RES-4: Resort Core

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

Multi-unit housing; the zone sets no count of homes, only a floor area ratio of 3.5 for all buildings

Main uses

Shops (convenience, food, pharmacy, clothing, furniture, books and music, sporting goods, gifts, art, florist, jewelry and camera, pets, hardware), beauty and barber shops, dry cleaning and laundry, offices, child care, arcade, assembly halls, theatre, restaurants, bars and pubs, hostel, ski lodge, hotel, motel, ski facilities, tourist information, government services, library, medical or first aid clinic; recreation

Smallest lot for a subdivision

None set in the zone

Height limit

16 m (from the first floor to the middle of the main roof) or four storeys, whichever is less

Setbacks

4.5 m from a side lot line next to a residential (R) zone; none other set in the zone

Floor area ratio 3.5: the floor space of all buildings can be up to 3.5 times the lot's area.

Parking: 0.75 spaces per hotel or ski lodge unit, 1.5 per apartment, and 1 per 30 m² of commercial floor plus 1 per 45 seats in restaurants and bars; a ski area 1 per 3 skiers of lift capacity, less the parking of lodging within 380 m of a lift.

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. 1.14(4)).

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.