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title: "RU-1 zone in Tahsis: Rural Zone One"
place: Tahsis, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/tahsis
zone: RU-1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 630, 2020
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tahsis/zoning/ru-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tahsis/zoning/ru-1.json"
---

# RU-1 zone in Tahsis: Rural Zone One

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.

## Zone rules

- **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; Campsite and tenting sites (maximum density of 25 units per hectare)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** 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 (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.)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 15% (excluding commercial greenhouses); 35% (excluding commercial greenhouses, on a lot of 1625 square metres or less)
- **Maximum height:** 10 metres (excluding agricultural buildings)
- **Front setback:** 7.5 metres
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 metres
- **Interior side setback:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 630, 2020, s. 5.6](https://villageoftahsis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/bylaw-630.pdf#page=33) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Tahsis: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tahsis/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/tahsis/zoning/ru-1/_