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A-4 zone in Maple Ridge: Intensive Greenhouse

Maple Ridge, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

Intensive cultivation of crops in greenhouse structures.

Zone rules

PurposeIntensive cultivation of crops in greenhouse structures.
Main uses
  • Agricultural
  • Cannabis, Commercial Production
  • Single Detached Residential
Also allowed (secondary uses)
  • Agricultural Employee Residential
  • Boarding
  • Detached Garden Suite Residential
  • Home Occupation
  • Produce Sales
  • Secondary Suite Residential
  • Short-Term Rental
Minimum lot area1.8 hectares
Minimum lot width48.0 metres
Maximum lot coverage60% 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
Maximum densityOne house and one produce sales building per lot
Maximum height9.5 metres (house); 15.0 metres (agricultural and cannabis production buildings); 7.0 metres (agricultural employee residential)
Maximum height, accessory buildings6.0 metres
Front setback7.5 metres (house); 15.0 metres (greenhouses); 30.0 metres (agricultural buildings); 60.0 metres (cannabis production)
Rear setback7.5 metres (house); 15.0 metres (greenhouses and agricultural buildings); 30.0 metres (cannabis production)
Interior side setback1.5 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)
Street side setback4.5 metres (house); 7.5 metres (greenhouses); 30.0 metres (agricultural buildings); 60.0 metres (cannabis production)
Accessory building setbacksfront 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
  • Greenhouses must be 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. 504 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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. 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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