Strathcona Regional District, Area D · zoning
The C-3 zone in Strathcona Area D.
Commercial Three. 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.
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C-3 at a glance
| What you can use it for | Principal (s.4.6.15(i)): light industrial use contained entirely within an enclosed building; public utility; park; automobile body shop; automobile service station; warehousing. Accessory (ii): offices; restaurant and/or retail accessory to a service station; residential limited to one dwelling unit; B&B. Conditions (iii): required yards landscaped, ≥2 m (6.6 ft) screening in side/rear yards (or solid fence/wall); plans with building permit; wall-mounted signs only, ≤7.5 m² (81 sq ft), ≤2.5 m (8.2 ft) high; landscaping within 12 months; no nuisance |
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| Dwelling units | 1 dwelling unit as accessory use (s.4.6.15(ii)(a)(3)); density/FAR not stated |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 1 ha (2.5 acres) (s.4.6.15(vi)(a)); frontage 10% of perimeter (vi)(b) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | 7.5 / 7.5, or 3.5 m (11 ft) where the abutting side lot is zoned Commercial or Industrial / 7.5 (s.4.6.15(iv)(a)); 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% (s.4.6.15(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 3.5 m (11 ft) of any property line (s.4.6.15(iii)(a)). Sched 2: item 1 auto sales/repair 1 per 70 m² (753 sq ft) sales floor + 1 per service bay + 1 per 2 employees; item 17 gas station 1 per 2 employees on duty + 2 per service bay; item 28 manufacturing/industrial and item 45 warehouse 1 per 2 employees (2 shifts); 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.
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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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