---
title: "A-1 zone in Port Clements: Agricultural"
place: Port Clements, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-clements
zone: A-1
bylaw: Village of Port Clements Zoning Bylaw No. 444, 2024 (adopted February 17, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-clements/zoning/a-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-clements/zoning/a-1.json"
---

# A-1 zone in Port Clements: Agricultural

Increasing the amount of food produced and consumed locally, increasing food security and reducing dependency on off-island food sources, on agricultural parcels.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Increasing the amount of food produced and consumed locally, increasing food security and reducing dependency on off-island food sources, on agricultural parcels.
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** 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
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 80% of the site area for all buildings and structures
- **Maximum height:** 12 m for any building or structure
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 4.5 m (from an adjacent parcel or road)
- **Interior side setback:** 4.5 m (from an adjacent parcel or road)
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m (from an adjacent parcel or road)
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Village of Port Clements Zoning Bylaw No. 444, 2024 (adopted February 17, 2026), s. 7.3.14](https://portclements.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/February-17-2026-Regular-Council-Meeting-Agenda-Package.pdf#page=112) (read 2026-11-08)

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