C.R. zone in Lumby: Country Residential

Lumby, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-08

In short

Main uses: Accessory employee residential use, Accessory produce and fruit sales, Accessory buildings and structures, Assembly and civic use, Boarding, lodging, or rooming houses, and 7 more.

Zone rules

Main uses	Accessory employee residential use Accessory produce and fruit sales Accessory buildings and structures Assembly and civic use Boarding, lodging, or rooming houses Community Care Facilities Fruit and produce pickers' cabins Intensive agricultural use Limited agricultural use Manufactured homes Single family dwellings Two family dwellings
Also allowed (secondary uses)	Secondary suites Home Occupations Secondary detached dwellings
Minimum lot area	2 ha
Minimum lot width	45 m
Maximum lot coverage	30% of the lot, and 40% with driveways and parking areas (10% for feed lot and piggery use); up to 50% with permeable surfaces
Maximum density	One single family dwelling (which may contain a secondary suite), or one single family dwelling and one secondary detached dwelling, or one manufactured home and one secondary detached dwelling, or one two family dwelling; plus one accessory produce and fruit sales building
Maximum height	Residential, assembly and civic use: 10 m; agricultural use: 20 m
Maximum height, accessory buildings	8 m for accessory residential use
Front setback	30 m for limited agricultural use; 60 m for intensive agricultural use, feed lots and piggeries; 200 m for intensive agricultural use (not feed lots or piggeries) adjacent to an existing Residential zone; 400 m for feed lots and piggeries adjacent to an existing Residential zone; 12 m for all other uses
Rear setback	8 m for all other uses; 30 m for limited agricultural use keeping animals adjacent to an existing Residential zone; 60 m for intensive agricultural use, feed lots and piggeries; 200 m for intensive agricultural use (not feed lots or piggeries) adjacent to an existing Residential zone; 400 m for feed lots and piggeries adjacent to an existing Residential zone
Interior side setback	3 m for all other uses; 30 m for limited agricultural use keeping animals adjacent to an existing Residential zone; 60 m for intensive agricultural use, feed lots and piggeries; 200 m for intensive agricultural use (not feed lots or piggeries) adjacent to an existing Residential zone; 400 m for feed lots and piggeries adjacent to an existing Residential zone
Street side setback	30 m for limited agricultural use; 60 m for intensive agricultural use, feed lots and piggeries; 200 m for intensive agricultural use (not feed lots or piggeries) adjacent to an existing Residential zone; 400 m for feed lots and piggeries adjacent to an existing Residential zone; 12 m for all other uses
Other rules	Intensive agricultural use not permitted on lots smaller than 0.8094 ha and only on land within the Agricultural Land Reserve Accessory employee residential use and fruit and produce pickers' cabins not permitted on lots under 4 ha (pickers' cabins up to 25 m², not to be rented) Accessory produce and fruit sales may only sell produce and fruit grown on the same parcel Feed lots and piggeries not within 100 m of a residential dwelling on another lot

Source: Zoning Bylaw No. 750, 2012 (consolidated with amendments for convenience only, through Bylaw No. 897, 2024), s. 1302 (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. Consolidated for convenience only. Zone R.7 appears in the bylaw body but is missing from the zone list in s. 103. 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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