City of Courtenay · zoning
The CD-4 zone in Courtenay.
Comprehensive Development Zone Four Zone (CD-4) - 31st 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-4 at a glance
| What you can use it for | single residential, duplex, accessory dwelling, secondary suites, accessory buildings and structures |
|---|---|
| Dwelling units | max 27 dwelling units of which max 4 units can be within duplex dwellings (8.35.3) |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | single residential 250.0 m² (2,691 sq ft); duplex 250.0 m² (2,691 sq ft)/unit; frontage single residential 8.5 m (28 ft); duplex 15.0 m (49 ft) (8.35.5) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | parent parcel F 4.5 m (15 ft) (Cliffe Avenue) / S 1.5 m (4.9 ft) / R 4.5 m (15 ft); single residential F 4.5 m (15 ft) / S 1.5 m (4.9 ft) / R 4.5 m (15 ft) (external), 3.02 m (9.9 ft) (internal); duplex F 4.5 m (15 ft) / S 1.5 m (4.9 ft) / R 0.0 m (8.35.7) |
| Height | single residential 9.5 m (31 ft) / duplex 5.5 m (18 ft) (8.35.8) |
| Lot coverage | 45% lot coverage (8.35.4) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | max height 4.5 m (15 ft); max floor area 45.0 m² all accessory buildings combined on a lot; may be located in required side or rear yard (8.35.9) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | not less than 1.0 m (3.3 ft) from side and rear property line (8.35.9) |
| Parking | Div 7 (8.35.10) |
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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