{"title":"A-4 zone in Maple Ridge: Intensive Greenhouse","code":"A-4","slug":"a-4","name":"Intensive Greenhouse","group":"Agricultural","section":"504","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Intensive cultivation of crops in greenhouse structures.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Intensive cultivation of crops in greenhouse structures.","quotes":["This Zone provides for intensive cultivation of crops in Greenhouse Structures."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Agricultural","Cannabis, Commercial Production","Single Detached Residential"],"quotes":["Agricultural","Cannabis, Commercial Production","Single Detached Residential"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Agricultural Employee Residential","Boarding","Detached Garden Suite Residential","Home Occupation","Produce Sales","Secondary Suite Residential","Short-Term Rental"],"quotes":["Agricultural Employee Residential","Boarding","Detached Garden Suite Residential","Home Occupation","Produce Sales","Secondary Suite Residential","Short-Term Rental"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1.8 hectares","quotes":["in Lot Area 1.8 hectares"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"48.0 metres","quotes":["in Lot Width 48.0 metres"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"60% for all buildings together (no limit if stormwater requirements are met); greenhouses 50% (no limit if stormwater control is shown to be adequate); houses 10%; 10% or 279.0 m² of floor area (whichever is less) for produce sales and other accessory buildings","quotes":["Accessory Structures together shall not exceed a Lot Coverage of 60%, except","Greenhouse Structures shall not exceed a Lot Coverage of 50%, except","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)","quotes":["Single Detached Residential Use shall not exceed 9.5 metres","shall not exceed 15.0 metres","Residential Use shall not exceed 7.0"]},"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); 15.0 metres (greenhouses); 30.0 metres (agricultural buildings); 60.0 metres (cannabis production)","quotes":["from a Front Lot Line 7.5 metres","from a Front Lot Line 15.0 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 (greenhouses and agricultural buildings); 30.0 metres (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); 7.5 metres (greenhouses); 15.0 metres (agricultural buildings); 30.0 metres (cannabis production)","quotes":["from an Interior Side Lot Line 1.5 metres","not less than 3.5","from an Interior Side Lot Line 7.5 metres","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); 7.5 metres (greenhouses); 30.0 metres (agricultural buildings); 60.0 metres (cannabis production)","quotes":["from an Exterior Side Lot Line 4.5 metres","from an Exterior Side Lot Line 7.5 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":["Greenhouses must be 30.0 m from wells","Cannabis commercial production is not permitted unless the lot is in the Agricultural Land Reserve"],"quotes":["from all wells 30.0 metres","from an Interior Side Lot Line 7.5 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=119","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-4/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/maple-ridge/zoning/a-4.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/maple-ridge/zoning/a-4.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/maple-ridge/zoning/index.json"}}