City of Courtenay · zoning
The MU-2 zone in Courtenay.
Multiple Use Two. 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-2 at a glance
| What you can use it for | single residential, duplex, multi-residential, boarding, home occupation, supportive housing (1885 Cliffe Avenue only), accessory buildings, ambulance service, bakery and deli, barber shop and beauty salon, day care, facility for adults with a disability, funeral home, fitness facility, hotel and motel, laundromat, licenced premises, medical clinic, microbrewery (limited to 400.0 m² (4,306 sq ft)), nightclub, office, parking lot, school and studio, restaurant, retail store (limited to 375.0 m² (4,036 sq ft)), theatre, veterinary clinic, bed and breakfast (max 2 bedrooms, principal use single residential, resident-operated, breakfast only), liquor store (Lot A Plan VIP68799 and Lot A Plan VIS4836 only); combined commercial-residential (residential above commercial storeys) |
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| Dwelling units | not stated |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 850.0 m² (9,149 sq ft); frontage 20.0 m (66 ft) (8.14.3, 8.14.5) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | F 7.5 m (25 ft) / S 7.5 m (25 ft) total, min 4.5 m (15 ft) one side (7.5 m (25 ft) where side flanks a street; 6.0 m (20 ft) where back of building faces side line) / flank 7.5 m (25 ft) / R 7.5 m (25 ft); side yard adjacent to Comox Logging Right of Way Walkway 6.0 m (20 ft) (7.5 m (25 ft) 2nd storey, 9.0 m (30 ft) 3rd storey) (8.14.6) |
| Height | 10.0 m (33 ft) (14 m (46 ft) max 4 storeys for property shown in Figure 7) (8.14.7) |
| Lot coverage | 40% buildings + accessory buildings (8.14.4) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | 50.0 m² (538 sq ft) or 10% of rear yard, whichever is greater (8.14.9) |
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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