AR1 zone in Merritt: Agricultural

Merritt, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

Conserve and preserve lands for agricultural use and production.

Zone rules

Purpose	Conserve and preserve lands for agricultural use and production.
Main uses	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)
Also allowed (secondary uses)	Accessory Building Bed and Breakfast Dwelling, Detached Secondary Home-based Business Mobile Retail Vendor Produce Stand Secondary Suite Short-Term Rental
Extra uses on specific lots	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
Minimum lot area	80,000 m² (inside the Agricultural Land Reserve); 10,000 m² (outside it)
Minimum lot width	40 metres
Maximum lot coverage	75%
Maximum density	1 Dwelling per Parcel; 1 detached secondary Dwelling per Parcel
Maximum height	Single Detached Dwelling or Mobile Home: lesser of 12 metres or 2.5 storeys; farm buildings: 14 metres
Maximum height, accessory buildings	Accessory Building: lesser of 12 metres or 2.5 storeys; Detached Secondary Dwelling: lesser of 10.5 metres or 2 storeys
Front setback	6 metres (houses, farm buildings, greenhouses); 25 metres (buildings sheltering livestock, furbearing animals or poultry)
Rear setback	9 metres (houses, farm buildings); 15 metres (livestock, furbearing animals or poultry buildings); 3 metres (Detached Secondary Dwelling, accessory buildings)
Interior side setback	3 metres; 10 metres for buildings sheltering livestock, furbearing animals or poultry
Street side setback	3 metres; 10 metres for buildings sheltering livestock, furbearing animals or poultry
Accessory building setbacks	front: Front Building Line; side 3 metres; rear 3 metres
Other rules	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

Source: Zoning Bylaw No. 2284, 2020 (consolidated to January 2026), s. 7.2 (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. 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. 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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