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title: "A-3 zone in Pitt Meadows: Agricultural and Farm Industrial"
place: Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/pitt-meadows
zone: A-3
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-3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/zoning/a-3.json"
---

# A-3 zone in Pitt Meadows: Agricultural and Farm Industrial

Enhance the economic viability of farming and promote investment and diversification of the agricultural industry.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Enhance the economic viability of farming and promote investment and diversification of the agricultural industry.
- **Main uses:** Agriculture; Farm House; Kennel; Farm Industrial
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home-Based Business; 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
- **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 farm industrial and agricultural buildings and kennels. Residential buildings: 5% (lots under 4 ha); 1% (lots 4 ha or more).
- **Maximum density:** One farm house per lot (max gross floor area 500 m²)
- **Maximum height:** Farm house: the lesser of 2 ½ storeys and 10 m. Agricultural and farm industrial buildings and structures: 15.0 m (grain elevators and silos 35 m). Kennels: 5.0 m.
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** Accessory farm residential buildings: the lesser of 5.0 m and 1 ½ storeys. Accessory farm residential structures: 9.0 m.
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m (residential buildings)
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m (residential buildings)
- **Interior side setback:** 3.0 m (residential buildings)
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m (residential buildings)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** 9 m front, rear and exterior lot lines; 4.5 m interior lot lines (agricultural buildings and structures, general); unenclosed storage 6.0 m from all lot lines
- **Other rules:** Residential buildings must be at least 15 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; Agricultural buildings only on a lot assessed as "farm" under the Assessment Act

## Source

- [City of Pitt Meadows Zoning Bylaw No. 2505, 2011 (consolidated to Bylaw 3031, 2025, adopted January 13, 2026), s. 8.3](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2025-04/Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%202505%2C%202011%20-%20Consolidated%20Version_2.pdf#page=92) (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-3/_