---
title: "AP-1 zone in Hope: Airpark"
place: Hope, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/hope
zone: AP-1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1324, 2012 (consolidated to March 20, 2025)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/hope/zoning/ap-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/hope/zoning/ap-1.json"
---

# AP-1 zone in Hope: Airpark

Land best suited for an airpark and services customarily associated with airports or aircraft, because of topography and close proximity to major transportation routes and built-up areas.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Land best suited for an airpark and services customarily associated with airports or aircraft, because of topography and close proximity to major transportation routes and built-up areas.
- **Main uses:** Agricultural use; Aircraft and helicopter sales, service, storage and rental; Airpark; airport related industrial and commercial uses; Convenience store; Heliport; Public market; Restaurant; Retail store; Sale of aircraft and helicopter fuel only; School for flying instruction or aviation related technical school; Terminal building and runway
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings or structures; Campground; Office accessory to the operation of any of the principal uses permitted in this zone; One family residence or mobile home (A convenience store is limited to 140 square metres (~1,506 square feet) and a restaurant to 95 square metres (1,022 square feet).)
- **Minimum lot area:** 560 square metres (~6,025 square feet) with community water and sewer; 2,000 square metres (~21,517 square feet) with only one of the two; 4,000 square metres (~43,034 square feet) with neither; no minimum where no sewage will be generated
- **Maximum lot coverage:** As limited by the Aeronautics Act
- **Maximum height:** As limited by the Aeronautics Act
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** As limited by the Aeronautics Act
- **Front setback:** 7.5 metres (~25 feet)
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 metres (~25 feet)
- **Interior side setback:** 7.5 metres (~25 feet)
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 metres (~25 feet)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 7.5 metres (~25 feet), rear 7.5 metres (~25 feet), interior side 7.5 metres (~25 feet), exterior side 7.5 metres (~25 feet)
- **Other rules:** Buildings must not penetrate the obstacle limitation surfaces set for the Hope Airpark by Transport Canada and NavCanada; All uses are subject to the Aeronautics Act and its regulations; Storage must be entirely enclosed within accessory buildings, except for parking serviceable aircraft

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1324, 2012 (consolidated to March 20, 2025), s. 13.3](https://hope.ca/uploads/dm/86919/Zoning_Bylaw_No._1324_2012_Consolidated_March_20_2025#page=103) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Hope: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/hope/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/hope/zoning/ap-1/_