Strathcona Regional District, Area A (Desolation Sound) · zoning
The C-1 zone in Strathcona Area A.
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.
Check a lot in Strathcona Area AThe rules
C-1 at a glance
| What you can use it for | Commercial use including buildings, accessory uses and accessory buildings; SFD accessory to the principal commercial use (s.9.2.1.2(i)). Policy s.3.2.1(2): designation includes tourist resorts and other commercial uses; private yacht and other private clubs count as tourist resorts and commercial use. Plus uses permitted in all designations (s.8.6): institutional uses, public utilities, navigational aids; provincial parks and regional recreation areas; habitat conservation; STR accessory to residential. Accessory buildings permitted in all designations (s.8.8) |
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| Dwelling units | 1 SFD accessory to commercial use (s.9.2.1.2(i)(b)); density/FAR not stated |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 0.8 ha (2.0 acres) (s.9.2.1.2(ii)); only where Health Unit has approved private sewage disposal for each lot (s.8.9(2)(ii)); s.996 family subdivision parent lot 2x minimum (8.9(2)(iv)); no panhandle lots (8.9(2)(v)); water-access lots treated as double frontage (8.9(4)) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | No zone setbacks. 15 m (49 ft) from natural boundary of the sea for dwelling, business or flood-susceptible storage without MOE approval (s.8.4); 7.5 m (25 ft) from a stream min, or per QEP report where RAR applies (s.8.3); Floodplain Bylaw applies |
| Height | not stated |
| Lot coverage | not stated |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | not stated |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | not stated |
| Parking | not stated |
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 Strathcona Area A?
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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