{"title":"A-1 zone in Maple Ridge: Small Holding Agricultural","code":"A-1","slug":"a-1","name":"Small Holding Agricultural","group":"Agricultural","section":"501","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Agricultural and forest resource uses on lots of at least 2.0 hectares.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Agricultural and forest resource uses on lots of at least 2.0 hectares.","quotes":["Agricultural and Forest Resource Uses on Lots with a","minimum area of 2.0 hectares."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Agricultural","Cannabis, Commercial Production","Forest Resource","Single Detached Residential"],"quotes":["Agricultural","Cannabis, Commercial Production","Forest Resource","Single Detached Residential"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Agricultural Employee Residential","Boarding","Campground","Commercial Kennel","Detached Garden Suite Residential","Home Occupation","Produce Sales","Rental Stable","Secondary Suite Residential","Short-Term Rental"],"quotes":["Agricultural Employee Residential","Boarding","Campground","Commercial Kennel","Detached Garden Suite Residential","Home Occupation","Produce Sales","Rental Stable","Secondary Suite Residential","Short-Term Rental"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Animal Shelter: Lot 46 Section 9 Township 15 New Westminster District 51873 (10950 248 Street)"],"quotes":["an Animal Shelter use is permitted on the","Lot 46 Section 9 Township 15 New Westminster District 51873"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"2.0 hectares","quotes":["in Lot Area 2.0 hectares"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"60.0 metres","quotes":["in Lot Width 60.0 metres"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"60% for all buildings together; 20% for agricultural or forest resource buildings; 50% for greenhouses; 10% for houses; 10% or 279.0 m² of floor area (whichever is less) for produce sales and other accessory buildings","quotes":["shall not exceed a Lot Coverage of 60%.","shall not exceed a Lot Coverage of 20%","Lot Coverage of 50%.","Lot Coverage of 10%.","Lot Coverage of 10% or 279.0 square"]},"max_density":{"value":"One house and one produce sales building per lot","quotes":["for Single Detached Residential Use shall be limited to one per Lot","for Produce Sales Use shall be limited to one per Lot"]},"max_height":{"value":"9.5 metres (house); 15.0 metres (agricultural and cannabis production buildings); 7.0 metres (agricultural employee residential); 4.5 metres (commercial kennel)","quotes":["Single Detached Residential Use shall not exceed 9.5 metres","shall not exceed 15.0 metres","Residential Use shall not exceed 7.0","Use shall not exceed 4.5 metres"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"6.0 metres","quotes":["Accessory Buildings and Accessory Structures shall not exceed","6.0 metres."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 metres (house); 30.0 metres (agricultural and forest resource buildings); 60.0 metres (mushroom, swine or poultry buildings and cannabis production)","quotes":["from a Front Lot Line 7.5 metres","from a Front Lot Line 30.0 metres","from a Front Lot Line 60.0 metres"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 metres (house); 15.0 metres (agricultural and forest resource buildings); 30.0 metres (mushroom, swine or poultry buildings and cannabis production)","quotes":["from a Rear Lot Line 7.5 metres","from a Rear Lot Line 15.0 metres","from a Rear Lot Line 30.0 metres"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.5 metres, and the two interior side setbacks together at least 3.5 metres (house); 15.0 metres (agricultural and forest resource buildings); 30.0 metres (mushroom, swine or poultry buildings and cannabis production)","quotes":["from an Interior Side Lot Line 1.5 metres","not less than 3.5","from an Interior Side Lot Line 15.0 metres","from an Interior Side Lot Line 30.0 metres"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 metres (house); 30.0 metres (agricultural and forest resource buildings); 60.0 metres (mushroom, swine or poultry buildings and cannabis production)","quotes":["from an Exterior Side Lot Line 4.5 metres","from an Exterior Side Lot Line 30.0 metres","from an Exterior Side Lot Line 60.0 metres"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front 7.5 m, rear 7.5 m, interior side 1.5 m, exterior side 4.5 m, and 3.0 m from the face of a residential building (agricultural employee residential, produce sales and other accessory uses)","quotes":["Produce Sales, and all other Accessory Uses","from a Front Lot Line 7.5 metres","from an Interior Side Lot Line 1.5 metres","Residential Use (Bylaw 7749-2021) 3.0 metres","from an Exterior Side Lot Line 4.5 metres"]},"other":{"value":["Greenhouse buildings: 15.0 m front and rear, 7.5 m sides, 30.0 m from wells","Cannabis commercial production is not permitted unless the lot is in the Agricultural Land Reserve"],"quotes":["for Greenhouse Use shall be","from a Front Lot Line 15.0 metres","from an Interior Side Lot Line 7.5 metres","from all wells 30.0 metres","Cannabis, Commercial Production Use shall not be permitted unless the Lot is"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Maple Ridge Zoning Bylaw No. 7600-2019 (consolidated to July 28, 2026)","url":"https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/zoning-bylaw-7600-2019","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"Consolidated PDF with a list of amending bylaws at the end. Residential sections 601 to 604 and 615 are deleted by Bylaw 8104-2026; CD sections 1037, 1038, 1043, 1044 and 1046 to 1049 are held for future zones (no text). Zone section numbers are the bylaw's 3 to 4 digit section numbers. The City's map still carries old Bylaw 3510 zones (R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, RT-1) on some lots, which are not part of Bylaw 7600."},"source_url":"https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/zoning-bylaw-7600-2019#page=107","place":{"path":"ca/bc/maple-ridge","name":"Maple Ridge","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/maple-ridge/zoning/a-1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/maple-ridge/zoning/a-1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/maple-ridge/zoning/a-1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/maple-ridge/zoning/index.json"}}