{"title":"RU zone in Greenwood: Rural","code":"RU","slug":"ru","name":"Rural","group":"Rural","section":"410","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Rural zone","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Rural zone","quotes":["Rural Zone"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Agricultural uses (excluding intensive agricultural uses)","Cemeteries","Resource uses","Kennels and animal shelters (no outside animal enclosures or runs)","Rodeo and gymkhana grounds","Single family dwellings","Mobile homes","Public service uses"],"quotes":["(1) Agricultural uses (excluding intensive agricultural uses);","(2) Cemeteries;","(3) Resource uses;","(4) Kennels and animal shelters provided they do not include any outside animal","(5) Rodeo and gymkhana grounds;","(6) Single family dwellings;","(7) Mobile homes;","(9) Public service uses;"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home occupations","Accessory buildings and structures"],"quotes":["(8) Home occupations;","(10) Accessory buildings and structures."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"16 hectares (40 acres)","quotes":["The minimum lot area shall be 16 hectares (40 acres)."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"5 percent of the gross lot area","quotes":["Buildings and structures together shall not cover more than 5 percent of the gross lot"]},"setback_front":{"value":"6 metres (20 feet)","quotes":["(a) 6 metres (20 feet) of a front lot line or exterior side lot line;"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"4 metres (13 feet)","quotes":["(b) 4 metres (13 feet) of a rear lot line or an interior side lot line."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"4 metres (13 feet)","quotes":["(b) 4 metres (13 feet) of a rear lot line or an interior side lot line."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"6 metres (20 feet)","quotes":["(a) 6 metres (20 feet) of a front lot line or exterior side lot line;"]},"other":{"value":["Animal troughs, manure storage and animal housing must be at least 20 metres (66 feet) from any lot line abutting residential, commercial or institutional zoning (does not apply to grazing fences)"],"quotes":["No drinking or feed trough, no manure storage area and no enclosure, structure","or building used for housing or keeping of animals, shall be located within 20","metres (66 feet) of any lot line which abuts property zoned residential,","(3) Section 410.5(1) shall not apply to fences located at or near to the lot lines which"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"City of Greenwood Zoning Bylaw No. 683, 1997 (the City posts the base bylaw; no consolidation found)","url":"https://media-002-ca.cdn.govstack.com/greenwoodcity-013-ca/media/kd3p3rea/zoning-bylaw-no-683-1997.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The text layer is real for the base bylaw, but the City's posted amending bylaws (Nos. 925 of 2018, 961 of 2020, 1049 of 2026 and a \"zoning amendment bylaw 9\") are scanned images with no text layer, so their changes are not in this text. The bylaw's zone map (Schedule A) is not in the posted PDF."},"source_url":"https://media-002-ca.cdn.govstack.com/greenwoodcity-013-ca/media/kd3p3rea/zoning-bylaw-no-683-1997.pdf#page=38","place":{"path":"ca/bc/greenwood","name":"Greenwood","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/greenwood/zoning/ru/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/greenwood/zoning/ru.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/greenwood/zoning/ru.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/greenwood/zoning/index.json"}}