{"title":"Pouce Coupe zoning: find your zone and what it allows","question":"How do I find out how my property is zoned and what I can build on it in Pouce Coupe?","slug":"zoning-lookup","place":{"path":"ca/bc/pouce-coupe","name":"Pouce Coupe","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"category":{"slug":"building-and-renovating","name":"Building, renovating and your property"},"owner":"municipal","owner_label":"Municipal","owner_body":{"name":"Village of Pouce Coupe","url":"https://www.poucecoupe.ca"},"short_answer":"In Pouce Coupe, find your zone on the Zoning Map (Schedule B of Zoning Bylaw No. 1093, 2026), a PDF posted on the Village's website. No online parcel look-up tool is mentioned. For how zoning applies to your property, call the Village Office at 250-786-5794.","aliases":["zoning map pouce coupe","pouce coupe zoning bylaw","what is my zoning pouce coupe","pouce coupe zone lookup"],"cost":"Not stated for looking up zoning.","how_long":"Not stated.","where":[{"type":"in_person","label":"Village Office","value":"5011 49th Avenue, Pouce Coupe, BC","note":"Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m."},{"type":"phone","label":"Village Office","value":"250-786-5794"},{"type":"email","label":"Village Office","value":"info@poucecoupe.ca"}],"documents":[],"forms":[{"title":"Zoning Bylaw 1093 and Zoning Map, Village of Pouce Coupe","url":"https://poucecoupe.ca/zoning-bylaw-1093/"},{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 1093, 2026 (PDF)","url":"https://poucecoupe.civicweb.net/document/52625/"}],"related":[{"slug":"building-permit","title":"Pouce Coupe building permits: when you need one and how to apply","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pouce-coupe/building-permit/"},{"slug":"fence-rules","title":"Pouce Coupe fence rules: permits and height limits","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pouce-coupe/fence-rules/"},{"slug":"secondary-suite","title":"Pouce Coupe secondary suite and carriage house rules","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pouce-coupe/secondary-suite/"},{"slug":"home-based-business","title":"Pouce Coupe home-based business rules","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pouce-coupe/home-based-business/"}],"nearby":[{"place":"ca/bc/dawson-creek","name":"Dawson Creek","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/dawson-creek/zoning-lookup/"},{"place":"ca/bc/taylor","name":"Taylor","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/taylor/zoning-lookup/"},{"place":"ca/bc/fort-st-john","name":"Fort St. John","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-john/zoning-lookup/"},{"place":"ca/bc/chetwynd","name":"Chetwynd","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/chetwynd/zoning-lookup/"},{"place":"ca/bc/tumbler-ridge","name":"Tumbler Ridge","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tumbler-ridge/zoning-lookup/"},{"place":"ca/bc/hudsons-hope","name":"Hudson's Hope","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/hudsons-hope/zoning-lookup/"}],"topic":{"title":"Zoning maps in British Columbia, by municipality","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/zoning-lookup/"},"facts":{"how_to_find":{"label":"How to find your zone","value":"The Village posts the current 2026 Zoning Map as a PDF (Schedule B of Bylaw 1093) on its Zoning Bylaw 1093 page. No online parcel look-up tool is mentioned; contact the municipal office for how zoning applies to your property.","short":"PDF zoning map; contact municipal office","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://poucecoupe.ca/zoning-bylaw-1093/","title":"Zoning Bylaw 1093, Village of Pouce Coupe","section":"Zoning Bylaw 1093","quotes":["View 2026 (Current) Zoning Map","For questions about zoning and how it applies to your property, please contact the municipal office."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"},"sources_differ":"The Village's older Zoning page (/government/planning/zoning/) still shows a 2022 map image and refers to Zoning Bylaw No. 1010, 2017, so it is out of date. Parcel and boundary data on that page came from the Peace River Regional District (2016)."},"zoning_bylaw":{"label":"Zoning bylaw","value":"Village of Pouce Coupe Zoning Bylaw No. 1093, 2026, with Schedule B (Zoning Bylaw Map; Bylaw 1091). First reading July 15, 2026; third reading September 9, 2026; Ministry of Transportation and Transit approval September 21, 2026. It repeals Zoning Bylaw No. 1058, 2024. The Village announced it on October 16, 2026.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://poucecoupe.civicweb.net/document/52625/","title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 1093, 2026 (PDF), Village of Pouce Coupe","section":"Bylaw 1093 cover","quotes":["Read for a first time the fifteenth day of July, 2026.","Read for a third time the ninth day of September, 2026.","Ministry of Transportation and Transit's Approval this twenty-first day of September, 2026","Bylaw No. 1058, 2024, cited as the \"Village of Pouce Coupe Zoning Bylaw No. 1058, 2024\" and all amendments thereto as they apply to the Village of Pouce Coupe are hereby repealed."]},{"url":"https://poucecoupe.ca/zoning-bylaw-1093/","title":"Zoning Bylaw 1093, Village of Pouce Coupe","section":"Announcement","quotes":["Our new Zoning Bylaw No. 1093 is now available to view."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"},"sources_differ":"The adoption date prints garbled in the PDF text layer. The List of Amendments in the posted copy is empty. Conflict: the Village's Building Permits page still lists \"Bylaw 1058 - Zoning Bylaw\" and the Zoning page says Bylaw 1010, 2017; the MTI Bylaw 1052 schedule cites Zoning Bylaw 1058 (and 1010 in Schedule A) so its section numbers may not match Bylaw 1093."},"what_zone_controls":{"label":"What the zone controls","value":"Each zone (A-1, R-1, R-2, C-1, C-2, M-1, P-1, P-2, CD-1) lists permitted principal and accessory uses and sets minimum parcel size and width, setbacks, building height and parcel coverage. Uses not listed in a zone are prohibited.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://poucecoupe.civicweb.net/document/52625/","title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 1093, 2026 (PDF), Village of Pouce Coupe","section":"s. 2 Prohibition; s. 6 Table 5","quotes":["Uses not listed in a particular zone are prohibited.","Residential 1 (Low-Density Residential) R-1"]},{"url":"https://poucecoupe.civicweb.net/document/52625/","title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 1093, 2026 (PDF), Village of Pouce Coupe","section":"s. 7, R-1 zone","quotes":["On a parcel located in an area zoned R-1, no building or structure shall be constructed, located or altered,"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"contact":{"label":"Contact","value":"Village Office, 5011 49th Avenue: 250-786-5794, info@poucecoupe.ca (Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.).","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://poucecoupe.ca/contact/","title":"Contact, Village of Pouce Coupe","section":"Village Office","quotes":["The Village Office is located at 5011 49th Avenue.","250-786-5794","info@poucecoupe.ca"]},{"url":"https://poucecoupe.ca/zoning-bylaw-1093/","title":"Zoning Bylaw 1093, Village of Pouce Coupe","section":"Zoning Bylaw 1093","quotes":["please contact the municipal office."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"bylaw":{"label":"Bylaw","value":"Zoning Bylaw No. 1093, 2026 (Zoning Map Bylaw No. 1091).","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://poucecoupe.civicweb.net/document/52625/","title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 1093, 2026 (PDF), Village of Pouce Coupe","section":"Bylaw cover","quotes":["Village of Pouce Coupe Zoning Bylaw No. 1093 2026"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}}},"facts_summary":{"total":5,"stated":5,"matched":5,"none":0,"unknown":0},"zoning":{"bylaw":{"title":"Village of Pouce Coupe Zoning Bylaw No. 1093, 2026","url":"https://poucecoupe.civicweb.net/document/52625/","accessed":"2026-11-08","note":"New bylaw announced by the Village on 16 October 2026. Zones are in Section 7. The Village's older Zoning Bylaw No. 1010, 2017 is replaced."},"zones":9,"zone_pages":8,"index_url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pouce-coupe/zoning/index.json","lookup_url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pouce-coupe/zoning/lookup","map":{"has_map":true,"has_addresses":true,"zones_geojson":"/data/ca/bc/pouce-coupe/zones.geojson","addresses_json":"/data/ca/bc/pouce-coupe/addresses.json","source_url":"https://webmap.prrd.bc.ca/ags/rest/services/Geocortex/Municipality_Data/MapServer/88","viewer":{"title":"Pouce Coupe Zoning Map (Schedule B of Bylaw 1093)","url":"https://poucecoupe.civicweb.net/filepro/documents/5385/?preview=52672"},"caveat":"This Peace River Regional District layer appears to follow the Village's previous zoning (it includes R-3 and T-1, which are not zones in Bylaw 1093, 2026); Schedule B of the new bylaw is the legal zoning map.","accessed":"2026-11-08"}},"body_markdown":"## How it works\n\nThe Village of Pouce Coupe's current rules are in [Zoning Bylaw No. 1093, 2026](https://poucecoupe.civicweb.net/document/52625/), with the Zoning Map as Schedule B (Map Bylaw No. 1091). It repeals Zoning Bylaw No. 1058, 2024, and the Village announced it on October 16, 2026. Both are posted on the Village's [Zoning Bylaw 1093](https://poucecoupe.ca/zoning-bylaw-1093/) page.\n\nEach zone (A-1, R-1, R-2, C-1, C-2, M-1, P-1, P-2, CD-1) lists the permitted principal and accessory uses and sets minimum parcel size and width, setbacks, building height and parcel coverage. A use not listed in a zone is prohibited.\n\n## Steps\n\n1. Open the Zoning Map PDF on the Village's Zoning Bylaw 1093 page and find your parcel.\n2. Read your zone's section in the bylaw for uses, setbacks, height and coverage.\n3. Call or visit the Village Office, 5011 49th Avenue, with your address to confirm how zoning applies.\n\n## Good to know\n\n- No online parcel look-up tool is mentioned.\n- The Village's older Zoning page still shows a 2022 map and refers to Zoning Bylaw No. 1010, 2017. It is out of date; use Bylaw 1093.","sources":[{"url":"https://poucecoupe.ca/zoning-bylaw-1093/","title":"Zoning Bylaw 1093, Village of Pouce Coupe","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://poucecoupe.civicweb.net/document/52625/","title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 1093, 2026 (PDF), Village of Pouce Coupe","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://poucecoupe.ca/contact/","title":"Contact, Village of Pouce Coupe","accessed":"2026-11-08"}],"sources_read":"2026-11-08","review":{"status":"machine_checked","badge":"Checked against official text","label":"Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 5 of 5 facts was matched to the official text."},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pouce-coupe/zoning-lookup/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pouce-coupe/zoning-lookup.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pouce-coupe/zoning-lookup.json"}}