{"title":"R zone in Northern Rockies: Rural Resource","code":"R","slug":"r","name":"Rural Resource","group":"Rural","section":"4.1","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Provide for uses associated with the management and extraction of natural resources excluding the processing of such resources other than gravel and excluding long term accommodation of persons engaged in resource processing or maintenance activities.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Provide for uses associated with the management and extraction of natural resources excluding the processing of such resources other than gravel and excluding long term accommodation of persons engaged in resource processing or maintenance activities.","quotes":["The intent of this Zone is to provide for uses associated with the management and extraction of","natural resources excluding the processing of such resources other than gravel and excluding long","term accommodation of persons engaged in resource processing or maintenance activities."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Agriculture","Forestry","Gravel Extraction and Processing","Guiding and Outfitting","Livestock grazing","Mine","Oil and Gas Exploration, Drilling and Transmission","Oil and Gas Production Facility","Public Works Yard","Trapping","Tour business"],"quotes":["Agriculture;","Forestry;","Gravel Extraction and Processing;","Guiding and Outfitting;","Livestock grazing;","Mine;","Oil and Gas Exploration, Drilling and Transmission;","Oil and Gas Production Facility;","Public Works Yard;","Trapping;","Tour business."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Business Office","Seasonal Dwelling Unit","Single Detached Dwelling, for the operator of an Agricultural Use, Guide Outfitting Use, Tour Business, or Gravel Extraction and Processing Use on the Parcel","Storage"],"quotes":["Business Office;","Seasonal Dwelling Unit;","Single Detached Dwelling, for the operator of an Agricultural Use, Guide Outfitting Use, Tour","Business, or Gravel Extraction and Processing Use on the Parcel;","Storage."]},"setback_front":{"value":"10 metres from any parcel line (all buildings and structures)","quotes":["No Building or Structure shall be located within 10 metres of a Parcel Line"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"10 metres from any parcel line (all buildings and structures)","quotes":["No Building or Structure shall be located within 10 metres of a Parcel Line"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"10 metres from any parcel line (all buildings and structures)","quotes":["No Building or Structure shall be located within 10 metres of a Parcel Line"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"10 metres from any parcel line (all buildings and structures)","quotes":["No Building or Structure shall be located within 10 metres of a Parcel Line"]},"other":{"value":["Not more than one (1) Single Detached Dwelling shall be constructed or occupied on a Parcel"],"quotes":["Not more than one (1) Single Detached Dwelling shall be constructed or occupied on a Parcel."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 119, 2016 (Townsite), office consolidation May 2026","url":"https://nr.civicweb.net/document/56280/","accessed":"2026-11-08","note":"The Regional Municipality has two zoning bylaws: this one for the Fort Nelson townsite, and Rural Zoning Bylaw No. 137, 2017 (office consolidation December 2024, https://nr.civicweb.net/document/125394/) for the Rural Official Community Plan area; the rural zones below carry that bylaw as source_url, and their pdf_page numbers are pages of that PDF. Both are office consolidations \"not the official version of the bylaw\". Codes C-1, C-2, RR-1, RR-2 and A-1/A-2 vs A exist in both bylaws with different meanings."},"source_url":"https://nr.civicweb.net/document/125394/#page=21","place":{"path":"ca/bc/northern-rockies","name":"Northern Rockies","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/northern-rockies/zoning/r/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/northern-rockies/zoning/r.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/northern-rockies/zoning/r.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/northern-rockies/zoning/index.json"}}