FC3: Foreshore Commercial 3

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

None: living on the water (more than 14 days in a row) is barred in every lake zone (s. 3.2)

Main uses

Commercial moorage for the lot behind; mooring buoys; boat launch; boat rentals

Setbacks

Docks, buoys and boat lifts 5 m from the lot's side lines projected out over the water, and 6 m from a Foreshore Park zone or park; buoys also 20 m from other structures on the water and 50 m from a boat launch or marina

Up to 20 berths and 2 mooring buoys; docks at most 3.05 m wide.

A berth is a mooring space for one boat, counted as each 10 m of dock (s. 3.3).

Swimming platform (s. 3.4): one per waterfront or semi-waterfront lot (or waterfront unit in FM1), at most 10 m², for swimming and sunbathing only, not mooring, with the same side setbacks as a dock.

Boathouses and other covered structures are barred in every lake zone (s. 3.2).

Every lake zone also allows navigation, passive recreation, public utilities and parks (s. 3.1).

Lake zones reach 200 m out from the natural boundary unless the bylaw's map shows otherwise (50 m in a few narrow spots) (s. 4.2).

The bylaw lists site-specific dock sizes and berth or buoy counts for named properties in this zone; check it for the lot in question.

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: Lakes Zoning Bylaw No. 900 (summarised in our words); zone map: Open Government Licence – Columbia Shuswap Regional District.