AG zone in Prince George: Greenbelt

Prince George, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

Preserve sensitive lands (steep slopes, poor drainage, flooding or other hazards, scenic values, vegetation, wildlife habitat) in a natural state, with lots of at least 15.0 ha in rural areas.

Zone rules

Purpose	Preserve sensitive lands (steep slopes, poor drainage, flooding or other hazards, scenic values, vegetation, wildlife habitat) in a natural state, with lots of at least 15.0 ha in rural areas.
Main uses	agriculture, general (only in the Agricultural Land Reserve) agriculture, intensive impact (only in the Agricultural Land Reserve) community care facility, minor housing, manufactured housing, single detached
Also allowed (secondary uses)	animal breeding & boarding animal shelter bed & breakfast equestrian centre, major (only in the Agricultural Land Reserve) equestrian centre, minor home business 1 home business 2 home business 3 (only in HBO) secondary dwelling secondary suite (only in single detached housing) temporary sawmill winery & cidery (only in agriculture, general)
Minimum lot area	15.0 ha (845 m² where a split-zoned lot is subdivided and the AG portion forms the remainder entirely within the Urban Containment Boundary, with a registered covenant)
Minimum lot width	100 m (20.0 m where a split-zoned lot is subdivided and the AG portion forms the remainder entirely within the Urban Containment Boundary, with a registered covenant)
Maximum lot coverage	30% for lots smaller than 0.4 ha
Maximum density	One principal dwelling and one secondary suite per lot if less than 30.0 ha; on lots 30.0 ha or larger within the Agricultural Land Reserve, up to two principal dwellings and one secondary suite (the second being a secondary agricultural use manufactured home up to 9.0 m wide)
Maximum height	11 m; 3 storeys maximum for single-detached housing
Maximum height, accessory buildings	6.0 m (secondary dwellings 8.0 m)
Front setback	4.5 m
Rear setback	6.0 m
Interior side setback	1.2 m
Street side setback	3.0 m
Accessory building setbacks	front 4.5 m, interior side 1.2 m, exterior side 3.0 m, rear 1.2 m
Other rules	Accessory buildings: 90 m² total ground floor area on lots smaller than 0.4 ha Secondary dwellings: maximum ground floor area 100.0 m², plus the accessory building area Animal breeding & boarding and animal shelter are not permitted on lots less than 4.0 ha or within 100 m of lots zoned AR2, AR3, AR4, RS, RT, RM, C, P, or Z Any feedlot is not permitted within 200 m of those zones

Source: Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007 (consolidated version, revised October 5, 2026), s. 9.1 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. The City says this version is consolidated for convenience. Zone sections that share a heading cover variant codes (AR3m, RS1m, RS2m, RM9r, C1c/C1l, C2c, C4c/C4l/C4lc, C6c/C6l/C6lc, M1n, M2n, M3n, M5n). Sections 10.5 (deleted), 15.13 (Z13 not in the bylaw) and 15.18 (Z18, deleted by Bylaw 9466) are not zones. Schedule A, the zoning map, is the zoning layer in PGMap. 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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