{"title":"Warfield zoning: find your zone and what it allows","question":"How do I find out how my property is zoned in Warfield and what I can build on it?","slug":"zoning-lookup","place":{"path":"ca/bc/warfield","name":"Warfield","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"category":{"slug":"building-and-renovating","name":"Building, renovating and your property"},"owner":"municipal","owner_label":"Municipal","owner_body":{"name":"Village of Warfield","url":"https://warfield.ca"},"short_answer":"Warfield posts a Zoning Map (PDF) on its Zoning and Development and Maps pages; it has no online address search. Find your zone on the map, then read that zone's rules in Zoning Bylaw No. 896. For help, call the Village Office at 250-368-8202.","aliases":["zoning map warfield","what is my zoning warfield","warfield zoning bylaw","warfield zone lookup"],"cost":"Free to view online.","how_long":"Not applicable.","where":[{"type":"online","label":"Zoning and Development, Village of Warfield","value":"https://warfield.ca/village-office/zoning-development/"},{"type":"online","label":"Maps, Village of Warfield","value":"https://warfield.ca/discover-warfield/maps/"},{"type":"phone","label":"Village Office","value":"250-368-8202"},{"type":"email","label":"Village Office","value":"info@warfield.ca"},{"type":"in_person","label":"Village Office","value":"555 Schofield Hwy., Trail, BC V1R 2G7","note":"Monday to Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; closed Friday."}],"documents":[],"forms":[{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 896, 2021 (PDF, consolidated June 2024)","url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Warfield-Zoning-Bylaw-Consolidation-FINAL_2024_06_27.pdf"},{"title":"Zoning Amendment Bylaw 975, with map (PDF)","url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/975-Zoning-Amendment-Bylaw-SIGNED-with-Map.pdf"},{"title":"Zoning Amendment Bylaw 979 (PDF)","url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-979.pdf"}],"related":[{"slug":"building-permit","title":"Warfield building permits: when you need one and how to apply","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/building-permit/"},{"slug":"secondary-suite","title":"Warfield secondary suite and carriage house rules","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/secondary-suite/"},{"slug":"fence-rules","title":"Warfield fence rules: permits and height limits","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/fence-rules/"},{"slug":"deck-shed-garage-permit","title":"Warfield permits for decks, sheds, carports and garages","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/deck-shed-garage-permit/"}],"nearby":[{"place":"ca/bc/trail","name":"Trail","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/trail/zoning-lookup/"},{"place":"ca/bc/rossland","name":"Rossland","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/rossland/zoning-lookup/"},{"place":"ca/bc/montrose","name":"Montrose","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/montrose/zoning-lookup/"},{"place":"ca/bc/fruitvale","name":"Fruitvale","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fruitvale/zoning-lookup/"},{"place":"ca/bc/castlegar","name":"Castlegar","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/castlegar/zoning-lookup/"},{"place":"ca/bc/salmo","name":"Salmo","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salmo/zoning-lookup/"}],"topic":{"title":"Zoning maps in British Columbia, by municipality","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/zoning-lookup/"},"facts":{"how_to_find":{"label":"How to find your zone","value":"The Village posts a Zoning Map (PDF) on its Zoning & Development and Maps pages. No online address search is offered. Bylaw 975 replaced the map in Bylaw 896 with a Zoning Map dated August 2025 (adopted September 8, 2025).","short":"PDF zoning map; no address search","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://warfield.ca/village-office/zoning-development/","title":"Zoning and Development, Village of Warfield","section":"Zoning & Development page","quotes":["Village of Warfield Zoning Map"]},{"url":"https://warfield.ca/discover-warfield/maps/","title":"Maps, Village of Warfield","section":"Maps page","quotes":["Village of Warfield Zoning Map"]},{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/975-Zoning-Amendment-Bylaw-SIGNED-with-Map.pdf","title":"Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 975, with map (PDF), Village of Warfield","section":"s. 4","quotes":["is deleted and replaced with the Zoning Map dated August 2025, as attached as Schedule A.","RECONSIDERED AND FINALLY ADOPTED this 8th day of September, 2025."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"zoning_bylaw":{"label":"Zoning bylaw","value":"Village of Warfield Zoning Bylaw No. 896, 2021 (adopted June 28, 2021). The website copy is consolidated for convenience to June 2024, including amendments up to Bylaw 959. Later amendments: Bylaw 975 (zoning map, Sept 2025) and Bylaw 979 (text, Dec 2025).","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Warfield-Zoning-Bylaw-Consolidation-FINAL_2024_06_27.pdf","title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 896, 2021 (PDF, consolidated June 2024), Village of Warfield","section":"Cover page","quotes":["CONSOLIDATED FOR CONVENIENCE, JUNE 2024","(and Amendments thereto up to and including Bylaw #959)"]},{"url":"https://warfield.ca/village-office/zoning-development/","title":"Zoning and Development, Village of Warfield","section":"Zoning & Development page","quotes":["Bylaw 896 – Zoning Bylaw (Consolidated to June 2024)"]},{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-979.pdf","title":"Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 979 (PDF), Village of Warfield","section":"Bylaw 979","quotes":["RECONSIDERED AND ADOPTED by the Municipal Council of the Village ofWarfield this 8th"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"what_zone_controls":{"label":"What the zone controls","value":"Each zone's permitted uses (Table 5-1) and, in Table 6-1, the minimum parcel area and width, yards, maximum height and parcel coverage. Parking is set in Table 4-1.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Warfield-Zoning-Bylaw-Consolidation-FINAL_2024_06_27.pdf","title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 896, 2021 (PDF, consolidated June 2024), Village of Warfield","section":"Parts 4 to 6","quotes":["TABLE 5 – 1 Principal and Accessory Uses","TABLE 6 – 1","Table 4-1 – Minimum Vehicle Parking Requirements"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"contact":{"label":"Contact","value":"Village Office, 250-368-8202, info@warfield.ca (Mon to Thurs 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.).","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://warfield.ca/contact-us/","title":"Contact Us, Village of Warfield","section":"Contact Us page","quotes":["Telephone: 250-368-8202 - Email: info@warfield.ca","Mon – Thurs: 8:30 am – 4:00 pm"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"bylaw":{"label":"Bylaw","value":"Zoning Bylaw No. 896, 2021","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Warfield-Zoning-Bylaw-Consolidation-FINAL_2024_06_27.pdf","title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 896, 2021 (PDF, consolidated June 2024), Village of Warfield","section":"s. 1.1.1","quotes":["This Bylaw may be cited as “Village of Warfield Zoning Bylaw No. 896, 2021.”"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}}},"facts_summary":{"total":5,"stated":5,"matched":5,"none":0,"unknown":0},"zoning":{"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 896, 2021 (consolidated for convenience, June 2024, including amendments up to Bylaw 959)","url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/uploads/Warfield-Zoning-Bylaw-Consolidation-FINAL_2024_06_27.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-08","note":"Zoning amendment Bylaws 975 (map, 2025) and 979 (2025) are posted separately on the Village bylaws page and are not in this consolidation. In this bylaw zones are not written as separate sections. Each zone's uses are a column in Table 5-1 (pdf pages 49-51, lines 1984-2110), its dimensions a row in Table 6-1 (pdf pages 61-62, lines 2420-2560), and its intent a paragraph in s. 3.3 (the lines given below). CD1 and CD2 have extra requirements in ss. 3.4 and 3.5."},"zones":13,"zone_pages":11,"index_url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/zoning/index.json","lookup_url":null,"map":{"has_map":false,"has_addresses":false,"zones_geojson":null,"addresses_json":null,"source_url":null,"viewer":{"title":"Village of Warfield Zoning Map (June 2024), PDF","url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/uploads/Wardfield-Zoning-Map-FINAL_2024_06_27.pdf"},"caveat":null,"accessed":null}},"body_markdown":"## How it works\n\nThe Village posts a Zoning Map (PDF) on its [Zoning and Development](https://warfield.ca/village-office/zoning-development/) and Maps pages. There is no online address search. [Bylaw 975](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/975-Zoning-Amendment-Bylaw-SIGNED-with-Map.pdf) replaced the map in the Zoning Bylaw with a Zoning Map dated August 2025 (adopted September 8, 2025), but the PDF linked on the website is named with a June 2024 date, so confirm your zone with the Village.\n\nThe [Village of Warfield Zoning Bylaw No. 896, 2021](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Warfield-Zoning-Bylaw-Consolidation-FINAL_2024_06_27.pdf) sets the rules. The Village's copy is consolidated for convenience to June 2024, including amendments up to Bylaw 959. Later changes are in Bylaw 975 (zoning map, September 2025) and [Bylaw 979](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-979.pdf) (text, December 2025).\n\n## Steps\n\n1. Open the Zoning Map and find your parcel and its zone.\n2. In the Zoning Bylaw, Table 5-1 lists each zone's permitted uses. Table 6-1 gives the minimum parcel area and width, yards, maximum height and parcel coverage. Parking is in Table 4-1.\n3. Check the amending bylaws for later changes.\n4. Call the Village Office at 250-368-8202 or email info@warfield.ca to confirm your zone.\n\n## Good to know\n\n- The Village Office is open Monday to Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.\n- Building permits are handled by the RDKB Building Department (250-368-9148); see the building-permit answer.","sources":[{"url":"https://warfield.ca/village-office/zoning-development/","title":"Zoning and Development, Village of Warfield","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://warfield.ca/discover-warfield/maps/","title":"Maps, Village of Warfield","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Warfield-Zoning-Bylaw-Consolidation-FINAL_2024_06_27.pdf","title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 896, 2021 (PDF, consolidated June 2024), Village of Warfield","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/975-Zoning-Amendment-Bylaw-SIGNED-with-Map.pdf","title":"Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 975, with map (PDF), Village of Warfield","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-979.pdf","title":"Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 979 (PDF), Village of Warfield","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://warfield.ca/contact-us/","title":"Contact Us, Village of Warfield","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Building-Bylaw-No.-988-2026-Backgrounder-QA-Signed.pdf","title":"Building Bylaw No. 988, 2026, with backgrounder (PDF), Village of Warfield","accessed":"2026-11-08"}],"sources_read":"2026-11-08","review":{"status":"machine_checked","badge":"Checked against official text","label":"Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 5 of 5 facts was matched to the official text."},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/zoning-lookup/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/zoning-lookup.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/zoning-lookup.json"}}