City of Campbell River · zoning
The PA-1 zone in Campbell River.
Public Areas One. What the bylaw lets you build, how big the lot has to be, and how close to the lines you can go, in plain words with the section for each.
From Zoning Bylaw No. 3250, 2006. General information, not legal or planning advice. The adopted bylaw, as the City of Campbell River reads it, is always the final word.
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PA-1 at a glance
| What you can use it for | Purpose: areas and uses that provide health, social, educational, recreational, and other services to the community. Uses: parks and natural areas; greenways trails; church, temple or other house of worship or religious institution, and one ancillary dwelling unit; school, educational institution; recreational complex; community hall or centre; hospital, medical clinic, ambulance dispatch; library, museum; major utility buildings, structures or facilities; ancillary food and beverage retail sales; cemetery / crematorium; exhibition and fair grounds; fire station, search and rescue facility; police facility; disaster services centre; parking lot; helipad ancillary to a permitted use; acquired injury facility; child care facility; community living facility; extended care residences; hospice (5.21.1, as amended by 3978; community care/social care facility removed by 3978). Site-specific: ancillary manufacturing and sales of artisan goods at 621 Island Hwy (Lot 1 DL 73 Sayward Plan VIP72566) (3369); animal shelter only at 385 S Dogwood St / 490 Merecroft Rd (Lot 2 DL 72 Sayward Plan VIP62943) (3414); apartment only at 375 2nd Ave (Lot A DL 72 Sayward Land District Plan VIP70741) (5.21.1(y), 3989, May 16 2025) |
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| Dwelling units | One ancillary dwelling unit with a church/place of worship (5.21.1(c)); apartment only at 375 2nd Ave (5.21.1(y)), density not stated. Otherwise none |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 750 m² (8,073 sq ft) for churches, hospitals, medical centres, and community care or social care facilities; no minimum for other uses (5.21.2); frontage not stated |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | Front 8.0 m (26 ft); rear 8.0 m (26 ft); side 4.0 m (13 ft) or half the height of the principal building, whichever is greater (5.21.4) |
| Height | 20.0 m (66 ft) for hospitals and schools; 15.0 m (49 ft) for all other uses (all buildings and structures) (5.21.5) |
| Lot coverage | 50% all buildings; 10% in the McIvor Lake area (5.21.3) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | s.4.12 |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | s.4.12 |
| Parking | Table 4.21.1; loading s.4.22 |
Metric figures are the bylaw's own. Feet and acres are converted for reading and rounded.
One lot, not the zone
What the zone page can't tell you
- Whether your lot is actually in this zone. Check the zoning map, not the listing.
- Whether a permit area, floodplain, stream setback or farmland reserve sits over the lot. Each adds steps.
- Whether site-specific rules or a covenant on title change what this table says.
- What council has decided on the street lately.
The lot report answers those for one address.
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