City of Courtenay · zoning
The CD-43 zone in Courtenay.
Comprehensive Development Forty-Three Zone - 925 Braidwood Road. 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-43 at a glance
| What you can use it for | Primary: purpose-built shelter, supportive housing, non-market housing; Secondary: community service, office, accessory buildings and structures |
|---|---|
| Dwelling units | by FAR 1.4 (8.65.4); useable open space 20.0 m² (215 sq ft) per dwelling unit in multi-residential dwelling (not for purpose-built shelter or supportive housing) (8.65.9) |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 12,000.0 m² (129,167 sq ft); frontage 20.0 m (66 ft) (8.65.5, 8.65.6) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | F 6.0 / S 4.5 / flank not stated / R 5.0 m (16 ft) (8.65.7) |
| Height | 21.0 m (69 ft) / accessory 4.5 m (15 ft) (8.65.8, 8.65.10(1)) |
| Lot coverage | 60% buildings + structures + impermeable surfaces (8.65.3); FAR 1.4 (8.65.4) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | max 100.0 m² (1,076 sq ft) total building area; permitted in side yard; min 3.0 m (9.8 ft) from side and rear lot line (4.5 m (15 ft) where side or rear flanks a street excl. lane); retaining walls excluded (8.65.10) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | not stated |
| Parking | Div 7 except: purpose-built shelter 0.15 stalls per bed; supportive housing 0.2 stalls per unit; non-market housing 1 stall per unit + 10% visitor (8.65.11); bicycle: purpose-built shelter 0.5 secure lockers per bed; supportive housing 0.5 secure locker per unit; non-market housing 1 space per studio, 2 per 1-bed, 4 per 2+ bed, enclosed, 10% oversized (3.0 m (9.8 ft) × 0.9 m (3.0 ft) × 2.1 m (6.9 ft)), + 10% visitor (8.65.12) |
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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