A city bylaw restricts the space that can be subdivided for agriculture
One way to increase our local food security is make it easier to subdivide farmland and get more smaller vegetable farms happening.In the City of Prince George there is a bylaw that only allows a minimum of 15 hectares of AF-zoned land to be subdivided. That’s around 37 acres.
Even if you had an AR designation that allowed that, all of these zones are apparently designed to be developed into housing, and they carry the financial rezoning burden you would expect the city to squeeze out of a developer: $50 for every 100 square meters to be rezoned plus $2,400 in other fees. If the city did approve the subdivision taking place, it then goes to the ALC, who then require $1,500 to do an assessment and make the final decision. They have policies against farmland fragmentation and have strict guidelines in place to maintain the “integrity” and “continuity” of the ALR landbase.
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