I-2: Gravel Extraction

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

None: the zone lists no dwelling

Main uses

Sand and gravel extraction and processing (grading, washing, screening, crushing, hauling); cement, concrete and asphalt plants

Smallest lot for a subdivision

8 ha

Lot coverage

10%

Height limit

20 m

Setbacks

Buildings: front 7.5 m; rear 15 m beside a residential or institutional zone or a lot with a home (5 m otherwise, none on a railway); sides 15 m. Digging and processing 60 m from neighbours' homes; stockpiles 15 m from roads

Outdoor storage is screened by a solid board fence or evergreen hedge at least 2 m tall on every side not facing a building on the lot (s. 1.15).

Every zone also allows parks, public utilities, highways and railways, 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 or in Moyie townsite (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 and farm-hand dwellings (ss. 1.20 to 1.22, 1.31).

Floodplain (Schedule B): the floor of any living or business space sits at least 3 m above the high water mark of the Moyie and St. Mary rivers and 1.5 m above any other stream, lake, marsh or pond (in the Special Policy Area mapped on Schedule B2, such as alluvial fans, 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 Moyie and St. Mary rivers and Lamb and Braunagel creeks, 15 m from other streams, and 7.5 m from Moyie Lake, Monroe Lake and any other 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: Electoral Area C South Zoning & Floodplain Management Bylaw No. 2913, 2019 (summarised in our words); zone map: Open Government Licence – Regional District of East Kootenay.