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title: "A-1 zone in Pitt Meadows: General Agricultural"
place: Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/pitt-meadows
zone: A-1
bylaw: City of Pitt Meadows Zoning Bylaw No. 2505, 2011 (consolidated to Bylaw 3031, 2025, adopted January 13, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/zoning/a-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/zoning/a-1.json"
---

# A-1 zone in Pitt Meadows: General Agricultural

Protect the farming areas of the municipality for the production of food and goods.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Protect the farming areas of the municipality for the production of food and goods.
- **Main uses:** Agriculture; Farm House; Kennel
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Additional Farm House; Migrant Farm-Worker Housing; Secondary Suite; Home-Based Business; Agri-Tourism; Farm Retail Sales; Bed and Breakfast; Accessory Farm Residential Buildings and Structures; Accessory Agricultural Buildings and Structures; Boarding; Licensed Winery, Brewery, Distillery, Meadery or Cidery Lounge; Additional Residence in the ALR
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Farm building at 18385 Old Dewdney Trunk Road: farm retail sales area of 393 m², restaurant area of 205.4 m², and catering service for permitted events held on the farm operation
- **Minimum lot area:** 8 ha (for subdivision)
- **Minimum lot width:** One-quarter the least depth of the lot (for subdivision)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** Agricultural buildings: 75% greenhouses; 20% apiculture; 35% all other agricultural buildings and kennels. Residential buildings: 5% (lots under 4 ha); 1% (lots 4 ha or more). Farm house footprint (including attached garages, carports, decks etc.): max 600 m²; the lesser of lot coverage and footprint applies.
- **Maximum density:** One farm house per lot (max gross floor area 500 m²). One additional farm house for farm operations over 8 ha and under 40 ha; two for 40 ha or more. Migrant farm-worker housing: one unit for farm operations over 4.05 ha and under 40 ha; two units for 40 ha or more.
- **Maximum height:** Farm house and additional farm house: the lesser of 2 ½ storeys and 10 m. Agricultural buildings and structures: 15.0 m (grain elevators and silos 35 m). Kennels: 5.0 m.
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 9.0 m (accessory farm residential structures)
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m (residential buildings); 9.0 m (migrant farm-worker housing)
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m (residential buildings); 9.0 m (migrant farm-worker housing)
- **Interior side setback:** 3.0 m (residential buildings and migrant farm-worker housing)
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m (residential buildings); 9.0 m (migrant farm-worker housing)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** 9 m front, rear and exterior lot lines; 4.5 m interior lot lines (agricultural buildings and structures, general)
- **Other rules:** Residential buildings must be at least 15.0 m from watercourses, key ditches and constructed ditches; Livestock barns, stables and similar: 30 m from front, rear and exterior lot lines, 15 m from interior lot lines, 30 m from residential buildings on adjacent lots; Farm retail sales and processing of farm products allowed if at least 50% of the products come from the farm operation; Lots under 0.8 ha (2 acres): no dwellings on lots created before January 21st, 1992; existing-dwelling lots may use Single-Family Dwelling with 30% lot coverage

## Source

- [City of Pitt Meadows Zoning Bylaw No. 2505, 2011 (consolidated to Bylaw 3031, 2025, adopted January 13, 2026), s. 8.1](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2025-04/Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%202505%2C%202011%20-%20Consolidated%20Version_2.pdf#page=81) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Pitt Meadows: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/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/pitt-meadows/zoning/a-1/_