---
title: "RR 1 zone in Wells: Rural 1"
place: Wells, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/wells
zone: RR 1
bylaw: District of Wells Zoning and Tree Protection Bylaw No. 26, 2000 (with Amending Bylaws No. 123 and 125, 2013 not consolidated)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/rr-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/rr-1.json"
---

# RR 1 zone in Wells: Rural 1

Main uses: Single-family residential dwelling, Two-family residential dwelling, Community facility, including a community hall, fire hall, library, school, church, medical clinic or first aid station, and buildings associated with an airplane landing strip or helicopter pad, airplane landing strip or helicopter pad, Public use, including public utility buildings and structures, and 11 more.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Single-family residential dwelling; Two-family residential dwelling; Community facility, including a community hall, fire hall, library, school, church, medical clinic or first aid station, and buildings associated with an airplane landing strip or helicopter pad; airplane landing strip or helicopter pad; Public use, including public utility buildings and structures; Parks, playgrounds and outdoor recreation facilities of a non-commercial nature; Museum, historic site, or cemetery; refuse disposal site; kennel; Agricultural operations, including horticulture, silviculture, livestock, intensive livestock operation, stockyard, beekeeping and aquaculture; Slaughtering and butchering of animals reared on the property or for personal consumption by the owner; Logging and forestry activities, excluding the manufacture of wood products; Portable sawmill, if located no closer than 305 m from an existing residential use on an adjacent or nearby property; Extraction of raw materials from the land, including crushing and screening, but excluding further processing; Temporary construction, exploration or logging camp operated by or on behalf of a government agency or a registered company; trapping and guide camps, except main lodges
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Temporary dwelling unit in conjunction with a single-family residential dwelling; Home occupation or home industry ancillary to a permitted residential use; Bed and breakfast accommodations or rooming and boarding accommodations ancillary to a permitted residential use; Ancillary buildings
- **Minimum lot area:** 4 hectares
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 15%
- **Maximum height:** 10.67 m
- **Front setback:** 7.6 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.6 m
- **Interior side setback:** 7.6 m
- **Street side setback:** 7.6 m
- **Other rules:** Water frontage setback: 45.5 m; Additional dwellings in conjunction with bona fide agricultural operations are allowed if the lot has at least 4 hectares for each additional dwelling

## Source

- [District of Wells Zoning and Tree Protection Bylaw No. 26, 2000 (with Amending Bylaws No. 123 and 125, 2013 not consolidated), s. 4.13](https://www.wells.ca/download_file/view/176/379#page=64) (read 2026-11-08)

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