---
title: "RR3 zone in Fort St James: Rural Residential Large Holding"
place: Fort St James, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/fort-st-james
zone: RR3
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1101, 2025
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/zoning/rr3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/zoning/rr3.json"
---

# RR3 zone in Fort St James: Rural Residential Large Holding

Large-lot rural residential development including agricultural use, with adequate water supply and sewage disposal built to Provincial regulations.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Large-lot rural residential development including agricultural use, with adequate water supply and sewage disposal built to Provincial regulations.
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Residential use – secondary suite; Residential use – garden suite (maximum floor area of 37 square metres); Accessory buildings and uses
- **Minimum lot area:** 100,000 m² (10 hectares)
- **Minimum lot width:** 90 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 10%
- **Maximum density:** Two dwelling units per lot (one is the principal dwelling)
- **Maximum height:** 15 m or three storeys, whichever is less
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 7.5 m on each side
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Not in the required front yard; not within 1 m of a side or rear lot line
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1101, 2025, s. 4.8](https://www.fortstjames.ca/sites/default/files/2026-03/1101%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20-%20Signed.pdf#page=37) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Fort St James: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/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/fort-st-james/zoning/rr3/_