City of Courtenay · zoning
The CD-12 zone in Courtenay.
Comprehensive Development Twelve Zone (CD-12) - Muir Road/Caledon Crescent. 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 City of Courtenay reads it, is always the final word.
Check a lot in CourtenayThe rules
CD-12 at a glance
| What you can use it for | single residential dwelling, accessory residential dwelling, secondary suites, accessory buildings and structures, home occupation |
|---|---|
| Dwelling units | max 16 dwelling units (8.42.3) |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | average lot size 1 lot per 1,525.0 m² (16,415 sq ft); minimum lot size 1,250.0 m² (13,455 sq ft); frontage 20.0 m (66 ft) (15.25 m (50 ft) cul-de-sac); depth average 30.0 m (98 ft) (8.42.4, 8.42.5, 8.42.6) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | F 7.5 m (25 ft) / S 2.0 m (6.6 ft) / flank 4.5 m (15 ft) / R 9.0 m (30 ft) (8.42.8) |
| Height | 9.0 m (30 ft) / ADU not stated |
| Lot coverage | 40% buildings and accessory buildings, excluding swimming pools (8.42.7) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | 4.5 m (15 ft) height; 60.0 m² (646 sq ft) total floor area; permitted in side and rear yard; permitted at front of principal residence; 2.0 m (6.6 ft) from side and rear lot line (4.5 m (15 ft) where side or rear yard flanks a street, excluding a lane) (8.42.10) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | not stated |
| Parking | Division 7 (8.42.11) |
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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