Comox Valley Regional District (Areas A, B and C) · zoning
The SPAF-1 zone in the rural Comox Valley.
Seafood Processing Aquaculture Facility 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. 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
SPAF-1 at a glance
| What you can use it for | principal: seafood processing; seafood retail sales (max 150 m² (1,615 sq ft)); upland invertebrate hatchery. Accessory: outdoor storage (screened from the highway, ≥ 2.0 m (6.6 ft) fence/hedge); offices; residential use limited to one dwelling unit (911.1–911.3) |
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| Dwelling units | 1 dwelling unit |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | no minimum lot area (911.4) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | upland uses 7.5 m (25 ft) from all property / lease lines; none from lines abutting the sea (911.5) |
| Lot coverage | not stated |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | not stated |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | not stated |
| Parking | s.319; no parking or loading within 1.5 m (4.9 ft) of a property line abutting the highway (911.3) |
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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