Comox Valley Regional District (Areas A, B and C) · zoning
The UR zone in the rural Comox Valley.
Upland Resource. 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
UR at a glance
| What you can use it for | silviculture; agricultural use; fish hatchery; explosives sales, storage manufacturing and distribution; firearm range; wood processing; gravel, mineral or peat extractions, gravel crushing and screening, bulk mixing, processing of soil mixtures for commercial resale; in Agricultural Land Reserve any other use permitted by Agricultural Land Commission Act, regulations and orders; accessory: single detached dwelling |
|---|---|
| Dwelling units | 1: one single detached dwelling |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 40.0 hectares (99 acres) (east of BC Hydro transmission right-of-way Plans 509, 510, 511, 512, 914, 932, 933 and 934); 40.0 hectares (99 acres) (within 1.0 kilometre west of said rights-of-way); 40.0 hectares (99 acres) (areas approximately 1.0 kilometre east, south, and west of Village of Cumberland); 400.0 hectares (988 acres) (more than 1.0 kilometre west of said rights-of-way); where lot subject to both 40.0 and 400.0 hectare (988 acres) minimums, minimum applying to greatest portion applies; where equal portions, 40 hectares (99 acres) applies; minimum highway frontage 100.0 metres |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | 7.5 / 7.5 / 1.75 · 3.5 / 7.5 m (25 ft) |
| Lot coverage | 35% to maximum 1000.0 m² (10,764 sq ft) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | not stated |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | 7.5 / 1.0 / 1.0 / 7.5 (taller accessory 4.6–7.0 m (23 ft): 7.5 / 7.5 / 1.75 · 3.5 / 7.5) |
| Parking | not stated |
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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