CL-3: Columbia Lake (Group Moorage)

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

None: this zone covers the lake, and living on a boat is barred (s. 1.4(2))

Main uses

Per lease or licence of occupation: one dock (3 m wide, reaching at most 30 m past the natural boundary), one launch ramp and one swimming platform (up to 16 m²); mooring buoys; moorage, including overnight

Setbacks

Docks, launch ramps and swimming platforms 5 m from a neighbouring property line or its extension over the water, and 10 m from other docks or structures

The zone sets no area for a dock.

Docks line up with the neighbouring docks, don't block access to them, and don't rest on the lakebed at low water; they stand on wooden or pipe pilings of untreated, non-toxic material. No roofs or covered structures.

Mooring buoys follow the federal Private Buoy Regulation (Canada Shipping Act).

Docks, launch ramps and swimming platforms also need a licence of occupation or lease from the Province under the Land Act.

Like every zone, it also allows public utilities, aids to navigation, recreational water activity (boating, swimming, fishing), recreational buoys and public access to the foreshore (s. 1.3(2)).

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.