Town of Comox · zoning
The E-1 zone in Comox.
Corridor Commercial. 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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E-1 at a glance
| What you can use it for | P: hotel; child care; cultural & community services; food services; gas station; health services; licensed premises; mobile vending; personal services; plant nursery; professional services internal- and public-facing; indoor recreation; retail, cannabis; retail, liquor; retail sales; minor veterinary. S: accessory structures; education services; entertainment facility; parking lot. Site-specific: motel (P) and one caretaker suite (S) only at 2082 Comox Ave (conds. 1–2); drive-through (S, max 2 per lot) only at 727 Anderton Rd and 1966 Guthrie Rd (cond. 3) |
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| Dwelling units | no dwellings except the 2082 Comox Ave caretaker suite; FAR not stated |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 900.0 m² (9,688 sq ft) / 30.0 m (98 ft) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | 2.5 / side 0.0 (6.0 abutting Low-Density or Multi-Unit Residential zone) / 2.5 / rear 3.0 (7.5 abutting Low-Density or Multi-Unit Residential zone); cut-off 1.0 |
| Height | 10.0 m (33 ft) / 4.5 m (15 ft) |
| Lot coverage | 60% / 80% |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | front 2.5 / side 0.0 / ext. side 2.5 / rear 3.0; cut-off 1.0 |
| Parking | Table 8.4.1(1): retail, personal, public-facing professional, cannabis, liquor, nursery 2.5 per 100 m² (1,076 sq ft); food, health, licensed, indoor recreation 4.0 per 100 m² (1,076 sq ft); gas station 2.0 per 100 m²; internal-facing professional 1.0 per 100 m² (1,076 sq ft); hotel 1.0 per sleeping unit; loading Table 8.4.8(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 Comox?
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