Town of Comox · zoning
The CD23 zone in Comox.
Apartments. 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 Town of Comox reads it, is always the final word.
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CD23 at a glance
| What you can use it for | accessory buildings & structures; child care (first storey only); home occupation minor; three or more attached dwelling units |
|---|---|
| Dwelling units | min 55, max 80 units/ha; max 150 units/ha if ≥ 40% of required parking is underground or within a residential building footprint; no limit if > 80% is; ≥ 25% of units with 2+ bedrooms |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 3,500.0 m² (37,674 sq ft) / 50.0 m (164 ft) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | front: 9.0 m (30 ft) setback area(s) 9.0 m (30 ft) long (one per frontage plus one per 100.0 m (328 ft), spaced ≥ 20.0 m (66 ft)), otherwise 3.0 / side 9.0 (5.0 for elevations ≤ 25.0 m (82 ft) wide) / ext. side as front / rear 9.0 (5.0 for elevations ≤ 25.0 m (82 ft) wide); 5.0 to a greenway ≥ 10.0 m (33 ft) wide; 15.0 to an ALR lot |
| Height | 16.0 m (52 ft) (up to 4 storeys) / 12.0 m (39 ft) (up to 3 storeys) / accessory 4.5 m (15 ft); amenity buildings 9.0 m (30 ft) & 2 storeys |
| Lot coverage | 40% / 75% |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | not in front or ext. side yard |
| Parking | Table 8.4.1(1); one driveway per highway frontage; driveways max 6.0 m (20 ft) wide |
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 Comox?
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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