AR1 zone in Prince George: Rural Residential

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

In short

Foster agriculture and a rural lifestyle on properties of at least 4.0 ha, with compatible residential-related uses.

Zone rules

Purpose	Foster agriculture and a rural lifestyle on properties of at least 4.0 ha, with compatible residential-related uses.
Main uses	agriculture, general agriculture, intensive impact (only in the Agricultural Land Reserve) community care facility, minor forestry greenhouse & plant nursery housing, manufactured housing, single detached veterinary service, major veterinary service, minor
Also allowed (secondary uses)	agri-tourist accommodation animal breeding & boarding animal shelter auction, major bed & breakfast equestrian centre, major 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)
Extra uses on specific lots	Animal breeding & boarding and animal shelter are permitted on Lot 1, District Lot 4030, Cariboo District, Plan 30943 despite the lot size and distance limits
Minimum lot area	4.0 ha
Minimum lot width	100 m
Maximum lot coverage	30% for lots smaller than 0.4 ha
Maximum density	One principal dwelling and one secondary suite per lot
Maximum height	20.0 m (11.0 m for single detached or manufactured housing); 3 storeys maximum for single-detached housing
Maximum height, accessory buildings	15.0 m (6.0 m for lots smaller than 0.4 ha); secondary dwellings 8.0 m
Front setback	4.5 m (10.0 m for buildings or structures over 10.0 m in height)
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 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. 9.3 (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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