{"title":"A-1 zone in Surrey: General Agriculture Zone","code":"A-1","slug":"a-1","name":"General Agriculture Zone","group":"Agricultural","section":"Part 10","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Farm land: agriculture on lots of at least 2 ha, protecting land designated Agricultural in the OCP from uses not compatible with farming.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Farm land: agriculture on lots of at least 2 ha, protecting land designated Agricultural in the OCP from uses not compatible with farming.","quotes":["This Zone is intended to accommodate agriculture uses on lots of a minimum size of 2 ha and to","protect land designated Agricultural in the OCP from the intrusion of uses not compatible with"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Agriculture and horticulture","One single family dwelling, which may contain 1 secondary suite","Intensive agriculture (only within the Agricultural Land Reserve)","Farm alcohol production facility","Forestry","Agri-tourism, conservation and nature study, kennels and similar uses (buildings limited to 10% of the lot)","Horse-riding, training and/or boarding facility"],"quotes":["Agriculture and horticulture.","One single family dwelling, which may contain 1 secondary suite.","Intensive agriculture, provided that this use shall occur only on land within the","Farm alcohol production facility.","Forestry.","Provided that the total area covered by buildings and structures shall not exceed 10% of","(g) Agri-tourism.","Horse-riding, training and/or boarding facility, pursuant to Section J.4 of this Zone."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Display and retail sale of products","Primary processing of products","Private airport","Bed and breakfast use","Keeping of boarders or lodgers","Soil amendment","Cogeneration Facility","Short-Term Rental"],"quotes":["Display and retail sale of products pursuant to Sections J.5 and J.6 of this Zone.","Primary processing of products, pursuant to Section J.7 of this Zone.","Private airport, pursuant to Section J.8 of this Zone.","Bed and breakfast use pursuant to Section B.7 of Part 4 General Provisions.","The keeping of boarders or lodgers pursuant to Section B.7 of Part 4 General Provisions.","Soil amendment.","Cogeneration Facility, pursuant to Section J.9 of this Zone.","Short-Term Rental in accordance with Section B.7 of Part 4 General Provisions."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"4 ha inside the Agricultural Land Reserve; 2 ha outside it (for new lots created by subdivision)","quotes":["Lot Area: Within Agricultural Land Reserve – minimum 4 ha; and","Outside Agricultural Land Reserve – minimum 2 ha."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"Minimum 1/10 of total lot perimeter (new lots)","quotes":["Lot Width: Minimum 1/10 of total lot perimeter."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"Not applicable to this Zone","quotes":["Not applicable to this Zone."]},"max_height":{"value":"9 m for single family dwellings; 12 m for other principal uses","quotes":["Excluding single family dwellings, building height shall not exceed 12 m.","Single Family Dwellings:","Building height shall not exceed 9 m."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"9 m","quotes":["Accessory Uses:","Building height shall not exceed 9 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m for single family dwellings; 30.0 m for agriculture, forestry, processing and kennel uses; 90.0 m for intensive agriculture","quotes":["and 7.5 m 12.0 m (b) 10% of the lot 7.5 m","Primary Processing; and Cogeneration 30.0 m 15.0 m1 15.0 m1 30.0 m","Intensive Agriculture Uses and Buildings3 90.0 m 15.0 m 15.0 m 30.0 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"12.0 m for single family dwellings; 15.0 m for agriculture, forestry, processing and intensive agriculture; 30.0 m for kennels and horse facilities","quotes":["and 7.5 m 12.0 m (b) 10% of the lot 7.5 m","Primary Processing; and Cogeneration 30.0 m 15.0 m1 15.0 m1 30.0 m","Intensive Agriculture Uses and Buildings3 90.0 m 15.0 m 15.0 m 30.0 m","30.0 m 30.0 m2 30.0 m2 30.0 m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"Single family dwellings: lesser of 13.5 m or 10% of the lot width, but not less than 3.0 m; 15.0 m for agriculture, forestry, processing and intensive agriculture; 30.0 m for kennels and horse facilities","quotes":["Lesser of:","(a) 13.5 m or","less than 3.0 m","and 7.5 m 12.0 m (b) 10% of the lot 7.5 m","Primary Processing; and Cogeneration 30.0 m 15.0 m1 15.0 m1 30.0 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"7.5 m for single family dwellings; 30.0 m for agriculture, forestry, processing, kennel and intensive agriculture uses","quotes":["and 7.5 m 12.0 m (b) 10% of the lot 7.5 m","Primary Processing; and Cogeneration 30.0 m 15.0 m1 15.0 m1 30.0 m"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"Single family dwelling accessory buildings use the same setbacks as the dwelling: front 7.5 m, rear 12.0 m, street side 7.5 m","quotes":["Single Family Dwellings including Accessory","Buildings and Structures","and 7.5 m 12.0 m (b) 10% of the lot 7.5 m"]},"other":{"value":["Single family dwellings must have a ground level floor area of at least 84 sq. m and building width of at least 7 m","Farm residential footprint: maximum 2,000 sq. m and maximum depth 60 m from the front lot line","No part of a single family dwelling may be set back more than 50.0 m from the front lot line","Horse-riding facility: not more than 40 stalls"],"quotes":["Single family dwellings shall have a minimum ground level floor area of 84 sq. m","(a) The maximum size of the farm residential footprint shall be 2,000 sq. m; and","shall be 60 m.","no portion of a single family dwelling shall be setback","than 50.0 m from the front lot line","(a) There are not more than 40 stalls; and/or"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000 (consolidation includes amendments up to By-law 22120, adopted 09/21/2026)","url":"https://www.surrey.ca/sites/default/files/bylaws/BYL_Zoning_12000.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"Each Comprehensive Development (CD) zone is a separate site-specific by-law attached to Part 52 (listed on the Surrey map by lot as \"CD\" with its by-law number); those by-laws are not written out in this PDF."},"source_url":"https://www.surrey.ca/sites/default/files/bylaws/BYL_Zoning_12000.pdf#page=92","place":{"path":"ca/bc/surrey","name":"Surrey","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/a-1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/a-1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/a-1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/index.json"}}