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R zone in Northern Rockies: Rural Resource

Northern Rockies, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-08

In short

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

PurposeProvide 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 setback10 metres from any parcel line (all buildings and structures)
Rear setback10 metres from any parcel line (all buildings and structures)
Interior side setback10 metres from any parcel line (all buildings and structures)
Street side setback10 metres from any parcel line (all buildings and structures)
Other rulesNot 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 (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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. 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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