Comox Valley Regional District (Areas A, B and C) · zoning
The MRI zone in the rural Comox Valley.
Mixed-Residential / Institutional (Kensington CDA-5, 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 1102.5 (closes "End • MR")). 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
MRI at a glance
| What you can use it for | institutional use; multi-residential; assembly use; assisted living; congregate care; community care facility; recreation facility; limited neighbourhood commercial; real estate sales centre; single detached dwelling. Accessory: carriage house; home occupation; secondary suite; B&B (1102.5(1)–(2)) |
|---|---|
| Dwelling units | single detached 20 units/ha + one carriage house or suite ≤ 90 m² (969 sq ft); multi-residential 40 units/ha; limited neighbourhood commercial max 929 m² (10,000 sq ft) total, 500 m² (5,382 sq ft) per building; real estate sales centres max 464.5 m² (5,000 sq ft) (1102.5(4)) |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | single detached 350 m² (3,767 sq ft) (1102.5(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 / 3.0 / 4.5 m (15 ft); non-residential 4.5 / 1.5 / 3.0 / 4.5 m (15 ft) (1102.5(5)) |
| Lot coverage | single detached 40% (35% where > 278.7 m² (3,000 sq ft)); multi-residential 60%; non-residential 60% (1102.5(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 and non-residential 4.5 / 1.5 / 3.0 / 4.5 |
| Parking | K-CD Appendix 2 table |
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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