{"title":"A-1 zone in Port Clements: Agricultural","code":"A-1","slug":"a-1","name":"Agricultural","group":"Agricultural","section":"7.3.14","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Increasing the amount of food produced and consumed locally, increasing food security and reducing dependency on off-island food sources, on agricultural parcels.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Increasing the amount of food produced and consumed locally, increasing food security and reducing dependency on off-island food sources, on agricultural parcels.","quotes":["This zone is intended for increasing the amount of food that is produced and","consumed locally, thereby increasing food security, and reducing dependency on off","island food sources on agricultural parcels."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Agricultural uses including field crops, horticulture, silviculture, poultry, other stock raising and beekeeping","Farmers market and seasonal mobile vendors of fruit, vegetables, and aquaculture products","Green waste and composting","Group gardening, gardening cooperatives, community and neighborhood gardens, and greenhouses","Seed bank and goods storage facilities","Single-family dwelling as an accessory to agricultural uses"],"quotes":["agricultural uses including field crops, horticulture, silviculture, poultry, other","farmers market and seasonal mobile vendors of fruit, vegetables, and","green waste and composting;","group gardening, gardening cooperatives, community and neighborhood","seed bank and goods storage facilities;","single-family dwelling (1) as an accessory to agricultural uses."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory buildings and structures","Professional practice or home occupation","Sale of produce grown on the premises (sales area up to 46.5 m²)","Secondary suite"],"quotes":["accessory buildings and structures;","professional practice or home occupation;","sale of produce grown on the premises provided the sales area does not","exceed 46.5 m2;","secondary suite (1); and"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"80% of the site area for all buildings and structures","quotes":["not exceed 80% of the site area."]},"max_height":{"value":"12 m for any building or structure","quotes":["exceed 12 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["front setback from a road 7.5 m; and"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"4.5 m (from an adjacent parcel or road)","quotes":["rear and side setbacks from an adjacent parcel or road 4.5 m."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"4.5 m (from an adjacent parcel or road)","quotes":["rear and side setbacks from an adjacent parcel or road 4.5 m."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m (from an adjacent parcel or road)","quotes":["rear and side setbacks from an adjacent parcel or road 4.5 m."]},"other":{"value":["Subdivision of land within the Agricultural Land Reserve, and its exclusion, is not supported","A parcel with one residence may build a second: on a parcel of 40 hectares or less, one residence up to 500 m² and one up to 90 m² total floor area; on a parcel over 40 hectares, one of any size allowed by the Agricultural Land Commission Act and one up to 186 m²","Water for large scale commercial agriculture must come from a source other than the municipal domestic water supply"],"quotes":["Neither exclusion of land from the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) nor subdivision of","land within the ALR is supported.","if the parcel is 40 hectares or less, two residences: one that is 500 m2 or less in","total floor area, and one that is 90 m2 or less in total floor area; or","if the parcel is larger than 40 hectares, two residences: one that is of any size","one that is up to 186 m2 in total floor area.","water used for large scale commercial agricultural purposes must be from a"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Village of Port Clements Zoning Bylaw No. 444, 2024 (adopted February 17, 2026)","url":"https://portclements.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/February-17-2026-Regular-Council-Meeting-Agenda-Package.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-08","note":"The text is from the Feb 17, 2026 Council agenda package (item G-1, pages 48-116 of the package PDF) because the posted bylaw (https://portclements.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Zoning-Bylaw.pdf) is a scan with no text layer. The bylaw was read a third time and adopted on February 17, 2026. pdf_page numbers below are page numbers of the agenda package."},"source_url":"https://portclements.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/February-17-2026-Regular-Council-Meeting-Agenda-Package.pdf#page=112","place":{"path":"ca/bc/port-clements","name":"Port Clements","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-clements/zoning/a-1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-clements/zoning/a-1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-clements/zoning/a-1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-clements/zoning/index.json"}}