City of Courtenay · zoning
The CD-15 zone in Courtenay.
Comprehensive Development Fifteen Zone (CD-15) - Southwind Development (Robert Lang & 1st Street). 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.
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CD-15 at a glance
| What you can use it for | single residential dwelling, duplex, accessory dwelling, townhouse, secondary suite, bare land strata single residential dwelling, multi-residential dwelling, home occupation, accessory buildings and structures |
|---|---|
| Dwelling units | max 80 dwelling units (8.44.3) |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | single residential dwelling 545.0 m² (5,866 sq ft); bare land strata residential dwelling 450.0 m² (4,844 sq ft); multi-residential dwelling 1,100.0 m² (11,840 sq ft) (8.44.4); frontage: single residential dwelling 13.0 m (43 ft); bare land strata residential dwelling 10.0 m (33 ft) with an average of 15.0 m (49 ft); multi-residential dwelling 20.0 m (66 ft) (8.44.5) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | Single/bare land strata: F 4.5 m (15 ft) (6.0 m (20 ft) to garage face or carport) / S 1.5 m (4.9 ft) / flank 4.5 m (15 ft) / R 7.5 m (25 ft); Multi-residential: F 4.5 m (15 ft) (6.0 m (20 ft) to garage face or carport) / S 4.5 m (15 ft) / flank 4.5 m (15 ft) / R 6.0 m (20 ft) (8.44.7) |
| Height | Single residential dwelling 8.0 m (26 ft); Bare land Strata Single residential dwelling 8.0 m (26 ft); Multi-residential Dwelling: on any lot having 4 or more dwelling units, max 70% of dwelling units may have building height not exceeding 8.0 m (26 ft) and remainder shall have building height not exceeding 4.5 m (15 ft) (8.44.8) |
| Lot coverage | 40% buildings and accessory buildings (8.44.6) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | max 4.5 m (15 ft) height; floor area not exceeding 46.5 m² (501 sq ft) or 10% of rear yard, whichever is greater; permitted in front, side and rear yard provided they conform to all relevant siting regulations (8.44.10) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | not less than 1.5 m (4.9 ft) from side or rear lot line except where side or rear lot line flanks a street, in which case min setback 4.5 m (15 ft) (8.44.10) |
| Parking | Division 7 (8.44.11) |
Metric figures are the bylaw's own. Feet and acres are converted for reading and rounded.
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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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