Zone 9: Comprehensive Development A1

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

Area 1: single detached houses and multiple dwellings, and one accessory dwelling unit with a business; Area 2: one house and one secondary dwelling unit per lot

Main uses

Area 1 (highway commercial): campground, car and truck wash, card-lock fuel, contractor's office and yard, general store, fuel storage, institution, interpretive centre, mini storage, office, outdoor sales, parking, personal services, recreation services, rental shop, restaurant, retail store, service station, tourist lodging, truck stop, vehicle repair, community water and sewer; Area 2 (residential): house, bed and breakfast, home occupation

Smallest lot for a subdivision

0.2 ha with community water and sewer, 1 ha otherwise

Lot coverage

No maximum stated

Height limit

13 m in Area 2; none stated in Area 1

Setbacks

5 m from every lot line; 4.5 m from provincial highway rights of way (less only with a Ministry of Transportation and Transit permit); 15 m from Colepitts Creek

Short-term rental is allowed as a secondary use in both areas.

Floodplain (s. 3.02I.07.1): nothing built within 15 m of Colepitts Creek, and floors used for living, business or goods that floodwater could damage sit 1.5 m above its natural boundary. Small additions, garages and accessory buildings with no living space are exempt from the floor height, and the CSRD asks for a surveyor's certificate.

Area 1: outdoor storage screened 2.2 m high from neighbours and highways and at most 5.5 m tall; uninsured or broken-down vehicles and equipment kept behind the main building.

Parking: two spaces per home, and more per floor area for businesses (Table 1). Nothing over 0.6 m tall within 6 m of a corner (s. 3.02I.07.3).

The zone is divided into two development areas; ask the CSRD which part of a lot falls in which.

No main front wall closer than 7.5 m to the Trans-Canada Highway without the Ministry of Transportation and Transit's consent (s. 4.01).

The whole planning area is a development area (s. 3.01A): the CSRD board can require a development permit setting siting, parking, landscaping, servicing, signs and the finish of non-residential buildings (Division 2). Ask the CSRD whether your project needs one.

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 CSRD's planning department before you buy or build.

Source: Highway Planning Area No. 1 Zoning Regulations, Bylaw No. 168 (summarised in our words); zone map: Open Government Licence – Columbia Shuswap Regional District.