{"title":"RU-1 zone in Tahsis: Rural Zone One","code":"RU-1","slug":"ru-1","name":"Rural Zone One","group":"Rural","section":"5.6","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: One single-family dwelling (including a mobile home), Agricultural use (including the sale of products grown on the property), Animal kennels and shelters, Silviculture and commercial nurseries, Airports, heliports, and associated uses, and 1 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["One single-family dwelling (including a mobile home)","Agricultural use (including the sale of products grown on the property)","Animal kennels and shelters","Silviculture and commercial nurseries","Airports, heliports, and associated uses","Campsite and tenting sites (maximum density of 25 units per hectare)"],"quotes":["one single-family dwelling (including a","agricultural use (including the sale of","animal kennels and shelters","silviculture and commercial nurseries","airports, heliports, and associated","campsite and tenting sites (maximum"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory building or structure","Single fully enclosed building to house a maximum of 3 people employed in a business conducted on the lot","Home-based business","Professional occupation","Urban agricultural use"],"note":"The enclosed business building must meet the conditions of use: no outdoor storage, height 4.5 metres or less, 7.5 metre yard clearance on all property lines, floor area 75 square metres or less.","quotes":["accessory building or structure","single fully enclosed building to house","a maximum of 3 people being","home-based business","professional occupation","urban agricultural use"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"15% (excluding commercial greenhouses); 35% (excluding commercial greenhouses, on a lot of 1625 square metres or less)","quotes":["All buildings and structures (excluding 15%","All buildings and structures (excluding","lot equal to or less than 1625 square metres)","commercial greenhouses when located on a 35%"]},"max_height":{"value":"10 metres (excluding agricultural buildings)","quotes":["All buildings and structures (excluding 10 metres"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 metres","quotes":["Front yard minimum 7. 5 metres"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 metres","quotes":["Rear yard minimum 7. 5 metres"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3.5 metres; 1.75 metres where the lot is 30 metres or less wide at the required front yard setback and no street flanks the side yard","quotes":["3. 5 metres (except where the width of a lot is","30 metres or less at the required front yard","minimum is 1. 75 metres)"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 630, 2020","url":"https://villageoftahsis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/bylaw-630.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-08","note":"This is the original 2020 bylaw. The Village also posts Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 667, 2024 (adds small-scale multi-unit housing to R-1, R-2, RM-1 and RU-1 and secondary-suite definitions; text layer OK) and No. 660, 2023 (image-only PDF, no text layer), plus earlier amendments 610, 612 and 616 of 2019 that amended the older Bylaw 176. No consolidated version is published. The PDF text layer has some character errors (for example \"R-l\" for R-1 and \"1-1\" for I-1)."},"source_url":"https://villageoftahsis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/bylaw-630.pdf#page=33","place":{"path":"ca/bc/tahsis","name":"Tahsis","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tahsis/zoning/ru-1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tahsis/zoning/ru-1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tahsis/zoning/ru-1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tahsis/zoning/index.json"}}