Zoning for large-lot land in Langford is getting a name change to quash frequent confusion when it comes to rezoning requests.

LangfordB次元官网网址檚 planning committee gave the OK to relabel the agricultural 1(AG1) zone as rural residential 2 (RR2). The zones have the same characteristics, such as 10 acre minimum lot sizes, with one residential building per lot.

Langford wants to differentiate clearly between agricultural reserve land (ALR) and AG1 land that isnB次元官网网址檛 within the ALR. The City has received a number of AG1 rezoning requests to allow residential development, particularly in the Happy Valley area.

Langford has 92 properties summing to 338 acres of land within the ALR. Where Langford can rezone AG1 land, only the provincial Agricultural Land Commission can approve removal of land from the ALR.

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B次元官网网址淭his is to reduce confusion around a number of projects,B次元官网网址� said Langford planner Matthew Baldwin. B次元官网网址淭here are a number of properties zoned AG1 but not in the ALR.B次元官网网址�