---
title: "AG1 zone in Sechelt: Agriculture One Zone"
place: Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/sechelt
zone: AG1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 580, 2022 (consolidated for convenience, May 2025, to Bylaw 580-17, 2024)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sechelt/zoning/ag1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sechelt/zoning/ag1.json"
---

# AG1 zone in Sechelt: Agriculture One Zone

Agriculture, and protecting the agricultural integrity of land in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR); use is subject to the Agricultural Land Commission Act and regulations.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Agriculture, and protecting the agricultural integrity of land in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR); use is subject to the Agricultural Land Commission Act and regulations.
- **Main uses:** Agriculture; Alcohol Production Facility; Aquaculture; Cannabis Production; Silviculture; Single-Detached Dwelling
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Agritourism; Agritourism Accommodation; Detached Accessory Dwelling Unit; Farm Retail Sales; Gathering for an Event; Home Business; Secondary Suite
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** LOT 2, DISTRICT LOT 3555, VAP14939: up to 5 sleeping units permitted for agritourism accommodation (up to three geodesic domes and up to two prefabricated A-Frame cabins); business licence required
- **Minimum lot area:** 16 ha (new subdivisions, subject to Agricultural Land Commission approval)
- **Maximum density:** Parcels under 4,000 m²: one Single-Detached Dwelling; 4,000 m² or larger: one Single-Detached Dwelling plus one Detached Accessory Dwelling Unit. Max Gross Floor Area: Single-Detached Dwelling 300 m2; Detached Accessory Dwelling Unit 90 m2
- **Maximum height:** 15.0 m (agriculture); 8.5 m (residential)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5.0 m
- **Front setback:** 4.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 7.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Accessory structures: front 1.5 m, rear 1.5 m, interior side 1.5 m, exterior side 1.5 m
- **Other rules:** Dwellings and accessory residential facilities must be inside the farm Residential footprint, which is max 2,000 m2 and max 60 m deep from the road; Maximum setback from the front parcel line to the rear of the dwelling and Detached Accessory Dwelling Unit is 50 m; Detached Accessory Dwelling Unit only permitted on a property classified as a farm under the BC Assessment Act; Farm retail sales area max 300 m2 (indoors and outdoors); Gathering for an Event max 150 people, max 10 gatherings a year

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 580, 2022 (consolidated for convenience, May 2025, to Bylaw 580-17, 2024), s. 1.11](https://www.sechelt.ca/media/rdjpiexj/580-2022-zoning-bylaw.pdf#page=30) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Sechelt: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sechelt/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sechelt/zoning/ag1/_