---
title: "S.H. zone in Lumby: Small Holding"
place: Lumby, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/lumby
zone: S.H.
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 750, 2012 (consolidated with amendments for convenience only, through Bylaw No. 897, 2024)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lumby/zoning/s-h/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lumby/zoning/s-h.json"
---

# S.H. zone in Lumby: Small Holding

Main uses: Accessory buildings and structures, Restricted agricultural use, Community Care Facilities, Boarding, lodging, or rooming houses, Single family dwellings.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Accessory buildings and structures; Restricted agricultural use; Community Care Facilities; Boarding, lodging, or rooming houses; Single family dwellings
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Secondary suites; Home Occupations; Secondary detached dwellings
- **Minimum lot area:** 1 ha
- **Minimum lot width:** 45 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 30% of the lot, and 40% with driveways and parking areas; 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; two accessory residential buildings; two restricted agricultural buildings
- **Maximum height:** Residential use: 8 m; restricted agricultural use: 10 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5 m for accessory residential use
- **Front setback:** 8 m
- **Rear setback:** 8 m; 30 m for buildings used for keeping animals where the use abuts a Residential Zone
- **Interior side setback:** 3 m; 30 m for buildings used for keeping animals where the use abuts a Residential zone
- **Street side setback:** 5 m
- **Other rules:** Restricted agricultural use not permitted on lots smaller than 1 ha, and only three horses per 1 ha; Buildings must be at least 3 m from any other building; restricted agricultural buildings keeping animals must be 30 m from any residential building on another lot; Boarding, lodging or rooming house: up to four boarders, plus one more for each 45 m² of lot area over 1100 m²; Single family dwelling floor area at least 85 m² (the bylaw prints the unit as m)

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 750, 2012 (consolidated with amendments for convenience only, through Bylaw No. 897, 2024), s. 1301](https://lumby.civicweb.net/document/7189#page=107) (read 2026-11-08)

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