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title: "A zone in Penticton: Agriculture"
place: Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/penticton
zone: A
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 2024-22 (consolidated package October 2026, amended to Bylaw 2026-35, October 20, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/penticton/zoning/a/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/penticton/zoning/a.json"
---

# A zone in Penticton: Agriculture

Appropriate development in rural areas, allowing agriculture and complementary uses while protecting farms from incompatible uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Appropriate development in rural areas, allowing agriculture and complementary uses while protecting farms from incompatible uses.
- **Main uses:** Agricultural Use; Agricultural Farm Help Dwelling; Animal Kennels and Stable; Bed and Breakfast Home; Cannabis Production Facility; Forestry; Indoor Animal Day Care and Grooming; One Single Detached Dwelling
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Use, Building or Structure; Carriage House; Rural Home Occupation; Secondary Suite; Short Term Rental
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Lot 1, Plan 29729, DL 190, LD 54, SDYD, 4560 Valleyview Road: farm inn (max 4 sleeping rooms); Lot 1, DL 369, Plan 22517, 1379 Riddle Road: vacation cottage (max 82 m2) for short term rental; Lot 104A, DL 199, 205, 672, Plan 307, 1175 Chapman Road: tourist accommodation in a single detached dwelling (max 4 suites, breakfast included); Portion of remainder of DL 196, 4650 Lakeside Road: public parking lot (not required to be hard surfaced, lighted or drained); Lot 148, District Lot 187, SDYD, Plan 450, 1056 Corbishley Avenue: agri-tourism accommodation on a farm; Lot 128, District Lot 204, SDYD, Plan 450, 1291 Corbishley Avenue: agri-tourism accommodation on a farm; Lot 3, District Lot 187, SDYD, Plan 23377, 468 Lower Bench Road: additional short term rental suite; also a 20 suite hotel and operator dwelling unit with up to 35% coverage for all buildings; Lot 6, District Lot 155, SDYD, Plan 306, 398 Upper Bench Rd. South: Contractor Services, General (landscaping business only, heavy machinery storage max 5% of property); also a carriage house and a bed and breakfast home; Parcel B (DD28224F), Plan B1152 of Block C DL204, 948 Naramata Road: Craft Brewery/Distillery; Lot 206, DL587, SDYD, Plan 466, 3550 Valleyview Road: agri-tourism accommodation; Lot B, DL187, SDYD, Plan 38091, 856 Carder Road: agri-tourism accommodation (max 6 sleeping units); Lot 2 District Lot 587 Plan 15877, 3810 Valleyview Road: agri-tourism accommodation (max 3 sleeping units); Lot 4 District Lot 204 Plan 16456, 510 Naramata Road: one agri-tourism accommodation in a carriage house
- **Minimum lot area:** 2.0 ha
- **Minimum lot width:** 20% of lot depth
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 10% residential buildings; 35% including agricultural structures; 75% including agricultural greenhouses with closed wastewater and storm water management and re-circulating irrigation systems
- **Maximum height:** 12.0 m (agricultural structure 16.0 m)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 13.0 m
- **Front setback:** 9.0 m
- **Rear setback:** 9.0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 4.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 9.0 m
- **Other rules:** Combined footprint of all residential accessory buildings is limited to 200 m2.; Agricultural structures and uses must be at least 15.0 m from a natural watercourse boundary, domestic water supply or well, unless a larger separation distance table applies.; A second (temporary) dwelling is allowed on a parcel of at least 0.4 ha if the owner registers a covenant to remove the original dwelling.; Lots under 0.4 ha use the RC zone's lot coverage, setbacks and height.

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 2024-22 (consolidated package October 2026, amended to Bylaw 2026-35, October 20, 2026), s. 9.2](https://www.penticton.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/bylaws/Zoning%20Bylaw%202024-22%20%28Consolidated%20October%202026%29%20-%20new.pdf#page=76) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Penticton: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/penticton/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/penticton/zoning/a/_