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title: "A.2 zone in Spallumcheen: Agricultural Zone"
place: Spallumcheen, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/spallumcheen
zone: A.2
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1700, 2008 (consolidated with amendments for convenience only, through Bylaw No. 2192, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/spallumcheen/zoning/a-2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/spallumcheen/zoning/a-2.json"
---

# A.2 zone in Spallumcheen: Agricultural Zone

Main uses: Single family dwellings (or manufactured homes), which may include secondary suites, Intensive agricultural use, Resource use, Wineries and cideries, Alcohol production facilities, and 3 more.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Single family dwellings (or manufactured homes), which may include secondary suites; Intensive agricultural use; Resource use; Wineries and cideries; Alcohol production facilities; Cannabis production facilities; Biosolids processing; Composting (Only the uses listed in this zone are permitted. Uses allowed by Agricultural Land Reserve regulations are covered by other bylaw sections.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings and structures; Accessory employee bunkhouse use; Accessory farm sales use; Bed and breakfast facilities; Dog kennel; Agricultural Zone Home occupations; Secondary single family dwellings (or manufactured homes); Detached suite
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Reduced minimum lot area of 8.08 ha on Remainder Lot 3, Sec 11 & 12, Twp 7, ODYD, Plan KAP47909; Cannabis production facility floor area up to 5,800 m² on Lot 8 Section 16 Township 7 ODYD Plan 1558, and up to 6,968 m² on Lot 9, Section 21, Township 7, Land District 41, Plan KAP2010; Grain cleaning facility and adjacent barn permitted on Lot 1, Section 19, Township 35, Kamloops (Formerly Osoyoos) Division Yale District, Plan KAP86286; Agri-tourism accommodations (yurts and one accommodation unit) permitted on the Fractional West 1/2 of Sec 23, Twp 7, ODYD, Except Plans B822, 1766, 21463, KAP50108 and KAP81622; Many individual lots have home-occupation or farm-sales exceptions in the bylaw, for example 4160 Salmon River Road, 1853 Pleasant Valley Road, 140 Rieger Road, 5042 Schubert Road, 5125 Lansdowne Road, 1580 Mountain View Road
- **Minimum lot area:** 30.5 ha
- **Minimum lot width:** Road frontage as set by a general section of the bylaw (not stated in the zone)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 20% (apicultural use); 25% (tree, vine, field and forage crops); 35% (mushroom growing, livestock, poultry, game and fur production, nurseries, specialty wood crops, turf farms); 75% (greenhouses); 35% (all other uses)
- **Maximum density:** One principal single family dwelling per lot, plus one secondary single family dwelling or one detached suite on lots 2 ha or larger; one building for accessory farm sales use
- **Maximum height:** Lesser of 12 m or 3 storeys (residential use); 20 m (agricultural or resource use)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 8 m (accessory residential use); 10 m (detached suite)
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m for single family dwellings, accessory residential buildings, accessory employee bunkhouse, accessory farm sales and resource use
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m for single family dwellings, accessory residential buildings, accessory employee bunkhouse, accessory farm sales and resource use
- **Interior side setback:** 4.5 m for single family dwellings, accessory residential buildings, accessory employee bunkhouse, accessory farm sales and resource use
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m where applicable, for single family dwellings, accessory residential buildings, accessory employee bunkhouse, accessory farm sales and resource use
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 7.5 m, exterior side 7.5 m, rear 7.5 m, side 4.5 m (accessory residential buildings); home occupation buildings 7.5 m from all property lines on properties 4.0 ha or less, 15 m on properties greater than 4.0 ha
- **Other rules:** Principal single family dwelling in the Agricultural Land Reserve limited to 500 m² gross floor area including any secondary suite; On lots of 5 ha or less, all parts of any dwelling must be within 100 m of the front lot line; Farm buildings must meet the agricultural setbacks in Schedule J; buildings must be at least 3 m from any other building; Dog kennel not permitted on lots smaller than 4 ha; cannabis production facilities at least 120 m from assembly or civic use properties

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1700, 2008 (consolidated with amendments for convenience only, through Bylaw No. 2192, 2026), s. 803](https://spallumcheen.civicweb.net/document/34972#page=109) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Spallumcheen: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/spallumcheen/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/spallumcheen/zoning/a-2/_