{"title":"A2 zone in Salt Spring Island: Agriculture 2","code":"A2","slug":"a2","name":"Agriculture 2","group":"Agricultural","section":"9.1","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Agriculture, farm buildings and structures, Single-family dwellings.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Agriculture, farm buildings and structures","Single-family dwellings"],"quotes":["Agriculture, farm buildings and structures","Single-family dwellings"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["A secondary suite subject to Section 3.16","Home-based business use subject to Section 3.13","On a lot classified as a farm under the Assessment Act, a second accessory dwelling unit (pre-existing dwelling built before February 22, 2019, a manufactured home built between July 4, 2019 and December 31, 2021, or a farmworker's dwelling unit of limited size)"],"note":"A second dwelling unit is limited to farm lots.","quotes":["A secondary suite subject to Section 3.16","Home-based business use subject to Section 3.13","Where a lot is classified as a farm under the Assessment Act, in addition to a secondary","suite, a second accessory dwelling unit is permitted provided that it is:","a) a pre-existing dwelling unit constructed before February 22, 2019; or","b) a manufactured home constructed between July 4, 2019 and December 31,","2021; or"]},"site_specific":{"value":["A2(a): residential building coverage may not exceed 10 percent of the lot area and the setback from any lot line may not be less than 7.5 m","A2(b): additional principal uses are biodiversity conservation, heritage, wildlife and scenery viewing (buildings up to 100 m²) and education and research (buildings up to 100 m²); single-family dwellings are not permitted"],"quotes":["Zone Variation – A2(a)","exceed 10 percent of the lot area.","the setback from any lot line must not be less than 7.5 m.","Zone Variation – A2(b)","Biodiversity conservation, heritage, wildlife and scenery viewing","Education and research as long as the area occupied by any buildings or","Single-family dwellings."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"8 ha","quotes":["Minimum area of an individual lot that may be created through subdivision (ha) 8 8"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"35 per cent for all buildings and structures excluding greenhouses; 75 per cent including greenhouses; 10 per cent of the lot for residential buildings on lands zoned A2(a)","quotes":["Maximum combined lot coverage of all buildings and structures, excluding greenhouses","35 35","Maximum combined lot coverage of all buildings and structures, including greenhouses","75 75","exceed 10 percent of the lot area."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"4.5 m (7.5 m from any lot line on lands zoned A2(a))","quotes":["Minimum rear lot line setback (metres) for buildings, structures and uses that are not","4.5 4.5","the setback from any lot line must not be less than 7.5 m."]},"other":{"value":["Most land is also in the Agricultural Land Reserve; accessory uses there are permitted only if the Agricultural Land Commission also approves them","Total impervious surface of farm buildings, structures and pavement may not exceed 3500 m² or 10 per cent of a lot unless built to an engineer's stormwater design"],"quotes":["Most land in the Agriculture 1 or Agriculture 2 zones is also in the","Agricultural Land Reserve. Where this is the case, the accessory uses","not to exceed 3500 square metres or cover more than 10 per cent of a lot"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Salt Spring Island Land Use Bylaw, 1999 (Bylaw No. 355), consolidated version June 2026","url":"https://islandstrust.bc.ca/document/ssi-ltc-bylaw-no-355/","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The Islands Trust says the consolidation is for convenience only and is not to be construed as a legal document. The zone names for R, RU1-RU3, RW1-RW2, Ri, S1-S8 are written out in the bylaw only as column codes or in generic lists, so names for those are derived from the bylaw's usage. The CRD zoning layer also carries R13 and CF3, which the bylaw text does not list (it lists R1 to R12 and CF1, CF2)."},"source_url":"https://islandstrust.bc.ca/document/ssi-ltc-bylaw-no-355/#page=67","place":{"path":"ca/bc/salt-spring-island","name":"Salt Spring Island","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/a2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/a2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/a2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/index.json"}}