw, 2014 (Bylaw No. 2400-2014), City's online consolidation
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/srh/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/srh.json"
---

# SRH zone in Abbotsford: Suburban Residential Hobby Farm Zone

Accommodate Single Detached Dwellings on suburban lots with small scale hobby farming.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Accommodate Single Detached Dwellings on suburban lots with small scale hobby farming.
- **Main uses:** Residential Care; Single Detached Dwelling
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Produce Sales; Short-Term Rental Accommodation; Boarding; Coach House; Hobby Farm Agriculture; Home Occupation Level 3; Secondary Suite
- **Minimum lot area:** 0.4 ha
- **Minimum lot width:** 25% of lot depth
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 20%
- **Maximum density:** No maximum (n/a)
- **Maximum height:** Single Detached Dwelling: 9.5 m or three Storeys, whichever is less
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** Coach House, accessory building or structure, or Hobby Farm Agricultural Building: 7.5 m or two Storeys, whichever is less
- **Front setback:** 6.0 m (Single Detached Dwelling, Coach House, Hobby Farm Agricultural Building)
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m (Single Detached Dwelling, Coach House, Hobby Farm Agricultural Building)
- **Interior side setback:** 1.8 m (Single Detached Dwelling and Coach House); 3.0 m for a Hobby Farm Agricultural Building
- **Street side setback:** 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
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Accessory building or structure: front 6.0 m, rear 1.0 m, interior side 1.0 m, exterior side 4.5 m
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Abbotsford Zoning Bylaw, 2014 (Bylaw No. 2400-2014), City's online consolidation, s. 335](https://laws.abbotsford.ca/civix/document/id/coa/coabylaws/2014b2400335#page=1) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Abbotsford: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/srh/_