Comox Valley Regional District (Areas A, B and C) · zoning
The GCR zone in the rural Comox Valley.
Golf Course – Residential (Kensington CDA-1, part of K-CD). 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 1102.1). 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
GCR at a glance
| What you can use it for | golf course; interpretive / cultural centre; multi-residential; limited neighbourhood commercial; assembly use; institutional use; real estate sales centre; assisted living; community care facility; liquor licensed establishment; craft beverage processing; recreation facility; health club / spa; single detached dwelling; tourist accommodation. Accessory: carriage house; B&B; secondary suite; home occupation (1102.1(1)–(2)) |
|---|---|
| Dwelling units | single detached 15 units/ha + one carriage house or suite ≤ 90 m² (969 sq ft) per lot; multi-residential 40 units/ha; limited neighbourhood commercial max 3,251.5 m² (34,999 sq ft) total, 929 m² (10,000 sq ft) per building; golf course buildings (excl. maintenance) max 3,716 m² (39,999 sq ft); real estate sales centres max 464.5 m² (5,000 sq ft) (1102.1(4)) |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | single detached 400 m² (4,306 sq ft) on community water and sewer (1102.1(7)) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | single detached 4.5 / 4.5 / 1.5 / 4.5 m (15 ft); carriage house 4.5 / 1.5 / 1.5 / 4.5; multi-residential 4.5 / 3.0 / 4.5 / 4.5 m (15 ft); non-residential 4.5 / 1.5 / 3.0 / 4.5 m (15 ft) (1102.1(5)) |
| Lot coverage | single detached 40% (35% where buildings > 280.0 m² (3,014 sq ft)); multi-residential 60%; non-residential 60% (1102.1(6)) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | not stated |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | single detached 4.5 / 1.5 / 1.5 / 4.5; multi-residential 4.5 / 1.5 / 4.5 / 4.5; non-residential 4.5 / 1.5 / 3.0 / 4.5 |
| Parking | K-CD Appendix 2 table (see K-CD row) |
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?
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