Strathcona Regional District, Area A (Desolation Sound) · zoning
The MR-1 zone in Strathcona Area A.
Marine Reserve 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
MR-1 at a glance
| What you can use it for | Public marine parks and reserves; fisheries enhancement projects and facilities; habitat conservation; private boat moorage for private non-commercial use of adjacent RU-1 upland (s.9.2.2.7(i)). Foreshore development may not interrupt natural shoreline processes without federal and provincial permission (s.8.1). |
|---|---|
| Dwelling units | No dwelling |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | No minimum stated (foreshore designation) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | not stated (foreshore) |
| Height | not stated |
| Lot coverage | not stated |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | not applicable (water zone) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | not applicable (water zone) |
| 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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