Strathcona Regional District, Area D · zoning
The C-5 zone in Strathcona Area D.
Commercial Five (4.6.16A). 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-5 at a glance
| What you can use it for | Principal (s.4.6.16A(i)), only: agricultural use; campgrounds; hotels; low impact recreation; park; private and public utility; recreation facilities; service establishments; wharves or floats. Accessory (ii), only: accessory buildings related to residential use; offices; residential for staff and owners only; retail; B&B. Campground conditions (iii)(a): space ≥110 m² (1,184 sq ft); max 60 days continuous occupancy; RVs road-licensed for current year, no additions/skirting. Signs ≤8 m² (86 sq ft) (iii)(d); landscaping within 12 months of use starting (iii)(c); no nuisance excl. agricultural uses |
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| Dwelling units | Residential for staff and owners only, count not stated (s.4.6.16A(ii)); campground max 30 units/ha (iii)(a)(4); hotel use capped at 450 tourists + 120 staff across the whole C-5 area (s.4.6.16A(iv)); FAR not stated |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 4.0 ha (9.9 acres); no minimum for foreshore leases (s.4.6.16A(vii)(a)); frontage 10% of perimeter (vii)(b) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | 4.5 m (15 ft) front / side not stated except 3.5 m (11 ft) from a side lot line (incl. parking, loading, storage, supply yards) where the abutting parcel is zoned Residential, Country Residential, Rural or Upland Resource, with landscaping/berm or ≥2 m (6.6 ft) solid fence (s.4.6.16A(iii)(b)) / 7.5 m (25 ft) rear (s.4.6.16A(v)(a)); sea/lake/foreshore lease: no setback to water area except flood-damageable storage, habitation or sewage-generating uses, which need 15 m (49 ft) from natural boundary of sea or any water supply source and 7.5 m (25 ft) from natural boundary of a lake (v)(a)(3); 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 (s.4.6.16A(vi)) |
| 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 | Sched 2: item 9 campground 1 per space + 2; item 22 hotel 1 per 2 rooms + 1 per 3 seats; item 38 recreation centre; item 37 retail 1 per 15 m² (161 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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