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Zone codes in BC

A zone code such as RR1 or R1 means whatever the bylaw that zones the lot says: each council defines its own. 114 codes are used by 3 or more of the bylaws we've summarised, and each one's page sets what it allows in each bylaw side by side.

Codes in several bylaws

  • A6 bylaws, most often named Agriculture
  • A120 bylaws, most often named Agriculture
  • A210 bylaws, most often named Rural
  • A33 bylaws, most often named Agricultural and Resource
  • A43 bylaws, most often named Agricultural and Produce Processing
  • AG6 bylaws, most often named Agriculture
  • AG14 bylaws, most often named Agriculture 1
  • AR14 bylaws, most often named Agricultural
  • AR23 bylaws, most often named Agriculture (4 ha)
  • C128 bylaws, most often named Local Commercial
  • C228 bylaws, most often named General Commercial
  • C-319 bylaws, most often named Service Commercial
  • C-415 bylaws, most often named Service Commercial
  • C513 bylaws, most often named Neighbourhood Commercial
  • C69 bylaws, most often named Arterial Commercial
  • C77 bylaws, most often named Service Commercial
  • C84 bylaws, most often named Airport Commercial
  • CD-17 bylaws, most often named Comprehensive Development 1
  • CD24 bylaws, most often named Comprehensive Development (270 Riverside Drive)
  • CD35 bylaws, most often named Comprehensive Development (2784 Skaha Lake Road)
  • CD44 bylaws, most often named Comprehensive Development CD-4
  • CD54 bylaws, most often named Comprehensive Development (3388 Skaha Lake Road)
  • CR8 bylaws, most often named Country Residential
  • CR-18 bylaws, most often named Country Residential
  • CS-14 bylaws, most often named Service Commercial
  • F13 bylaws, most often named Forest 1
  • FW3 bylaws, most often named Foreshore and Water
  • GC4 bylaws, most often named Golf Course
  • HC3 bylaws, most often named Highway Commercial
  • I121 bylaws, most often named Light Industrial
  • I214 bylaws, most often named General Industrial
  • I-39 bylaws, most often named Heavy Industrial
  • I44 bylaws, most often named Airport
  • ID13 bylaws, most often named Industrial 1
  • L.H4 bylaws, most often named Large Holding
  • LH13 bylaws, most often named Large Holdings One
  • M114 bylaws, most often named Light Industrial
  • M-215 bylaws, most often named General Industrial
  • M-34 bylaws, most often named Business Industrial
  • MH3 bylaws, most often named Medium Holdings
  • MHP4 bylaws, most often named Mobile Home Park
  • MHP13 bylaws, most often named Manufactured Home Park 1
  • P4 bylaws, most often named Institutional
  • P-131 bylaws, most often named Public Institutional
  • P-223 bylaws, most often named Parks and Open Space
  • P-316 bylaws, most often named Public Works and Utility
  • P-48 bylaws, most often named Ecological Reserve
  • P55 bylaws, most often named Conservation
  • PI3 bylaws, most often named Public and Institutional
  • PK3 bylaws, most often named Parks and Protected Areas
  • PR5 bylaws, most often named Parks and Recreation
  • R9 bylaws, most often named Rural
  • R136 bylaws, most often named Low Density Residential
  • R-1(A)6 bylaws, most often named Residential
  • R-1(B)5 bylaws, most often named Residential
  • R-1(C)3 bylaws, most often named Residential
  • R228 bylaws, most often named Medium Density Residential
  • R-321 bylaws, most often named Residential Multi-Family
  • R412 bylaws, most often named Residential 4
  • R59 bylaws, most often named Residential 5
  • R66 bylaws, most often named Residential 6
  • R75 bylaws, most often named Residential 7
  • R86 bylaws, most often named Residential 8
  • RA7 bylaws, most often named Resource/Agricultural
  • RA 15 bylaws, most often named Resource/Agricultural
  • RC3 bylaws, most often named Country Residential
  • RC15 bylaws, most often named Resort Commercial 1
  • RES-14 bylaws, most often named Recreation Accommodation
  • RES-1(A)3 bylaws, most often named Recreation Residential
  • RES-23 bylaws, most often named Resort Recreation
  • RH4 bylaws, most often named Rural Holdings
  • RL5 bylaws, most often named Lakeshore Residential
  • RL-13 bylaws, most often named Rural
  • RL 26 bylaws, most often named Lakeshore Residential 2
  • RM112 bylaws, most often named Multiple-Dwelling 1
  • RM-211 bylaws, most often named Low Density Multiple Housing
  • RM37 bylaws, most often named Medium Density Multiple Housing
  • RM46 bylaws, most often named High Density Multiple Housing
  • RM53 bylaws, most often named Multi-Unit 5 - High Density
  • RM93 bylaws, most often named Manufactured Home Park
  • R-MP6 bylaws, most often named Manufactured Home Park Residential
  • RR11 bylaws, most often named Rural Residential
  • RR129 bylaws, most often named Rural Residential (Estate)
  • RR219 bylaws, most often named Rural Residential (Small Holding)
  • RR 38 bylaws, most often named Rural 3
  • RR-48 bylaws, most often named Rural Residential (Hobby Farm)
  • RR-87 bylaws, most often named Rural Residential (Country)
  • RR-165 bylaws, most often named Rural Residential (Extensive)
  • RR-608 bylaws, most often named Rural Resource
  • RS125 bylaws, most often named Single Family Residential
  • RS-1(A)7 bylaws, most often named Residential (Semi-Rural Single Family)
  • RS211 bylaws, most often named Low Density Residential Two
  • RS39 bylaws, most often named Low Density Residential Three
  • RS-412 bylaws, most often named Residential (Acreage)
  • RS56 bylaws, most often named Heritage Woods Small Lot Single Detached Residential
  • RS65 bylaws, most often named Compact Lot Residential
  • RS73 bylaws, most often named Infill Residential
  • RSC3 bylaws, most often named Rural and Resource
  • RT-24 bylaws, most often named Townhouse Residential
  • RT-33 bylaws, most often named Multiplex Residential
  • RU111 bylaws, most often named Rural One
  • RU28 bylaws, most often named Medium Lot Housing
  • RU-36 bylaws, most often named Residential Sub-Urban
  • RU-43 bylaws, most often named Country Residential
  • RU-54 bylaws, most often named Multiple Suburban Housing
  • SH6 bylaws, most often named Small Holding
  • SH-15 bylaws, most often named Small Holdings One
  • SH-24 bylaws, most often named Small Holdings Two
  • SH34 bylaws, most often named Small Holdings Three
  • SH43 bylaws, most often named Small Holdings Four
  • SR4 bylaws, most often named Settlement Residential
  • VR3 bylaws, most often named Vacation Rental
  • W13 bylaws, most often named Recreational Water Use
  • WP-13 bylaws, most often named Watershed Protection

By code, not ranked. "RR-1" and "RR1" count as one code; lake zones are left out. Every bylaw and its zones: Zoning we cover.