Comox Valley Regional District (Areas A, B and C) · zoning
The C-1 zone in the rural Comox Valley.
Commercial 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 the zoning bylaw (Part 901). General information, not legal or planning advice. The adopted bylaw, as the Comox Valley Regional District reads it, is always the final word.
Check a lot in the rural Comox ValleyThe rules
C-1 at a glance
| What you can use it for | principal: service establishment; retail and wholesale sale; office; veterinary establishment; tourist accommodation; restaurant; craft beverage processing; liquor licensed establishment; assembly use (fairground camping only with a non-profit-sponsored event); institutional use; recreation facility; mini-storage. Accessory: residential use limited to one dwelling unit; warehousing; outdoor recreation use; outdoor storage (screened from Part 700 lots per s.310) (901.1–901.3) |
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| Dwelling units | 1 dwelling unit (accessory); tourist accommodation max 24 units per 1.0 ha (2.5 acres), units ≥ 40.0 m² (431 sq ft), ≥ 25% of lot as open space, ≥ 50% of units limited to 6-month stays, up to 50% residential occupancy with surveyor's certificate, and at least three of restaurant / service / office / retail / liquor / outdoor recreation operating on site (901.4) |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | Schedule B lands 4.0 ha (9.9 acres); all other lands average 2,000 m² (21,528 sq ft) (901.8) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | principal 4.5 / 4.5 / 1.75 / 4.5 m (15 ft) (901.5) |
| Lot coverage | 50% (901.7) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | not stated |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | 4.5 / 1.0 / 1.0 / 4.5 m (15 ft) |
| Parking | s.319 (no per-use rate table); no parking, loading or storage within 1.5 m (4.9 ft) of any lot line (901.3(ii)) |
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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What can you build on your lot in the rural Comox Valley?
This page is the zone. The report is your lot: the zone it's actually in, the setbacks drawn on a plan in feet, how many dwelling units it allows, floodplain, streams, farmland and permit areas, with the source for every rule. $9, on screen in about a minute, with a PDF to keep.
Check a lot in the rural Comox ValleyLot report $9; Pro $20 a month. Prices in CAD, plus applicable taxes.
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