CD-1: Comprehensive Residential Development

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

One house (with a secondary suite inside it) or one duplex on a fee simple or bare land strata lot; duplexes and multi-unit buildings in a building strata up to 30 homes per hectare of usable site area

Main uses

House, duplex, multi-unit housing; home business

Smallest lot for a subdivision

400 m² for a house, 700 m² for a duplex (each half of a split duplex half the s. 2.2 size), 1,000 m² for multi-unit housing

Lot coverage

40% on fee simple and bare land strata lots; not set for building strata

Height limit

House or duplex 10 m, multi-unit buildings 13 m; accessory buildings 5 m on fee simple and bare land strata lots

Setbacks

Main building: front 7.5 m, rear 6 m, sides 1.5 m (4.5 m beside a road) on fee simple and bare land strata lots; sides 4.5 m in a building strata. Accessory buildings: front 7.5 m, rear 4.5 m (6 m beside a road), sides 1.5 m (4.5 m beside a road)

A main building needs both a community water system and a community sewer system. A house or duplex is at least 5.5 m wide (not counting additions).

Parking for multi-unit homes: 1 space each up to 70 m², 1.5 above.

Secondary suite (s. 1.18): one, inside the house only, at most 49% of its floor space, on approved sewage disposal and never strata-titled.

Densities count only usable site area: one piece of land with an average slope of 15% or less and no part subject to land slip, avalanche, rock fall, flooding or a high water table (s. 3.3).

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: Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 3255, 2023 (summarised in our words); zone map: Open Government Licence – Regional District of East Kootenay.