Strathcona Regional District, Cortes Island · zoning
The SC-1 zone in Cortes Island.
Service Commercial 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.
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SC-1 at a glance
| What you can use it for | Service establishment; retail sales; restaurant; office; automobile service station; wholesale; public assembly (s.31.1). Accessory: residential (31.2). Service station uses screened from abutting property (31.3(1)); signs per s.17(3). Uses permitted in all upland zones also apply (s.9.1: accessory buildings, agricultural use, home occupations, STR accessory to residential, low-impact recreation, parks/greenways/community gardens, on-site solar, utility use) |
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| Dwelling units | 2 dwelling units on any lot size (s.31.2); FAR not stated |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 1 ha (2.5 acres) (s.31.3) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | By use and abutting zone (s.31.3 table) — accessory residential: 7.5 m (25 ft) abutting R-1, RR-1 or RU-1, 4.5 m (15 ft) abutting other zones; parking/loading: 4.5 m (15 ft) abutting R-1, RR-1, RU-1, 1.5 m (4.9 ft) other; fuel pumps/islands: 7.5 m (25 ft) all; all other uses: 7.5 m (25 ft) abutting R-1, 4.5 m (15 ft) abutting RR-1/RU-1 and other zones; road: 7.5 m (25 ft) from a local road ROW abutting front/rear, 4.5 m (15 ft) abutting a side yard (s.15.1); streams 15.0 m (49 ft) (RAPR) or 7.5 m (25 ft) (s.15.2); Floodplain Bylaw applies |
| Height | 10 m (33 ft) (s.16.2(1), upland default) / same |
| Lot coverage | 50% (s.31.3) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | not stated |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | per s.31.3 table |
| Parking | s.18: no on-street parking; ≥1 off-street space per dwelling unit, STR and tourist accommodation unit, plus other uses' needs; no per-use ratio table in this bylaw; 1 in 10 spaces accessible (≥3.7 m (12 ft) wide) on SC-1, TC-1, TC-2, PA-1 lots (s.18(3)) |
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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