A-1 zone in Port Clements: Agricultural

Port Clements, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-08

In short

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 (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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