Comox Valley Regional District (Areas A, B and C) · zoning
The RPF zone in the rural Comox Valley.
Residential Public Facilities (Kensington CDA-2, 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 1102.2). 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
RPF at a glance
| What you can use it for | multi-residential; assembly use; institutional use; golf course; real estate sales centre; recreation facilities; single detached dwelling; tourist accommodation; congregate care; assisted living. Accessory: carriage house; B&B; secondary suite; home occupation (1102.2(1)–(2)) |
|---|---|
| Dwelling units | single detached 20 units/ha + one carriage house or suite ≤ 90 m² (969 sq ft); multi-residential 60 units/ha; real estate sales centres max 464.5 m² (5,000 sq ft) (1102.2(4)) |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | single detached 400 m² (4,306 sq ft) on community water (1102.2(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 not stated (1102.2(5)) |
| Lot coverage | single detached 40% (35% where buildings > 278.7 m² (3,000 sq ft)); multi-residential 60%; non-residential 70% (1102.2(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 / 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?
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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