---
title: "A-2 zone in Surrey: Intensive Agriculture Zone"
place: Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/surrey
zone: A-2
bylaw: Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000 (consolidation includes amendments up to By-law 22120, adopted 09/21/2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/a-2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/surrey/zoning/a-2.json"
---

# A-2 zone in Surrey: Intensive Agriculture Zone

Farm land: general and intensive agriculture inside or outside the Agricultural Land Reserve, protecting Agricultural-designated land from uses not compatible with farming.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Farm land: general and intensive agriculture inside or outside the Agricultural Land Reserve, protecting Agricultural-designated land from uses not compatible with farming.
- **Main uses:** Agriculture and horticulture; Intensive agriculture; One single family dwelling which may contain 1 secondary suite; Aquaculture; Soil processing (generally only outside the Agricultural Land Reserve); Farm alcohol production facility (only within the Agricultural Land Reserve); 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** 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
- **Minimum lot area:** 4 ha (new lots)
- **Minimum lot width:** Minimum 1/10 of total lot perimeter (new lots)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 10% for aquaculture uses
- **Maximum height:** 9 m for single family dwellings; 12 m for other principal uses
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 9 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m for single family dwellings; 30.0 m for agriculture, forestry, processing and kennel uses; 90.0 m for intensive agriculture and aquaculture
- **Rear setback:** 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
- **Interior side setback:** Single family dwellings: lesser of 13.5 m or 10% of the lot width, but not less than 3.0 m (as written); 15.0 m for agriculture, forestry, processing and intensive agriculture; 30.0 m for kennels and horse facilities
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m for single family dwellings; 30.0 m for kennel and intensive agriculture/aquaculture uses; agriculture, forestry and processing uses 30.0 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** 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
- **Other rules:** Single family dwellings must have a ground level floor area of at least 84 sq. m and building width of at least 7 m; No part of a single family dwelling may be set back more than 50.0 m from the front lot line

## Source

- [Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000 (consolidation includes amendments up to By-law 22120, adopted 09/21/2026), s. Part 11](https://www.surrey.ca/sites/default/files/bylaws/BYL_Zoning_12000.pdf#page=97) (read 2026-11-07)

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