Town of Comox · zoning
The MU-4 zone in Comox.
Neighbourhood Mixed Use. 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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MU-4 at a glance
| What you can use it for | P: child care; community care; cultural & community services; dwelling units; food services; health services; licensed premises; mobile vending; personal services; professional services internal- and public-facing; indoor recreation; retail, cannabis; retail sales. S: accessory structures; home occupation minor; parking lot. Not permitted: hotel, entertainment, liquor retail, veterinary, alcohol production |
|---|---|
| Dwelling units | no unit cap stated; FAR 1.0 |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 550.0 m² (5,920 sq ft) / 15.0 m (49 ft) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | 1.5 / 0.0 (3.5 m (11 ft) abutting Low-Density or Multi-Unit Residential zone) / 1.5 / 1.5 m (4.9 ft); cut-off 1.0 |
| Height | 10.0 m (33 ft) / 4.5 m (15 ft) |
| Lot coverage | 60% / 75% |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | 1.5 / 0.0 / 1.5 / 1.5; cut-off 1.0 |
| Parking | Table 8.4.1(1) by use (rates as MU-1) |
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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