---
title: "AR zone in Chilliwack: Agricultural Residential"
place: Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/chilliwack
zone: AR
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw 2020, No. 5000 (City's consolidated copy, includes amendments through Bylaw 2026, No. 5592, October 20, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/chilliwack/zoning/ar/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/chilliwack/zoning/ar.json"
---

# AR zone in Chilliwack: Agricultural Residential

Main uses: Conditional Agriculture, General Agriculture, Manufactured Home, Restricted Agriculture, Single Detached Dwelling.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Conditional Agriculture; General Agriculture; Manufactured Home; Restricted Agriculture; Single Detached Dwelling
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Dwelling Unit; Accessory Home Occupation; Boarding; Cottage Industry; Farm Retail Sales; Rural Ancillary Uses; Supportive Recovery Home
- **Minimum lot area:** 0.2 ha (served by a community water system); 1 ha (all other uses)
- **Minimum lot width:** 25 m (minimum lot depth 50 m)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** Farm home plate: 4000 m² (principal single detached dwelling or manufactured home), 1000 m² (additional residential use); 230 m² for rural ancillary use or detached accessory dwelling unit, of which no more than 150 m² may be the detached accessory dwelling unit; animal enclosure 100 m²
- **Maximum density:** 1 structure for principal residential use per lot
- **Maximum height:** 10 m (residential use); no limit for agricultural buildings
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 6.5 m (detached accessory dwelling unit); 6 m (rural ancillary use); 3 m (roadside stand)
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 2 m
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** detached accessory dwelling unit: front 7.5 m, rear 3 m, interior side 3 m, exterior side 7.5 m; rural ancillary use: front 7.5 m, rear 3 m, interior side 2 m, exterior side 7.5 m; other agricultural buildings: front 7.5 m, rear 7.5 m, interior side 3 m, exterior side 7.5 m
- **Other rules:** Accessory dwelling units are limited to secondary suite, coach house, garden suite, manufactured home or park model trailer; Dwellings must be within 70 m of the front or exterior side lot line (farm home plate within 80 m), or within 50 m of the rear lot line (farm home plate within 60 m) if the driveway is next to a lot line; Farm home plate requirements do not apply to lots under 0.8 ha (2 acres); General agriculture is limited to lots within the Agricultural Land Reserve

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw 2020, No. 5000 (City's consolidated copy, includes amendments through Bylaw 2026, No. 5592, October 20, 2026), s. 6.04](https://www.chilliwack.com/main/attachments/attachView.cfm?attachID=6624#page=86) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Chilliwack: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/chilliwack/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/chilliwack/zoning/ar/_