{"title":"RA zone in Northern Rockies: Rural Agricultural","code":"RA","slug":"ra","name":"Rural Agricultural","group":"Rural","section":"4.2","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Provide for rural, Agricultural and resource based uses within the Toad River Community Area as established in the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality Rural Official Community Plan, Bylaw No. 136, 2017.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Provide for rural, Agricultural and resource based uses within the Toad River Community Area as established in the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality Rural Official Community Plan, Bylaw No. 136, 2017.","quotes":["The intent of this Zone is to provide for rural, Agricultural and resource based uses within the Toad","River Community Area as established in the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality Rural Official","Community Plan, Bylaw No. 136, 2017."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Agriculture","Agri-tourism","Commercial greenhouse","Forestry","Gravel Extraction and Processing","Guiding and Outfitting","Kennel","Livestock grazing","Nursery","Trapping","Tour business"],"quotes":["Agriculture;","Agri-tourism;","Commercial greenhouse;","Forestry;","Gravel Extraction and Processing;","Guiding and Outfitting;","Kennel;","Livestock grazing;","Nursery;","Trapping;","Tour business."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Bed and Breakfast","Business Office","Home Based Business","Single Detached Dwelling, for the operator of a Principal Use","Staff Accommodation","Storage"],"quotes":["Bed and Breakfast;","Business Office;","Home Based Business;","Single Detached Dwelling, for the operator of a Principal Use.","Staff Accommodation;","Storage."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"4 ha","quotes":["The minimum Parcel Area shall be 4 hectares"]},"setback_front":{"value":"5 metres from any parcel line (all buildings and structures)","quotes":["No Building or Structure shall be located within five (5) metres of a Parcel Line"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"5 metres from any parcel line (all buildings and structures)","quotes":["No Building or Structure shall be located within five (5) metres of a Parcel Line"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"5 metres from any parcel line (all buildings and structures)","quotes":["No Building or Structure shall be located within five (5) metres of a Parcel Line"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"5 metres from any parcel line (all buildings and structures)","quotes":["No Building or Structure shall be located within five (5) metres of a Parcel Line"]},"other":{"value":["No Single Detached Dwelling shall be sited on a Parcel with an area of less than 4 hectares"],"quotes":["No Single Detached Dwelling shall be sited on a Parcel with an area of less than 4 hectares."]}},"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=22","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/ra/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/northern-rockies/zoning/ra.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/northern-rockies/zoning/ra.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/northern-rockies/zoning/index.json"}}