Strathcona Regional District, Quadra Island · zoning
The ASH-1 zone in Quadra Island.
Aquatic Shellfish Hatchery One (11.12A). 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 Quadra IslandThe rules
ASH-1 at a glance
| What you can use it for | Navigational aids; aquatic shellfish hatchery; passive aquaculture (s.11.12A.1). Accessory: SFD accessory to the hatchery only; private floats, docks, wharves; accessory buildings (11.12A.2). No structure may block upland owner access (11.12A.3(c)) |
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| Dwelling units | 1 dwelling unit only, accessory to hatchery (s.11.12A.2(a), 11.12A.3(b)) |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | No minimum (s.11.12A.4) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | Water surface: no yard minimum. Land: from any lot line abutting the sea per Floodplain Management Bylaw 1836; otherwise 7.5 / 7.5, reducible to 2.0 m (6.6 ft) where adjacent zoned RU-3 / 7.5 (s.11.12A.5) |
| Height | 8.0 m (26 ft) above tidemark on water; 8.0 m (26 ft) from natural grade on upland (s.11.12A.3(a)) |
| 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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