City of Courtenay · zoning
The CD-38 zone in Courtenay.
Comprehensive Development Thirty-Eight Zone - 1560 Grieve Avenue. 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-38 at a glance
| What you can use it for | rental residential in single, duplex and apartment dwelling units; one amenity building for shared resident use that may have a second-floor dwelling unit for a support person; one dwelling unit for a support person located above a shared indoor resident amenity space; accessory buildings and structures |
|---|---|
| Dwelling units | not stated |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 1,600.0 m² (17,222 sq ft) (8.62.5) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | F 7.5 m (25 ft) / S 3.0 m (9.8 ft) (northwest); 3.0 m (9.8 ft) (southeast) except 1.5 m (4.9 ft) for seating wall of amenity building (northwest) / flank not stated / R 7.5 m (25 ft) (8.62.6) |
| Height | 8.5 m (28 ft) / not stated (8.62.7) |
| Lot coverage | 40% buildings (8.62.3); FAR 0.55 (8.62.4) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | bike and scooter storage structures and entry gazebo only (8.62.9); height 3.5 m (11 ft) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | F 2.5 m (8.2 ft) / S 2.5 m (8.2 ft) (southeast); 1.0 m (3.3 ft) (northwest) / R 4.0 m (13 ft) (8.62.9) |
| Parking | 6 vehicle parking spaces including minimum 3 visitor spaces (8.62.10(1)); long term bicycle parking 0.875 covered, secure stall per unit; short term bicycle parking 0.25 stalls per unit (8.62.10(2)) |
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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