P-2: Parks and Open Space

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

One dwelling, accessory to a use on the lot: a manufactured home on a non-permanent foundation, or a self-contained unit built into the main building above the first storey or behind the main use, with its own outside door (s. 1.18(3))

Main uses

Parks and park reserves, sports fields, conservation areas and wildlife sanctuaries, park offices and works yards, heritage and archaeological sites, museum, fairgrounds, agricultural, forestry and wildlife research (fish hatcheries too), farming, government services, community hall, rural retreat, campground; food and drink serving these uses

Smallest lot for a subdivision

None set in the zone

Height limit

10 m

Setbacks

Front 7.5 m, rear and sides 6 m

The zone sets no lot coverage.

Campgrounds follow the RDEK's Campground Bylaw No. 2403 (s. 1.16).

Farm buildings (s. 1.20): dairy, livestock, fur and poultry buildings 15 m from lot lines (confined livestock areas 30 m) and 30 m from a well or spring; mushroom barns 7.5 m and other farm buildings 4.5 m; manure storage 30 m from wells and springs and 15 m from lakes and streams. Farm buildings have no height limit, except under the Cranbrook Airport's approach and outer surfaces, where the airport zoning regulations govern (s. 1.11(4)).

While a house is being built or rebuilt under a building permit, one extra dwelling or an RV may be lived in on the lot, on approved sewage disposal; it goes, or becomes an accessory building, once the new house is occupied (s. 1.05).

No vehicle wrecking or repair outdoors, and at most one derelict vehicle, kept out of the front yard (s. 1.17).

Every zone also allows parks, public utilities, highways and railways, surface parking, heritage sites and conservation areas (s. 1.03). Buildings stay 22 m from a controlled access highway unless the lot is on a frontage road (s. 1.06).

Inside the ALR, farm uses and those the Agricultural Land Commission approves are permitted, as is cannabis production under the ALR Use Regulation; the Commission's rules also apply to suites, farm-hand dwellings and dwellings for a relative needing care (ss. 1.14, 1.20 to 1.22, 1.26).

Floodplain (Schedule B): the floor of any living or business space sits at least 3 m above the high water mark of the St. Mary River and Perry Creek and 1.5 m above any other stream, lake, marsh or pond (in a Special Policy Area, such as an alluvial fan, the highest of 1 m above the ground, 0.6 m above anything that could pond water, or an engineer's level); fill and supports stay 30 m from the St. Mary River and Perry Creek, 15 m from other streams and 7.5 m from any lake, marsh or pond.

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 RDEK's planning department before you buy or build.

Source: Wycliffe Zoning & Floodplain Management Bylaw No. 2256, 2010 (summarised in our words); zone map: Open Government Licence – Regional District of East Kootenay.