Comox Valley Regional District (Areas A, B and C) · zoning
The IH zone in the rural Comox Valley.
Industrial Heavy. 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 907). 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
IH at a glance
| What you can use it for | principal: heavy industrial use; light industrial use; log handling and storage facility; processing of sand and gravel; general contractor services and storage yard; industrial equipment maintenance and repair; mini-storage only at Lot A, DL 239, Plan VIP50810 (1754 Ryan Rd). Accessory: retail and wholesale sales; offices; residential use limited to one dwelling unit; industrial equipment maintenance and repair; warehousing; storage and sale of aggregate; outdoor storage (907.1–907.2) |
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| Dwelling units | 1 dwelling unit; FAR not stated |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | Schedule B lands 4.0 ha (9.9 acres); all other lands 2.0 ha (4.9 acres) (907.6) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | 7.5 / 7.5 / 7.5 / 7.5 m (25 ft); sawmills 30.0 m (98 ft) from all lot lines; gravel/sand/mineral/peat processing 30.0 m (98 ft) from Part 700 lot lines (907.3–907.4) |
| Lot coverage | 50% buildings; 75% site coverage (907.5) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | not stated |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | 7.5 m (25 ft) all lot lines |
| Parking | s.319; no loading or storage in required yards; contractor-yard rules as IL; all lots screened ≥ 2.0 m (6.6 ft) from abutting lots (907.3) |
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.
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