{"title":"AR1 zone in Merritt: Agricultural","code":"AR1","slug":"ar1","name":"Agricultural","group":"Agricultural","section":"7.2","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Conserve and preserve lands for agricultural use and production.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Conserve and preserve lands for agricultural use and production.","quotes":["This zone provides for the conservation and preservation of lands for agricultural use"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Agricultural Use","Animal Boarding","Dwelling, Single Detached","Greenhouse Agriculture","Mobile Home","Winery","Any other Use permitted by the Agricultural Land Commission (Provincial Agricultural Land Reserve properties)"],"quotes":["Agricultural Use;","Animal Boarding;","Dwelling, Single Detached;","Greenhouse Agriculture;","Mobile Home;","Winery;","For Provincial Agricultural Land Reserve properties, any other Use as permitted"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Building","Bed and Breakfast","Dwelling, Detached Secondary","Home-based Business","Mobile Retail Vendor","Produce Stand","Secondary Suite","Short-Term Rental"],"quotes":["Accessory Building;","Bed and Breakfast;","Dwelling, Detached Secondary;","Home-based Business;","Mobile Retail Vendor;","Produce Stand;","Secondary Suite;","Short-Term Rental;"]},"site_specific":{"value":["2675 Garcia Street (Parcel C, District Lot 124, Plan 773, PID 012-096-636): minimum parcel area is 1.95 hectares","SW 1/4 Sec. 25 TP 91 and NW 1/4 Sec. 24 TP 91: no buildings or Structures in the area at the eastern end of the airport runway shown on the bylaw map"],"quotes":["volume 16 Folio 284 No 5948D [PID: 012-096-636] (2675 Garcia Street) is 1.95","a. On SW ¼, Sec. 25, TP 91 and NW ¼, Sec. 24, TP 91 no buildings or Structures"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"80,000 m² (inside the Agricultural Land Reserve); 10,000 m² (outside it)","quotes":["ALR 80,000 m2 40 metres 50 metres","Outside ALR 10,000 m2 40 metres 50 metres"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"40 metres","quotes":["ALR 80,000 m2 40 metres 50 metres","Outside ALR 10,000 m2 40 metres 50 metres"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"75%","quotes":["management 75%"]},"max_density":{"value":"1 Dwelling per Parcel; 1 detached secondary Dwelling per Parcel","quotes":["1 Dwelling","per Parcel","1 detached"]},"max_height":{"value":"Single Detached Dwelling or Mobile Home: lesser of 12 metres or 2.5 storeys; farm buildings: 14 metres","quotes":["12 metres","or 2.5","14 metres"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"Accessory Building: lesser of 12 metres or 2.5 storeys; Detached Secondary Dwelling: lesser of 10.5 metres or 2 storeys","quotes":["12 metres","or 2.5","10.5","metres or 2"]},"setback_front":{"value":"6 metres (houses, farm buildings, greenhouses); 25 metres (buildings sheltering livestock, furbearing animals or poultry)","quotes":["6 metres 3 metres 3 metres 9 metres","25 metres 10 metres 10 metres 15 metres"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"9 metres (houses, farm buildings); 15 metres (livestock, furbearing animals or poultry buildings); 3 metres (Detached Secondary Dwelling, accessory buildings)","quotes":["6 metres 3 metres 3 metres 9 metres","25 metres 10 metres 10 metres 15 metres","6 metres 3 metres 3 metres 3 metres"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3 metres; 10 metres for buildings sheltering livestock, furbearing animals or poultry","quotes":["6 metres 3 metres 3 metres 9 metres","25 metres 10 metres 10 metres 15 metres"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3 metres; 10 metres for buildings sheltering livestock, furbearing animals or poultry","quotes":["6 metres 3 metres 3 metres 9 metres","25 metres 10 metres 10 metres 15 metres"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front: Front Building Line; side 3 metres; rear 3 metres","quotes":["N/A Building 3 metres 3 metres 3 metres","Line"]},"other":{"value":["Minimum separation between buildings on a Parcel is 3 metres (12 metres between livestock, furbearing animal or poultry buildings and residential buildings)","Parcels in the Agricultural Land Reserve must also meet Agricultural Land Commission requirements"],"quotes":["Minimum building separation on a Parcel is 3 metres, except in the case of","buildings used to shelter livestock, furbearing animals or poultry which is 12","Provincial Agricultural Land Reserve must conform to the requirements of the"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 2284, 2020 (consolidated to January 2026)","url":"http://www.merritt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2284_Zoning-Bylaw_2026.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City's consolidation does not have legal force; contact City Hall to confirm the status of the bylaw. Section 7.27 (Comprehensive Development framework) sets rules for creating CD zones and is not itself a zone. Sections 7.5 and 7.9 are deleted."},"source_url":"http://www.merritt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2284_Zoning-Bylaw_2026.pdf#page=89","place":{"path":"ca/bc/merritt","name":"Merritt","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/zoning/ar1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/zoning/ar1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/zoning/ar1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/zoning/index.json"}}