AF: Agriculture & Forestry

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

One house or manufactured home with a secondary suite; on a lot of 30 ha or more in the ALR, a second home as part of the farm, a manufactured home up to 9 m wide (s. 9.2.5). A detached secondary dwelling (up to 100 m² of ground floor, 8 m high) is also listed; whether a lot may have one as well as the suite is unclear, so ask the City

Main uses

Farming (intensive farming only in the ALR), forestry, greenhouse and nursery, aquaculture and fish hatchery, equestrian centres, veterinary services, home, small community care facility; agri-tourist accommodation (up to 4 units and campsites), bed and breakfast, home business (type 3 only in the Home Business Overlay), animal breeding and boarding, animal shelter, livestock and farm equipment auctions, temporary sawmill, a winery or cidery with the farm

Smallest lot for a subdivision

15 ha, 100 m wide

Lot coverage

30% on a lot under 0.4 ha; no limit set on bigger lots

Height limit

20 m, but a house 11 m and 3 storeys; accessory buildings 20 m (6 m on a lot under 0.4 ha), secondary dwelling 8 m

Setbacks

Front 4.5 m (10 m for a building over 10 m tall), sides 1.2 m (3 m on a street), rear 6 m; accessory buildings and secondary dwellings front 4.5 m, sides 1.2 m (3 m on a street), rear 1.2 m; 12 m between two homes, 3 m from the house to a secondary dwelling

No log storage within 300 m of a lot zoned AR or residential, commercial, institutional or site-specific (s. 9.2.7).

Accessory buildings: at most 90 m² of ground floor in all on a lot under 0.4 ha; 20 m high, 6 m on a lot under 0.4 ha (s. 9.2.6).

While you build the house, a manufactured home can be lived in on the lot for up to two years from the building permit, then removed; the City may ask for security (s. 9.2.7).

Animal breeding and boarding or an animal shelter only on a lot of 4 ha or more, 100 m from any lot zoned AR2, AR3, AR4 or residential, commercial, institutional or site-specific (s. 9.2.7).

No feedlot within 200 m of a lot zoned AR2, AR3, AR4 or residential, commercial, institutional or site-specific (s. 9.2.7).

Poultry: none under 2,000 m², 25 under 1 ha, 100 under 4 ha, no limit from 4 ha. Livestock: none under 0.4 ha, 2 under 1.2 ha, one per 0.4 ha under 4 ha, no limit from 4 ha (s. 9.2.7).

A secondary dwelling is a detached carriage or cottage house, not a manufactured home, on approved permanent water and sewage systems (s. 2.3); the density rule counts only the suite, which is why having both is unclear.

A secondary suite or secondary dwelling can't share the lot with a bed and breakfast, agri-tourist accommodation or community care facility, and a bed and breakfast can't share a house with a suite (ss. 5.6.7, 5.7.6, 5.8.2).

Uses the bylaw doesn't list aren't allowed (s. 1.6.7). Short-term rental isn't a listed use, only bed and breakfast run by the people who live there (s. 5.8.3), so ask the City before renting a home by the night.

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 City of Prince George's planning and development department before you buy or build.

Source: Section 9.2 of City of Prince George Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007 (summarised in our words, checked 2026-10-02); zone map: Open Government Licence – City of Prince George.