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SRH zone in Abbotsford: Suburban Residential Hobby Farm Zone

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

In short

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

Zone rules

PurposeAccommodate 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 area0.4 ha
Minimum lot width25% of lot depth
Maximum lot coverage20%
Maximum densityNo maximum (n/a)
Maximum heightSingle Detached Dwelling: 9.5 m or three Storeys, whichever is less
Maximum height, accessory buildingsCoach House, accessory building or structure, or Hobby Farm Agricultural Building: 7.5 m or two Storeys, whichever is less
Front setback6.0 m (Single Detached Dwelling, Coach House, Hobby Farm Agricultural Building)
Rear setback7.5 m (Single Detached Dwelling, Coach House, Hobby Farm Agricultural Building)
Interior side setback1.8 m (Single Detached Dwelling and Coach House); 3.0 m for a Hobby Farm Agricultural Building
Street side setback4.5 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 setbacksAccessory 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 (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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