---
title: "R zone in Northern Rockies: Rural Resource"
place: Northern Rockies, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/northern-rockies
zone: R
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 119, 2016 (Townsite), office consolidation May 2026
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/northern-rockies/zoning/r/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/northern-rockies/zoning/r.json"
---

# R zone in Northern Rockies: Rural Resource

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.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** 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.
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** 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
- **Front setback:** 10 metres from any parcel line (all buildings and structures)
- **Rear setback:** 10 metres from any parcel line (all buildings and structures)
- **Interior side setback:** 10 metres from any parcel line (all buildings and structures)
- **Street side setback:** 10 metres from any parcel line (all buildings and structures)
- **Other rules:** Not more than one (1) Single Detached Dwelling shall be constructed or occupied on a Parcel

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 119, 2016 (Townsite), office consolidation May 2026, s. 4.1](https://nr.civicweb.net/document/125394/#page=21) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Northern Rockies: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/northern-rockies/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/northern-rockies/zoning/r/_