RR-60: Rural Large Lot

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

One house on lots under 8 ha, two on 8 ha or more, plus secondary dwelling units under s. 3.9

Main uses

Home; limited and intensive agriculture (intensive: buildings 30 m from water, lot lines and residential zones), home business, kennel (90 m from lot lines), cemetery on lots of 1 ha or more, sand and gravel screening and storage of material mined on the lot (30 m from residential zones)

Smallest lot for a subdivision

60 ha (100 m wide)

Lot coverage

30%

Height limit

Main buildings 11.5 m, accessory buildings 10 m

Setbacks

Front 10 m, sides 5 m, rear 10 m (5 m for accessory buildings)

Secondary dwelling units (s. 3.9): with community sewer, one attached suite and one detached cottage; on septic, one or the other on lots under 1 ha, both on 1 to 8 ha, and one per house over 8 ha. Each is at most 140 m² (net), has its own outside door, stays on the same title (no strata), has drinking water, and can't be a bed and breakfast or a vacation rental. On septic it needs a backup field area, protected by covenant on lots under 1 ha.

Inside the ALR, a second house or a secondary dwelling unit must also meet the Agricultural Land Commission's rules (s. 3.9).

A house's largest floor is at least 60 m² (net) and 5 m across.

Limited agriculture (under 6 agricultural units per hectare, s. 3.11): farm buildings 15 m from watercourses, lot lines and the residential zones' boundaries; buildings for animals 30 m.

Home business (s. 3.4): inside the house or an accessory building, up to 25% of the house's floor area (leaving the house at least 60 m²) and 50 m² in all, up to three non-resident helpers, nothing stored outdoors. A bed and breakfast counts as a home business, with up to 2 bedrooms; vehicle repair, body shops, metal fabrication and daycare don't.

Vacation rental isn't a listed use in this zone: ask the CSRD before renting short term.

Floodplain (ss. 3.5 and 3.6): no buildings within 15 m of Shuswap Lake's mean annual high water mark (348.3 m) or of another watercourse; floors used for living or for goods floodwater could damage sit above 351 m on the lake and 1.5 m above other watercourses. Garages, small additions, docks and accessory buildings with no living space are exempt from parts of this, and the CSRD asks for a surveyor's certificate.

The CSRD can issue a temporary use permit to build or occupy a second dwelling for a time, or for seasonal RV use (s. 3.0(c)).

Nothing closer than 4.5 m to a provincial highway right of way without a Ministry of Transportation permit (s. 3.2(l)).

Site-specific exceptions listed in the bylaw by legal description can add or change uses for one property, and development permit areas, the ALR and building rules apply on top. Confirm with the CSRD's planning department before you buy or build.

Source: Anglemont Zoning Bylaw No. 650 (summarised in our words); zone map: Open Government Licence – Columbia Shuswap Regional District.