City of Courtenay · zoning
The CD-6 zone in Courtenay.
Comprehensive Development Zone Six - 13th and Burgess. 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-6 at a glance
| What you can use it for | single residential, accessory residential dwelling, secondary suite, accessory buildings, home occupation; multi-residential dwellings permitted on Lot 4, District Lot 96, Comox District, Plan 32210, Except Part in Plan VIP68472 and VIP76687 (2048 – 13th Street) (8.36.2) |
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| Dwelling units | max 66 dwelling units (8.36.3) |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 550.0 m² (5,920 sq ft); frontage 13.5 m (44 ft) (15.0 m (49 ft) corner; 11.0 m (36 ft) on curve/cul-de-sac with 13.5 m (44 ft) average width); density may be increased to max 66 lots with parcel size percentages: 375 m² (4,036 sq ft) to 465 m² (5,005 sq ft) <50%, >465 m² (5,005 sq ft) to 550 m² (5,920 sq ft) <30%, >550 m² (5,920 sq ft) >20%; park area >5% of lot area (8.36.6, 8.36.7) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | F 4.5 m (15 ft) (garage/carport 6.0 m (20 ft)) / S total 4.5 m (15 ft), min 1.5 m (4.9 ft) one side / flank 4.5 m (15 ft) / R 7.5 m (25 ft) (8.36.8) |
| Height | 7.5 m (25 ft) / accessory 4.5 m (15 ft) (8.36.9, 8.36.10) |
| Lot coverage | 35% buildings (8.36.4); FAR 0.5 (8.36.5) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | max 50.0 m² (538 sq ft) floor area (8.36.10) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | 1.5 m (4.9 ft) from side and rear lot line (4.5 m (15 ft) where side/rear flanks a street excluding lane) (8.36.10) |
| Parking | Div 7; max 50% of front yard for parking (8.36.11) |
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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