C-4: Recreational Commercial

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

One caretaker home

Main uses

Campground, hotel, motel or cabins, resort, entertainment, civic use, tourist information, marina, golf course, restaurant, tourist retail such as a gift shop or produce stand, river recreation; caretaker home

Smallest lot for a subdivision

2,000 m² on community water and sewer, 1 ha with neither

Lot coverage

40%, all buildings together

Height limit

No maximum

Setbacks

Front 6 m, interior sides 3 m (accessory buildings 1.5 m), exterior side 4.5 m, rear 6 m

One caretaker home: a house, a manufactured home or a unit in the main building, for the owner, operator or caretaker (s. 2.2).

Campgrounds follow the provincial sewage rules and the campground bylaw (s. 5.14); a golf course has one clubhouse, which may hold a restaurant, up to 50 m² of golf shop, and a net 10 m tall along a highway (s. 5.15).

Parking (Table 3): hotels and cabins 1 space per room; campgrounds 1 per sleeping unit plus 1 visitor space for every 3.

The smallest lot on community water without sewer. Section 9.4.3 gives only the serviced and unserviced cases, so this is unclear; ask the District of Clearwater.

The bylaw doesn't mention short-term rental. This zone allows traveller accommodation (s. 2.2: short stays in a motel, hotel, hostel or cabins); whether renting out a home by the night counts as that is unclear; ask the District of Clearwater.

A landscape plan by a landscape architect, designer or certified arborist comes with any building or development permit worth $50,000 or more (s. 5.12.1); garbage bins of 1 m³ or more are screened 2.5 m tall (s. 5.12.5).

Next to a residential lot, the setbacks along the shared lot line are landscaped or screened at least 1.5 m tall on this lot (s. 5.12.4).

Shipping containers (s. 5.26) as accessory buildings: up to two 40 ft or four 20 ft per lot, screened, at accessory building setbacks.

Nothing but a sign within 4.5 m of a provincial controlled access highway (s. 5.8.1).

Development within a riparian assessment area of a stream follows the provincial Riparian Areas Regulation's setbacks (s. 5.8.3).

On ALR land, the Agricultural Land Commission's rules come first: no extra home, duplex, carriage suite or garden suite without its approval, and agri-tourism lodging of up to four rooms (s. 4.4). Licensed cannabis production is allowed on ALR land in any zone, on a lot of 8 ha or more (s. 5.23.1).

Every zone also allows community gardens, municipal parks, utilities, rooftop solar and accessory uses of the zone's main uses, off ALR land (s. 5.2); beekeeping under the Animal Control Bylaw (s. 5.28).

Height is measured from the average finished grade to the highest point, leaving out chimneys, antennas and rooftop equipment (s. 2.2).

Minimum lot sizes apply to new lots. A lot for a relative's home under s. 514 of the Local Government Act is 8,000 m² (s. 5.3(e)).

Site-specific exceptions listed in the bylaw by legal description can add or change uses for one property, and development permit areas, the ALR and building rules apply on top. Confirm with the District of Clearwater's planning department before you buy or build.

Source: District of Clearwater Zoning Bylaw No. 133, 2016 (summarised in our words); zone map: Open Government Licence – Thompson-Nicola Regional District.