Strathcona Regional District, Quadra Island · zoning
The C-3 zone in Quadra Island.
Commercial Three — Business Commercial. 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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C-3 at a glance
| What you can use it for | Business and professional offices; business services; farm and garden nurseries and commercial greenhouses; SFD accessory to principal commercial use; accessory buildings; parking lot (s.11.7.1). More than one commercial building per lot (11.7.2). Uses permitted in all upland zones also apply (s.11.1.3) |
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| Dwelling units | 1 SFD accessory; FAR not stated |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 2000.0 m² (21,528 sq ft) (s.11.7.3) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | 7.5 / side only where adjacent zoned Residential, 4.5 m (15 ft) (separate dwelling 1.75 m (5.7 ft)) / 7.5 (s.11.7.4); flanking s.10.6.2 (4.5 m (15 ft) if lot ≤31.0 m (102 ft) wide at front setback, else = front); 7.5 m (25 ft) from a local road right-of-way abutting a front or rear lot line (s.10.6.1) |
| Height | 10.0 m (33 ft) (s.10.2.1(f), all zones) / not separately stated |
| Lot coverage | 50% (s.11.7.5) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | not stated |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | not in required front yard; ≥1.0 m (3.3 ft) from boundary if in a required side/rear yard (s.10.2.1(d)) |
| Parking | s.10.9.1: offices 1 per 15 m² (161 sq ft) GFA; retail 1 per 13.5 m² (145 sq ft); dwelling 2; 2 per dwelling unit; 1.5 m (4.9 ft) clear of property lines (10.9.3); each space ≥16 m² (172 sq ft) (10.9.4) |
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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