{"title":"AR3 zone in Prince George: Rural Residential","code":"AR3","slug":"ar3","name":"Rural Residential","group":"Rural","section":"9.5","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Foster a suburban lifestyle primarily on properties larger than 0.4 ha, with compatible residential-related uses; areas designated AR3m allow manufactured housing.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Foster a suburban lifestyle primarily on properties larger than 0.4 ha, with compatible residential-related uses; areas designated AR3m allow manufactured housing.","quotes":["The purpose of this zone is to foster a suburban lifestyle primarily on","properties larger than 0.4 ha.","area. Areas designated AR3m allow manufactured housing."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["community care facility, minor","housing, apartment","housing, four-plex","housing, manufactured (only in AR3m)","housing, row","housing, single detached","housing, stacked row","housing, two-unit"],"quotes":["• community care facility,","• housing, apartment","• housing, four-plex","• housing, manufactured","• housing, row","• housing, single detached","• housing, stacked row","• housing, two-unit"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["bed & breakfast","equestrian centre, minor","home business 1","home business 2","home business 3 (only in HBO)","secondary dwelling","secondary suite"],"quotes":["• bed & breakfast","• equestrian centre, minor","• home business 1","• home business 2","• home business 3 only in","• secondary dwelling","• secondary suite"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"0.4 ha","quotes":["2. The minimum lot area is 0.4 ha."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"35.0 m","quotes":["1. The minimum lot width is 35.0 m."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"30%","quotes":["The maximum site coverage is 30%."]},"max_density":{"value":"3 dwelling units on a parcel 280 m² or less; 4 dwelling units on a parcel greater than 280 m² (where Small-Scale Multi-Unit Housing densities are exempt by Section 5.18: one principal dwelling and one secondary suite or dwelling)","quotes":["The maximum residential density is three (3) dwelling units on a parcel","280 m2 or less, or four (4) dwelling units on a parcel greater than","exempt by Section 5.18, the maximum residential density is one","principal dwelling and one secondary suite or dwelling."]},"max_height":{"value":"11.0 m; 3 storeys maximum for single-detached housing","quotes":["3. The maximum height is 11.0 m.","4. The maximum number of storeys for single-detached housing is 3."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"7.0 m (secondary dwellings 8.0 m)","quotes":["2. The maximum height is 7.0 m.","8. The maximum height is 8.0 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["5. The minimum front yard is 4.5 m."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["8. The minimum rear yard is 6.0 m."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.2 m","quotes":["6. The minimum interior side yard is 1.2 m."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 m","quotes":["7. The minimum exterior side yard is 3.0 m."]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front 4.5 m, interior side 1.2 m, exterior side 3.0 m, rear 1.2 m","quotes":["The minimum front yard is 4.5 m","The minimum interior side yard is 1.2 m","The minimum exterior side yard is 3.0 m","The minimum rear yard is 1.2 m"]},"other":{"value":["Accessory buildings: 90.0 m² total ground floor area","Secondary dwellings: maximum ground floor area 100.0 m²","Minor equestrian centre: no horses on lots less than 0.4 ha; 2 on lots 0.4 ha to under 1.2 ha; 1 per 0.4 ha on sites 1.2 ha or more, up to a maximum of 8"],"quotes":["and structures on a site is 90.0 m².","the maximum ground floor area is 100.0 m2.","a) 0 on lots less than 0.4 ha;","b) 2 on lots that are 0.4 ha or greater, but less than 1.2 ha; and","c) On sites of 1.2 ha or more, 1 for each 0.4 ha of portion thereof, up","to a maximum of 8."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007 (consolidated version, revised October 5, 2026)","url":"https://www.princegeorge.ca/sites/default/files/2026-10/BL7850_CONSOLIDATED_2026-10-05.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"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."},"source_url":"https://www.princegeorge.ca/sites/default/files/2026-10/BL7850_CONSOLIDATED_2026-10-05.pdf#page=123","place":{"path":"ca/bc/prince-george","name":"Prince George","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/ar3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/ar3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/ar3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/index.json"}}