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title: "A-2 zone in Maple Ridge: Upland Agricultural"
place: Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/maple-ridge
zone: A-2
bylaw: Maple Ridge Zoning Bylaw No. 7600-2019 (consolidated to July 28, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/maple-ridge/zoning/a-2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/maple-ridge/zoning/a-2.json"
---

# A-2 zone in Maple Ridge: Upland Agricultural

Agricultural and forest resource uses on lots of at least 4.0 hectares.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Agricultural and forest resource uses on lots of at least 4.0 hectares.
- **Main uses:** Agricultural; Cannabis, Commercial Production; Forest Resource; Single Detached Residential; Outdoor Commercial Recreation (outdoor paintball and laser tag, on two listed parcels only)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Agricultural Employee Residential; Boarding; Campground; Commercial Kennel; Detached Garden Suite Residential; Home Occupation; Produce Sales; Rental Stable; Secondary Suite Residential; Short-Term Rental
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Outdoor Commercial Recreation (outdoor paintball and laser tag): 25927 128 Avenue; 25801 128 Avenue
- **Minimum lot area:** 4.0 hectares
- **Minimum lot width:** 75.0 metres
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 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
- **Maximum density:** One house and one produce sales building per lot
- **Maximum height:** 9.5 metres (house); 15.0 metres (agricultural and cannabis production buildings); 7.0 metres (agricultural employee residential); 4.5 metres (commercial kennel)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 6.0 metres
- **Front setback:** 7.5 metres (house); 30.0 metres (agricultural and forest resource buildings); 60.0 metres (mushroom, swine or poultry buildings and cannabis production)
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 metres (house); 15.0 metres (agricultural and forest resource buildings); 30.0 metres (mushroom, swine or poultry buildings and cannabis production)
- **Interior side setback:** 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)
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 metres (house); 30.0 metres (agricultural and forest resource buildings); 60.0 metres (mushroom, swine or poultry buildings and cannabis production)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** 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)
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Maple Ridge Zoning Bylaw No. 7600-2019 (consolidated to July 28, 2026), s. 502](https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/zoning-bylaw-7600-2019#page=111) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Maple Ridge: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/maple-ridge/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/maple-ridge/zoning/a-2/_