{"title":"AR1 zone in Nanaimo: Rural Resource","code":"AR1","slug":"ar1","name":"Rural Resource","group":"Rural","section":"Part 8","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Agriculture and rural uses on larger lots without urban services.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Agriculture and rural uses on larger lots without urban services.","quotes":["This zone provides agriculture and rural uses on larger lots without urban"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Agriculture","Animal Shelter","Animal Training","Boarding Kennels","Campgrounds","Golf Course","Horse Stable","Mobile Home","Pet Daycare","Single Residential Dwelling"],"quotes":["AR1 AR2","Agriculture P P","Animal Shelter P P","Animal Training P P","Boarding Kennels P --","Campgrounds P --","Golf Course P --","Horse Stable P P","Mobile Home P P","Pet Daycare P P","Single Residential P P"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Boarding and Lodging","Convenience Store","Daycare","Home Based Business","Office","Restaurant","Secondary Suite","Short-Term Rental"],"quotes":["AR1 AR2","Boarding and A A","Convenience A --","Daycare A A","Home Based A A","Office A --","Restaurant A --","Secondary Suite A A","Short-Term A A"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"2 hectares; 2 hectares also applies where the lot has no community water system","quotes":["AR1 2 hectare 15m 45m","system the minimum lot area shall be 2 hectares.","8.4.2 Notwithstanding Subsection 8.4.1, where the lot is not serviced by a community water"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15 m","quotes":["AR1 2 hectare 15m 45m","Zone Minimum Lot Size Minimum Lot Frontage Minimum Lot Depth"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"20% of the lot area, excluding farm buildings","quotes":["8.6.1 The maximum lot coverage, excluding farm buildings, shall not exceed 20% of the lot area."]},"max_density":{"value":"One single dwelling or mobile home; one additional dwelling unit where the lot is over 0.4 hectares; campgrounds up to 30 camping spaces per hectare","quotes":["AR1 One single dwelling or mobile home.","One additional dwelling unit may be","permitted where the lot area is greater","than 0.4 hectares.","No more than 30 camping spaces per hectare of land."]},"max_height":{"value":"9 m (not including farm buildings)","quotes":["8.6.2 The height of a principal building, not including farm buildings, shall not exceed 9m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["and 7.5m 3m 4.5m 7.5m","Zone Front Yard Side Yard Flanking Side Rear Yard"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["and 7.5m 3m 4.5m 7.5m","Zone Front Yard Side Yard Flanking Side Rear Yard"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3 m","quotes":["and 7.5m 3m 4.5m 7.5m","Zone Front Yard Side Yard Flanking Side Rear Yard"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["and 7.5m 3m 4.5m 7.5m","Zone Front Yard Side Yard Flanking Side Rear Yard"]},"other":{"value":["Buildings, cages, runs or pens for keeping animals, troughs and manure piles must be at least 15 m from all lot lines; mushroom growing, boarding kennels, animal training, bee, swine or mink keeping at least 30 m","Roadside stands for agricultural products grown on the lot: up to 30 m² Gross Floor Area","Campgrounds: all yard setbacks are 7.5 m"],"quotes":["used for the keeping of animals, drinking or feeding troughs or manure piles shall not be","located less than 15m from all lot lines. Mushroom growing, boarding kennels, animal training","or bee, swine, or mink keeping uses shall be setback at least 30m from all lot lines.","Roadside stands for agriculture or horticulture products grown on","Area of 30m2.","8.5.4 Notwithstanding Subsection 8.5.1., where the lot is used as a campground, all yard setbacks","shall be 7.5m."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 (consolidated 2026-MAR-23)","url":"https://www.nanaimo.ca/bylaws/ViewBylaw/4500.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The bylaw is organised by part (one part per zone family, with shared use and regulation tables), so zone line ranges cover the whole part. CD3 is deleted in the bylaw. Zones R1a and R1b are subzones of R1 (R1 / R1a / R1b)."},"source_url":"https://www.nanaimo.ca/bylaws/ViewBylaw/4500.pdf#page=81","place":{"path":"ca/bc/nanaimo","name":"Nanaimo","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/ar1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/ar1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/ar1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/index.json"}}