{"title":"A6 zone in North Cowichan: Rural Market","code":"A6","slug":"a6","name":"Rural Market","group":"Rural","section":"55.1","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Agriculture, Agricultural Storage, Food and beverage processing, Food truck, Greenhouse, and 1 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Agriculture","Agricultural Storage","Food and beverage processing","Food truck","Greenhouse","Market Community Space"],"quotes":["Agriculture","Agricultural Storage","Food and beverage processing","Food truck","Greenhouse","Market Community Space"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"2 hectares (4.94 acres)","quotes":["The minimum permitted lot size for the A6 zone is 2 hectares (4.94 acres)."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"75.0 m (246.06')","quotes":["The minimum permitted frontage for the A6 zone is 75.0 m (246.06')."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"10% of the lot area","quotes":["The maximum permitted lot coverage for the A6 zone is 10% of the lot area."]},"max_height":{"value":"9.0 m (29.53')","quotes":["The maximum permitted building height for buildings and structures within the","A6 zone is 9.0 m (29.53')."]},"setback_front":{"value":"8.0 m (26.25') for all principal buildings and structures (excluding fences)","quotes":["(i) Yard, Front, 8.0 m (26.25')"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"8.0 m (26.25')","quotes":["Yard, Rear, 8.0 m (26.25')"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3.0 m (9.84')","quotes":["Yard, Side, 3.0 m (9.84')"]},"other":{"value":["Limited farm sales: at least 50% of products produced on the land, covered retail area no more than 100 m², Agricultural Land Commission approval if in the Agricultural Land Reserve","Restaurant is not a permitted use","Total building footprint for all uses except agriculture must not exceed 1,000 m² (10,764 ft²), with no single building footprint over 500 m² (5382 ft²)"],"quotes":["the covered retail sales area does not exceed 100 m² (1076.4 sq. ft.);","“restaurant” is not a permitted use.","shall not exceed 1,000 m2 (10,764 ft2) whereby no one building footprint","exceed 500m2 (5382 ft2)."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw 1997, No. 2950 (consolidation current to September 14, 2026)","url":"https://www.northcowichan.ca/sites/default/files/2025-07/blc%202950_Zoning%20Bylaw%20Consolidated%20to%203974%203989%204002%203988%204008%204016.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The cover says the bylaw was consolidated by the Corporate Officer; the repealed zones CD3, CD5 and CD7 are not listed. Suffix a or b on a zone code (for example W2a) marks a sub-zone with additional uses (s. 44)."},"source_url":"https://www.northcowichan.ca/sites/default/files/2025-07/blc%202950_Zoning%20Bylaw%20Consolidated%20to%203974%203989%204002%203988%204008%204016.pdf#page=59","place":{"path":"ca/bc/north-cowichan","name":"North Cowichan","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-cowichan/zoning/a6/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-cowichan/zoning/a6.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-cowichan/zoning/a6.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-cowichan/zoning/index.json"}}