Strathcona Regional District, Area D · zoning
The C-4 zone in Strathcona Area D.
Commercial Four. 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-4 at a glance
| What you can use it for | Principal (s.4.6.16(i)): light industrial use and/or retail use contained entirely within an enclosed building. Accessory (ii): offices; B&B. Conditions (iii): retail floor area (incl. accessory retail, retail offices, storage of off-site products, display) max 25% of total building floor area; wall-mounted signs only, ≤7.5 m² (81 sq ft), ≤2.5 m (8.2 ft) high; required yards landscaped with ≥2 m (6.6 ft) side/rear screening or solid fence/wall; plans with building permit; landscaping within 12 months; no nuisance. No dwelling listed |
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| Dwelling units | No residential use listed; retail ≤25% of floor area (s.4.6.16(iii)(a)); FAR not stated |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 1 ha (2.5 acres) (s.4.6.16(vi)(a)); frontage 10% of perimeter (vi)(b) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | 7.5 / 7.5 / 7.5 (s.4.6.16(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%, all uses, buildings and structures (s.4.6.16(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.4.6.16(iii)(b)). Sched 2: item 28 manufacturing/industrial 1 per 2 employees (2 shifts); item 37 retail 1 per 15 m² (161 sq ft) GFA; items 31/32 offices 1 per 35 / 30 m² (323 sq ft) GFA; 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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