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  "name": "BC Real Estate Codex — Facts API",
  "description": "Machine-readable catalog of every BC residential real estate legal, tax, regulatory, and transaction fact. Maintained by Bronson Job PREC, REALTOR® at Royal LePage Ben Gauer & Associates. Updated quarterly. CC BY 4.0 — cite us.",
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    "job_title": "REALTOR®"
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  "generated_at": "2026-06-23T05:36:37.415Z",
  "fact": {
    "id": "bc.alr.zoning_use_restrictions",
    "label": "BC ALR permitted vs prohibited uses",
    "description": "The Agricultural Land Reserve restricts use of designated parcels to farming, farm-related activities, and a defined set of permitted accessory uses. Non-farm uses (commercial businesses unrelated to agriculture, landfill, fill-and-soil-removal beyond limits, etc.) generally require an ALC non-farm use application. Subdivision of an ALR parcel typically requires ALC approval. Local-government zoning continues to govern where it is consistent with or more restrictive than the ALC framework. Permitted-use determinations are parcel-specific and can hinge on whether an activity is \"necessary for farm use\" — verify against alc.gov.bc.ca/alr/ before relying on a use determination for a specific parcel.",
    "value": {
      "permitted_uses_summary": [
        "farming",
        "farm-related activities",
        "agritourism (within limits)",
        "farm retail (within limits)",
        "home-based business (within limits)",
        "one residence (plus the additional-residence framework — see bc.alc.additional_residence_thresholds)"
      ],
      "non_farm_use_application_path": "submitted via local government to ALC",
      "common_prohibitions": [
        "most subdivision (without ALC approval)",
        "commercial uses unrelated to agriculture",
        "landfill",
        "soil-removal / fill-placement beyond regulated limits",
        "cannabis production in non-soil-bound structures (subject to specific exemptions)"
      ],
      "local_zoning_relationship": "local zoning continues to apply where consistent or more restrictive than ALC framework",
      "verification_caveat": "verify against alc.gov.bc.ca/alr/ before relying on a use determination for a specific parcel"
    },
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    "version": 1,
    "effective_iso": "1973-04-18",
    "expires_iso": "2027-05-09",
    "domain": "legal",
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      "alr",
      "alc",
      "zoning",
      "permitted-uses",
      "bc",
      "farmland"
    ],
    "citations": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.alc.gov.bc.ca/alc/content/alr-maps/alr-and-community-planning",
        "org": "BC Government",
        "title": "Agricultural Land Commission — ALR and Community Planning",
        "retrieved_iso": "2026-05-09"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/171_2002",
        "org": "BC Government",
        "title": "Agricultural Land Reserve Use Regulation, BC Reg 30/2019",
        "retrieved_iso": "2026-05-09"
      }
    ],
    "history": [],
    "superseded_by": null,
    "relatedGuides": [
      "/guides/buying-alr-acreage-fraser-valley-bc"
    ]
  }
}