{"title":"P zone in Wells: Institutional","code":"P","slug":"p","name":"Institutional","group":"Public","section":"4.7","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: church, community hall, fraternal club or organization, hospital, first aid station, Public uses, including parks and playgrounds, and public utility buildings and structures, and 8 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["church","community hall","fraternal club or organization","hospital, first aid station","Public uses, including parks and playgrounds, and public utility buildings and structures","library","community facility, recreational facility","cemetery","private hospital, personal care home or rest home","museums and historic sites","fire hall","police station","community care facility"],"quotes":["church","community hall","fraternal club or organization","hospital, first aid station","public uses, including parks and playgrounds, and public utility","library","community facility, recreational facility","cemetery","private hospital, personal care home or rest home","museums and historic sites","fire hall","police station","community care facility"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["accessory dwelling unit"],"quotes":["accessory dwelling unit"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"Non-residential use: 300 m² (community water and sewer), 600 m² (community water or sewer), 4,000 m² (no community services). Combined residential and non-residential use: 600 m², 900 m², 4,000 m²","quotes":["Non-Residential 300 square metres 600 square metres 4,000 square metres","Combined Residential 600 square metres 900 square metres 4,000 square metres"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50%","quotes":["LOT COVERAGE (maximum): = 50%"]},"max_height":{"value":"12.5 m","quotes":["HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS (maximum): = 12.5 metres (41 feet)"]},"setback_front":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Front Yard - Setback = 4.5 metres (14.76 feet)"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3 m","quotes":["Rear Yard - Setback = 3 metres (9.84 feet)"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.25 m","quotes":["Interior Side Yard - Setback = 1.25 metres (4.1 feet)"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Exterior Side Yard - Setback = 4.5 metres (14.76 feet)"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"District of Wells Zoning and Tree Protection Bylaw No. 26, 2000 (with Amending Bylaws No. 123 and 125, 2013 not consolidated)","url":"https://www.wells.ca/download_file/view/176/379","accessed":"2026-11-08","note":"This is the original 2000 bylaw text. The District posts amending bylaws separately and not folded in: No. 6 1998 (an older CRD bylaw), No. 123, 2013 (adds single family dwelling as permitted use in CW, s. 4.1.A.1(a)iii) and No. 125, 2013 (adds RV seasonal temporary dwelling rules, s. 3.13(g),(h)). Neither adds a zone."},"source_url":"https://www.wells.ca/download_file/view/176/379#page=52","place":{"path":"ca/bc/wells","name":"Wells","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/p/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/p.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/p.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/index.json"}}