UR: Upland Resource

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

One house

Main uses

Silviculture, farming, fish hatchery, wood processing, gravel, mineral or peat extraction, soil processing, firearm range, explosives storage

Smallest lot for a subdivision

40 ha near the BC Hydro transmission line and Cumberland; 400 ha farther west

Lot coverage

35%, at most 1,000 m²

Height limit

10 m (accessory buildings 7 m)

Setbacks

Front and rear 7.5 m, sides 1.75 m (3.5 m on a lot over 31 m wide), a side on a road 7.5 m

The 40 ha minimum covers land east of the BC Hydro transmission line, 1 km west of it and about 1 km around the Village of Cumberland; farther west it is 400 ha (s. 804.7).

A new lot needs 100 m of road frontage (s. 804.7).

Wood processing and gravel extraction stay 15 m from every lot line, 30 m from a residential lot and from any lake, sea, stream or wetland (s. 804.3).

An RV may be lived in while the house is built under a building permit, for up to 365 days, once a septic system is in and with a $1,000 security; otherwise one RV may be lived in for at most 60 days in a year (s. 313).

Buildings stay 4.5 m from a lot line on a road, and 22.5 m from the centre line of Island Highway 19A (19.5 m on the ocean side in Area A) (s. 402).

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 CVRD's planning services department before you buy or build.

Source: Rural Comox Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 520, 2019 (summarised in our words, checked 2026-10-20); no open zoning map (ask the CVRD's planning services department which zone a lot is in).