{"title":"RA zone in Highlands: Rural Assembly","code":"RA","slug":"ra","name":"Rural Assembly","group":"Rural","section":"7.9","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Assembly, Retreat facility that may prepare and/or provide food to registered guests, Retreat Accommodation, Caretaker’s Dwelling Unit.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Assembly","Retreat facility that may prepare and/or provide food to registered guests","Retreat Accommodation","Caretaker’s Dwelling Unit"],"quotes":["Assembly","Retreat facility that may prepare and/or provide food to registered guests","Retreat Accommodation","Caretaker’s Dwelling Unit"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Agriculture accessory to any principal use","Accessory uses, buildings and structures"],"quotes":["Agriculture accessory to any principal use","Accessory uses, buildings and structures"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"16.3 hectares (40.3 acres)","quotes":["(1) No subdivision plan may be approved unless lots created by the subdivision have a minimum","area of at least 16.3 hectares (40.3 acres)."]},"max_density":{"value":"One caretaker’s dwelling unit in total across all 4 Rural Assembly zoned areas; Retreat Accommodation across all 4 areas: up to 13 units in buildings, 20 camping spaces and 6 recreational vehicle spaces","quotes":["a. 13 units in buildings","b. 20 camping spaces and","c. 6 recreational vehicle spaces","(3) There shall be no more than one (1) caretaker’s dwelling unit within all 4 Rural Assembly"]},"max_height":{"value":"10.5 m (any building or structure)","quotes":["(1) The height of any building or structure shall not exceed 10.5 metres."]},"setback_front":{"value":"20 m","quotes":["(3) No building or structure shall be sited within 20 metres of a front lot line."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"10 m","quotes":["(6) No building or structure shall be sited within 10 metres of a rear lot line."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"10 m","quotes":["(4) No building or structure shall be sited within 10 metres of a side lot line."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"10 m","quotes":["(5) No building or structure shall be sited within 10 metres of a side lot line that abuts a highway."]},"other":{"value":["Total combined floor area of all buildings and structures within all 4 Rural Assembly zoned areas: maximum 842 m²","Caretaker’s dwelling unit: maximum floor area 60 m²"],"quotes":["(1) The total combined floor area of all buildings or structures within all 4 Rural Assembly zoned","areas shall not exceed 842 square metres.","(2) The total floor area for the caretaker’s dwelling unit shall not exceed 60 square metres."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 100, 1998 (consolidated to June 15, 2026, including Bylaw 484)","url":"https://www.highlands.ca/media/1622","accessed":"2026-11-08","note":"The District's consolidation is \"for convenience purpose only: It is not a certified copy\"."},"source_url":"https://www.highlands.ca/media/1622#page=57","place":{"path":"ca/bc/highlands","name":"Highlands","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/highlands/zoning/ra/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/highlands/zoning/ra.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/highlands/zoning/ra.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/highlands/zoning/index.json"}}