The AgRefresh planning process is complete!

The City of Abbotsford recently completed AgRefresh, a three stage planning process to review and update agricultural policies, bylaws, and regulations, and to establish a framework for improving bylaw compliance for lands within the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR). The AgRefresh project delivered updated Official Community Plan (OCP) policy and Zoning Bylaw regulation, and prepared a bylaw compliance approach for farming areas.

AgRefresh concluded on August 29, 2022, with Council adoption of the following project deliverables:

• AgRefresh OCP Amendments (Bylaw 3247-2022)
• AgRefresh Zoning Bylaw Amendments (Bylaw 3246-2022)
• Council Policy for Agricultural Areas (Policy C006-11)
• Standing Council Resolutions for select ALC applications (Report No. PDS 091-2022)

Visit abbotsford.ca/AgRefresh for additional project background and more information on the ALR Bylaw Compliance Approach (see Stage 3 Report Section 4.0).

Read more about recent project milestones