{"title":"RR3 zone in Fort St James: Rural Residential Large Holding","code":"RR3","slug":"rr3","name":"Rural Residential Large Holding","group":"Rural","section":"4.8","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Large-lot rural residential development including agricultural use, with adequate water supply and sewage disposal built to Provincial regulations.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Large-lot rural residential development including agricultural use, with adequate water supply and sewage disposal built to Provincial regulations.","quotes":["The intent of the RR3 zoning district is to accommodate the demand for large-lot rural residential"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Residential use – single-detached dwelling","Residential use – mobile home","Residential use – duplex","Agricultural use (excluding feed lots and fur farming)","Animal hospital or kennel","Bed and breakfast accommodations","Boarding, lodging or rooming houses","Campground","Civic use","Day care centre","Extracting of raw material from the land, including the cutting or crushing of material","Home occupation","Outdoor recreation","Peat extraction","Riding academy","Sale of produce grown on the premises provided the sales area does not exceed 50","Storage of equipment and vehicles used for personal business and accessory shops for","Forestry, logging, prefabrication of log or timber structures, portable sawmill, portable wood manufacturing plants and lumber kilns with a floor area less than 45 square metres"],"quotes":["Residential use – single-detached dwelling","Residential use – mobile home","Residential use – duplex","Agricultural use (excluding feed lots and fur farming)","Animal hospital or kennel","Bed and breakfast accommodations","Boarding, lodging or rooming houses","Campground","Civic use","Day care centre","Extracting of raw material from the land, including the cutting or crushing of material","Home occupation","Outdoor recreation","Peat extraction","Riding academy","Sale of produce grown on the premises provided the sales area does not exceed 50","Storage of equipment and vehicles used for personal business and accessory shops for","Forestry, logging, prefabrication of log or timber structures, portable sawmill, portable"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Residential use – secondary suite","Residential use – garden suite (maximum floor area of 37 square metres)","Accessory buildings and uses"],"quotes":["Residential use – secondary suite","Residential use – garden suite (maximum floor area of 37 square metres)","Accessory buildings and uses"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"100,000 m² (10 hectares)","quotes":["Minimum lot area is 100,000 square metres (10 hectares) and minimum frontage is 90 metres."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"90 m","quotes":["Minimum lot area is 100,000 square metres (10 hectares) and minimum frontage is 90 metres."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"10%","quotes":["Maximum lot coverage is 10%."]},"max_density":{"value":"Two dwelling units per lot (one is the principal dwelling)","quotes":["Maximum of two dwelling units (where one is the principal dwelling) per lot."]},"max_height":{"value":"15 m or three storeys, whichever is less","quotes":["Maximum height of the principal building is 15 metres or three storeys, whichever is less."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["A front yard shall not be less than 7.5 metres in depth from the principal building."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["A rear yard shall not be less than 7.5 metres in depth from the principal building."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"7.5 m on each side","quotes":["A side yard shall not be less than 7.5 metres on each side of the principal building."]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"Not in the required front yard; not within 1 m of a side or rear lot line","quotes":["• In the required front yard;","• Within 1 metre of a side or rear lot line."]},"other":{"value":["Agricultural buildings must be at least 25 m from any property line and 10 m from any dwelling","Portable wood manufacturing plants are not allowed within 50 metres of any lot boundary"],"quotes":["must be located not less than 25 metres from any property line and not less than","10 metres from any dwelling.","Portable wood manufacturing plants are not allowed within 50 metres of any lot boundary"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 1101, 2025","url":"https://www.fortstjames.ca/sites/default/files/2026-03/1101%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20-%20Signed.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-08","note":"The District's page posts the signed bylaw PDF; Schedule A-1 (the zoning districts map) is an image page in the PDF. No consolidation date is stated."},"source_url":"https://www.fortstjames.ca/sites/default/files/2026-03/1101%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20-%20Signed.pdf#page=37","place":{"path":"ca/bc/fort-st-james","name":"Fort St James","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/zoning/rr3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/zoning/rr3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/zoning/rr3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/zoning/index.json"}}