City of Courtenay · zoning
The MU-4 zone in Courtenay.
Multiple Use Four 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-4 at a glance
| What you can use it for | Residential: single residential dwelling, duplex dwelling, multi-residential dwelling, accessory buildings and structures, home occupation; Commercial: bakery and deli, care facility, community service, craft industry with wholesale and accessory retail sales, day care, electrical and plumbing sales and service, enclosed storage facility, fitness facility, florist, manufacturing, office, laundromat, medical clinic, microbrewery limited to 400.0 m² (4,306 sq ft), parking lot, personal service, printing and publishing, utility facility private, restaurant, retail store limited to 275.0 m² (2,960 sq ft), small item sales service rental and repair, school and studio, veterinary clinic; Combined Commercial Residential: residential units contained within a dual-use building shall be located above storeys used for commercial purposes and no storey can be used for both commercial and residential purposes |
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| Dwelling units | not stated |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 1,250.0 m² (13,455 sq ft); frontage 20.0 m (66 ft) (8.16.2, 8.16.3) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | F 7.5 m (25 ft) / S 3.0 m (9.8 ft) (6.0 m (20 ft) where the back of a building is adjacent to or faces a side lot line) / flank not stated / R 7.5 m (25 ft) (8.16.6) |
| Height | 9.5 m (31 ft) / ADU not stated (8.16.7) |
| Lot coverage | 40% buildings and accessory buildings (8.16.5); FAR 0.6 (8.16.4) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | 3.0 m (9.8 ft) from principal building (8.16.9) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | not stated |
| Parking | Division 7 (8.16.10) |
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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