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RU-1 zone in Tahsis: Rural Zone One

Tahsis, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-08

In short

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 coverage15% (excluding commercial greenhouses); 35% (excluding commercial greenhouses, on a lot of 1625 square metres or less)
Maximum height10 metres (excluding agricultural buildings)
Front setback7.5 metres
Rear setback7.5 metres
Interior side setback3.5 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 (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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). Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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