City of Courtenay · zoning
The MU-1 zone in Courtenay.
Multiple Use One Zone. 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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MU-1 at a glance
| What you can use it for | Residential: single residential, duplex, accessory unit, secondary suite, boarding, home occupation; Non-Residential: accessory buildings, care facility, day care, facility for adults with a disability, medical clinic, office, parking lot, school; combined residential-non-residential in same building; mixed use building with multi-family residential permitted at 1465 Grieve Avenue (Lot 19, Section 41, Comox District, Plan 9230) where medical clinic, parking lot and school prohibited |
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| Dwelling units | not stated |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 650.0 m² (6,997 sq ft); frontage 20.0 m (66 ft) (8.13.2, 8.13.3) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | F 7.5 m (25 ft) (may be reduced to 4.5 m (15 ft) where area between building and front lot line is landscaped and not used for off-street parking) / S 1.5 m (4.9 ft) / flank 4.5 m (15 ft) / R 7.5 m (25 ft) (8.13.5) |
| Height | 8.0 m (26 ft) / not stated |
| Lot coverage | 40% buildings and accessory buildings (8.13.4) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | 50.0 m² (538 sq ft) or 10% of the rear yard whichever is greater (8.13.7) |
| Parking | Div 7 (8.13.8) |
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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