MG-4: Airport Industrial

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

None: the zone lists no dwelling

Main uses

Air transport and airport services, restaurants, weather services, farming; offices for these

Smallest lot for a subdivision

None set in the zone

Height limit

12 m, and lower near the runway (s. 4.10)

Setbacks

7.5 m from every lot line

In the takeoff, approach and transition areas mapped on the bylaw's Schedule A, buildings must also stay below a set elevation that rises 1 m for every 50 m from the runway ends and 1 m for every 7 m out from the runway strip (s. 4.10).

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. 4.11).

Every zone also allows public utilities, parks, roads and conservation areas (s. 4.03).

Inside the ALR, farm uses the Agricultural Land Commission allows are permitted (s. 4.14).

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: Elk Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 829, 1990 (summarised in our words); zone map: Open Government Licence – Regional District of East Kootenay.