AI: Administrative and Institutional

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

None: the zone lists no dwelling (s. 20.1.1); a community care facility and a school's dormitories may house people

Main uses

Assembly (a church or community hall among them), a cemetery, a child care centre, civic facilities (government offices, a fire hall, library, health care centre, hospital, ambulance or police station), a community care facility, cultural facilities (a gallery, theatre or museum), educational facilities (schools and colleges, which may have dormitories), a funeral home; accessory buildings (s. 20.1.1; definitions in Section 4)

Smallest lot for a subdivision

500 m², for a new lot on community water and sewer (ss. 20.1.2, 8.1.3); every new lot needs 200 m² of usable area (s. 8.3)

Lot coverage

40% (s. 20.1.6)

Height limit

15 m (s. 20.1.5)

Setbacks

Front 7.5 m, rear 7.5 m, sides 4.5 m (4.5 m beside a road), accessory buildings the same (s. 20.1.4)

The zone is for public and institutional buildings: schools, halls and churches, government services, care homes, child care and cemeteries (s. 20.1.1; our reading of its uses). It allows no house.

The bylaw sets no site-specific (AIs) rules (s. 20.1.7).

Parking (Table 11.2): one space for every 5 seats or 20 m² of assembly area, whichever is more; 2 a classroom for an elementary or middle school, 3 for a secondary school; one for every 2 people a community care facility is licensed for; one for every 4 hospital beds; one for every 30 m² of other institutional floor area.

No barbed wire fences in this zone (s. 6.2.2).

Vacation rental (stays under a month in a whole home) isn't a listed use in this zone, and uses the zone doesn't list are prohibited (s. 5.4); ask the RDOS before renting a home short term.

New lots must be at least a quarter as wide as they are deep.

Only the uses the zone lists are allowed (s. 5.4).

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 RDOS's planning department before you buy or build.

Source: Section 20.1 of Electoral Area H Zoning Bylaw No. 3065, 2024 (summarised in our words, checked 2026-10-06); zone map: Open Government Licence – Regional District Okanagan Similkameen.