Wells, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-08
In short
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
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 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. 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.