Strathcona Regional District, Cortes Island · zoning
The CLS-1 zone in Cortes Island.
Community Land Stewardship One. 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 Cortes IslandThe rules
CLS-1 at a glance
| What you can use it for | Residential; forestry. Accessory to residential: home occupation, short-term rental, accessory bldgs and structures. Accessory to forestry: retail sales, sawmill, wood processing, metal fabricating, common facility |
|---|---|
| Dwelling units | Up to 16 dwelling units per lot, subject to density not greater than 1 dwelling unit per 4 hectares (9.9 acres) |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 16 ha (40 acres) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | 7.5 m (25 ft) all property lines (residential); 30.0 m (98 ft) all property lines (metal fabricating, sawmill, wood processing); 15.0 m (49 ft) all property lines (retail sales); 7.5 m (25 ft) all property lines (all other permitted uses) / not stated / not stated / not stated |
| Height | not stated / not stated |
| Lot coverage | Metal fabricating, sawmill and wood processing use (including vehicle parking, sorting and storage areas): 3%. All uses combined: 6% |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | not stated |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | not stated |
| Parking | Parking areas subject to setback requirements |
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 Cortes Island?
This page is the zone. The report is your lot: the zone it's actually in, the setbacks drawn on a plan in feet, how many dwelling units it allows, floodplain, streams, farmland and permit areas, with the source for every rule. $9, on screen in about a minute, with a PDF to keep.
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