{"title":"R-7 zone in Smithers: Rural Residential Hobby Farm","code":"R-7","slug":"r-7","name":"Rural Residential Hobby Farm","group":"Residential","section":"4.6","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"To accommodate one and two-family dwellings in rural areas with larger parcels suitable for agricultural or hobby farm use.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"To accommodate one and two-family dwellings in rural areas with larger parcels suitable for agricultural or hobby farm use.","quotes":["The purpose of the R-7 zone is to accommodate one and two-family dwellings in rural areas with","larger parcel sizes suitable for agricultural or hobby farm use"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Single detached dwelling","Semi-detached dwelling","Agriculture","Hobby farm","Group home (major and minor)"],"quotes":["single detached dwelling","semi-detached dwelling","agriculture","Hobby Farm","group home (both major and minor)"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Bed and breakfast","Carriage house","Secondary suite","Short-term rental"],"quotes":["bed and breakfast","carriage house","secondary suite","short-term rental"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"2 hectares (4.94 acres)","quotes":["Parcel Area 2 hectares minimum (4.94 acres)"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"30 metres","quotes":["Parcel Width 30 metres minimum"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"30% for all buildings and structures","quotes":["Parcel Coverage 30% maximum for all buildings and structures"]},"max_density":{"value":"On community water and sewer: 4 units for fee simple parcels greater than 280 m²; 3 units for fee simple parcels less than 280 m²","quotes":["a) 4 units for fee simple parcels greater than 280 m2","b) 3 units for fee simple parcels less than 280 m2"]},"max_height":{"value":"9 metres (residential buildings)","quotes":["Height of residential buildings 9 metres maximum"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 metres","quotes":["front yard 7.5 metres minimum"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 metres","quotes":["rear yard 7.5 metres minimum"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"7.5 metres (side yard)","quotes":["side yard 7.5 metres minimum"]},"other":{"value":["Farm animals: no more than 1 horse, 2 cattle and 12 poultry for each 0.4 hectares (1 acre) of parcel area","No side setback is required on an interior side line where a party wall between two dwellings sits on that line"],"quotes":["no person shall keep more than 1 horse, 2 cattle, and 12 poultry for each 0.4","hectares 1 acre of parcel area.","Where a party wall between two dwellings coincides with an interior side parcel line, no"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 1987 (adopted June 17, 2025)","url":"https://www.smithers.ca/sites/default/files/2025-06/Town%20of%20Smithers%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%201987_Deepa%20Chandran.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The Town posts the bylaw as adopted on 17 June 2025; no later amendments are folded into this PDF. Schedule A (the zoning map) is a separate PDF."},"source_url":"https://www.smithers.ca/sites/default/files/2025-06/Town%20of%20Smithers%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%201987_Deepa%20Chandran.pdf#page=47","place":{"path":"ca/bc/smithers","name":"Smithers","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/r-7/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/r-7.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/r-7.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/index.json"}}