Strathcona Regional District, Area D · zoning
The C-2 zone in Strathcona Area D.
Commercial 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 Strathcona Regional District reads it, is always the final word.
Check a lot in Strathcona Area DThe rules
C-2 at a glance
| What you can use it for | Principal (s.4.6.14(i)): campgrounds; hotels; restaurants; marinas sales/service; agricultural use; public utility use; licensed establishment under the Liquor Control and Licensing Act; park. Accessory (ii): accessory buildings; offices; residential limited to one dwelling unit; B&B. Campground conditions (iii)(a): camping space ≥110 m² (1,184 sq ft); none within 3.0 m (9.8 ft) of an internal access road; 1 washroom per sex per 20 spaces; 1 garbage container per 2 spaces; max 30 days continuous occupancy; RVs road-licensed, no additions/skirting. Screening of storage yards from residential/MHP (iii)(c); landscaping within 12 months; no nuisance |
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| Dwelling units | 1 dwelling unit as accessory use (s.4.6.14(ii)(a)(3)); campground max 30 units/ha (s.4.6.14(iii)(a)(7)); FAR not stated |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 1 ha (2.5 acres); no minimum for foreshore leases (s.4.6.14(vi)(a)); frontage 10% of perimeter (vi)(b) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | 7.5 / 7.5 / 7.5 (s.4.6.14(iv)(a)(1)); abutting sea/lake or foreshore lease: no yard minimum to the water area except buildings for habitation or storage of flood-damageable goods (iv)(a)(2); flanking s.4.5.5(f) (4.5 m (15 ft) if lot ≤31 m (102 ft) wide at front setback line, else = front); corner lots s.4.5.5(e)(f); watercourse s.4.5.5(a)(ii-iii); exceptions s.4.5.6(a) |
| Height | 15.0 m (49 ft) (s.4.5.2(a)) / 7.0 m (23 ft) (s.4.5.1(b)) |
| Lot coverage | 35% of site area, all uses, buildings and structures (s.4.6.14(v)) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | not stated |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | not stated in zone; Part 4 table s.4.5.1(d) |
| Parking | Zone: no parking/loading/storage within 7.5 m (25 ft) of any property line (s.4.6.14(iii)(b)). Sched 2: item 9 campground 1 per space + 2; item 22 hotel 1 per 2 rooms + 1 per 3 seats cafe/bar; item 10 restaurant 1 per 3 seats; item 29 marina 1 per 2 boat spaces + 1 per 2 employees; item 35 dwelling 2; Sched 2: s.2.1 spaces ≥6.0 × 2.8 m (9.2 ft), 2.1 m (6.9 ft) clear height; s.2.4 none within 3.5 m (11 ft) of any property line; s.2.5 none within 16.5 m (54 ft) of Island Hwy centre line |
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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What can you build on your lot in Strathcona Area D?
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