RR3 zone in Fort St James: Rural Residential Large Holding

Fort St James, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-08

In short

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 (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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. 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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