{"title":"CR-1 zone in Quesnel: Country Residential","code":"CR-1","slug":"cr-1","name":"Country Residential","group":"Rural","section":"9","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Country residential development and complementary uses on larger lots in areas of high natural amenity and limited urban services.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Country residential development and complementary uses on larger lots in areas of high natural amenity and limited urban services.","quotes":["The purpose is to provide a zone for country residential development and complementary","uses on larger lots in areas of high natural amenity and limited urban services."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Single-detached dwelling","Duplex","Triplex","Fourplex","Group home dwelling"],"quotes":["single-detached dwelling","duplex","triplex","fourplex","group home dwelling"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory buildings or structures","Agricultural uses (except for intensive agriculture), ancillary to a principal use, on lots greater than 2 ha (5.0 ac)","Bed and breakfast","Carriage house dwelling","Community care facility","Major home based business","Minor home based business","Rural home based business on lots greater than 2 ha (5.0 ac)","Secondary dwelling","Secondary suite dwelling","Urban agriculture","Horticulture","Hobby farms","Short-term rental"],"quotes":["accessory buildings or structures","agricultural uses (except for intensive agriculture), ancillary to a principal","use, on lots greater than 2 ha (5.0 ac)","bed and breakfast","carriage house dwelling","community care facility","major home based business","minor home based business","rural home based business on lots greater than 2 ha (5.0 ac)","secondary dwelling","secondary suite dwelling","urban agriculture","horticulture","hobby farms","short-term rental"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"2023 m² (0.50 ac) with community sewer and community water; 3000 m² (0.74 ac) with community sewer but no community water; 1 ha (2.47 ac) with no community sewer","quotes":["Minimum lot size with:","2023 m² (0.50 ac)","3000 m² (0.74 ac)","1 ha (2.47 ac)","(c) no community sanitary sewer"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"30 m (98 ft)","quotes":["Minimum lot frontage 30 m (98 ft)"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40% (lots under 4050 m²); 20% (4050 m² to 1 hectare); 10% (greater than 1 hectare)","quotes":["(a) less than 4050 m² 40%","(b) 4050 m² to 1 hectare 20%","(c) greater than 1 hectare 10%"]},"max_density":{"value":"Single-detached dwelling and secondary suite dwelling where no community sewer or lot over 4050 m² (1 ac); with community sewer but no community water, the same plus a detached Accessory Dwelling if the water system meets Drinking Water Protection Act requirements; 4 dwelling units per lot with community sewer and water","quotes":["Maximum density","Single-detached dwelling and","size greater than 4050 m (1 ac)","4 dwelling units per lot","Protection Act requirements."]},"max_height":{"value":"11 m (36 ft)","quotes":["11 m (36ft) for principal building"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"7 m (23 ft)","quotes":["7 m (23 ft) for accessory building"]},"setback_front":{"value":"6 m (19.7 ft)","quotes":["6 m (19.7 ft)","(a) front lot line"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3.0 m (10 ft)","quotes":["(d) rear lot line","3.0 m (10 ft)"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.5 m (5 ft)","quotes":["1.5 m (5 ft)","(b) interior side lot line"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 m (10 ft)","quotes":["(c) exterior side lot line","3.0 m (10 ft)"]},"other":{"value":["Up to 4 principal buildings per lot; lots shown on Schedule C are limited to one principal building.","Accessory buildings are limited to a gross floor area of 150 m² (1615 ft²) on lots under 2 ha (4.94 ac), and 278 m² (2992 ft²) on lots 2 ha (4.94 ac) or larger."],"quotes":["Properties may have up to 4 principal buildings subject to 9.4.3.","Lots shown on Schedule C to this bylaw are limited to one principal building.","150 m2 (1615 ft2) for lots less than 2 ha (4.94 ac).","278 m2 (2992 ft2) for lots greater than or equal to 2 ha (4.94ac)"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 1980","url":"https://quesnel.civicweb.net/document/164372/","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City's Zoning & Land Use page also links an excerpted zoning map PDF (Schedule B). The Schedule B pages inside this PDF are headed \"Zoning Bylaw No. XXXX of 2025\". Table 6.1 of the bylaw omits zone C-4A, but section 25 of the bylaw establishes it."},"source_url":"https://quesnel.civicweb.net/document/164372/#page=64","place":{"path":"ca/bc/quesnel","name":"Quesnel","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/cr-1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/cr-1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/cr-1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/index.json"}}