Township of Langley Zoning Bylaw No. 2500

farm worker accommodation;

residential development;

Temporary Farm Accommodation

The provision of temporary farm labourer accommodation is subject to the following:
a) Accommodations to be occupied between April 1st and November 30th in any calendar year shall be permitted on farms requiring seasonal help, subject to the units being occupied by an employee of the owner where such property is operated as a bona fide farm; provided, however, that the accommodation shall not be occupied by any person at any other time of the year;

b) The minimum lot size shall be 4.0 hectares.

c) Accommodation shall be at the ratio of 10 persons for each 4 hectares up to a maximum of 40 persons per bona fide farm; and

d) The maximum allowable floor area per occupant shall be 10 m2 of which the required floor area for sleeping accommodations shall be not less than 4.6 m2 and not more than 5 m2 per occupant.

farm worker accommodation;

residential development;

Migrant Agricultural Worker Accommodation

1) Migrant Agricultural Worker Accommodation shall be permitted on farms requiring farm help, subject to the following: Units being occupied by a migrant agricultural worker must be on parcels no less than four (4) hectares in size.

2) Accommodation shall be at a ratio of 1 migrant agricultural worker per 1000 m2 of principal farm building floor area for commercial greenhouses, mushroom and berry/vegetable processing operations up to a maximum of 130 persons per bona fide farm. All other farm commodities shall have a maximum allowance of up to 40 workers per farm.

3) The property owner shall register a restrictive covenant on the property stating that the new migrant agricultural worker accommodation will only be used by migrant agricultural workers and that the owner will remove the migrant agricultural worker accommodation and restore the land to agricultural use if the migrant agricultural worker accommodation is vacant for two (2) consecutive years. If an existing building is converted to migrant agricultural worker accommodation and is not used by migrant agricultural workers for two (2) consecutive years, the owner must either have the building removed or decommissioned so that it is no longer habitable at their own expense.

4) The migrant agricultural worker accommodation can be used to house migrant agricultural workers employed on other farm operations in the Township of Langley provided a statutory declaration is filed with the Municipality describing the terms of the arrangement and there is a written agreement between the farm operations. The workers must be employed at least six (6) months of the year on the farm with the migrant agricultural worker accommodation.

5) A statutory declaration must be filed with the Municipality annually stating that the building will only be used for migrant agricultural worker accommodation for a specified period of time. The statutory declaration shall verify the following:... See document for additional regulations related to migrant agricultural worker accommodations.

food production;

water management;

greenhouses;

Requirements for Commercial Greenhouses

Prior to issuance of a building permit for commercial greenhouse, the following
shall be required:
a) a report from a recognized independent sound consultant certifying that noise from the proposed commercial greenhouse operation will not exceed levels permitted in the Noise Control Bylaw,

b) a storm water management plan in compliance with the Subdivision and Development Servicing Bylaw 2011 No. 4861 as amended, and

c) a water well test performed by a Professional Engineer to address the adequacy of the aquifer to supply the water required by the proposed commercial greenhouse operation and drawdown rates of wells on adjacent property.

AGRICULTURAL PROCESSING ZONE
See document for regulations for Agricultural Processing Zone (RU -6).

farmers; markets;

farm retail/farm gate sales;

ALR;

covenants;

RURAL FARM MARKET ZONE

Uses Permitted
...rural farm markets in the Agricultural Land Reserve subject to:
a) the growing and sale of produce grown on-site remaining the principal permitted use;

b) the RU-14 site area being limited to a maximum size of 0.4 ha and not exceeding 5% of the total farm unit area;

c) the size of the rural farm market building (including outside storage and display) used for the sale of produce grown off-site being limited to a maximum of 130m2 .A restrictive covenant shall be registered guaranteeing that 75% of all produce sales be of B.C. origin with a maximum of 10% processed farm goods; that grocery and sundry items will not be sold from the farm market; and that the farm unit will have a
minimum size of 8.0 ha;

d) municipal sanitary sewer and municipal water services shall be available to every RU-14 development. Access to a Provincial Highway from an RU-14 development shall be from a municipal road or right of way.

4) rural farm markets not located in the Agricultural Land Reserve may sell produce grown on and off the farm unit, however the area used for the sale of grocery and sundry items shall not exceed 10% of the gross floor area of the farm market building.

See document for additional regulations for Rural Farm Market Zone (RU -14).

RURAL BUTCHER SHOP ZONE RU-9
Uses Permitted

In the RU-9 Zone only the following uses are permitted and all other uses are prohibited:

...2) butcher shops limited to a maximum gross floor area of 450 m2...

See document for additional regulations for Rural Butcher Zone (RU-9).