CR-4: Country Residential Four

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

A house and a secondary suite, or a duplex, on any lot; on a lot over 4,000 m² on a community water system, a house, suite and accessory dwelling unit; on a lot over 1 ha, two houses with a suite each (s. 4.6.7(iii)(b))

Main uses

Homes, parks, public utilities, farming on a lot over 4,000 m²; home occupation, bed and breakfast, accessory buildings (s. 4.6.7(i), (ii))

Smallest lot for a subdivision

2 ha, with frontage at least a tenth of the lot's perimeter (s. 4.6.7(vii)); one smaller lot on one named parcel in return for park land

Lot coverage

20% on a lot of 2,500 m² or less, 15% on a bigger lot; accessory buildings together at most 5% of the lot or 200 m², whichever is more (s. 4.6.7(iv), (vi))

Height limit

10 m (s. 4.5(2)); accessory buildings 7 m (s. 4.5(1))

Setbacks

Front and rear 7.5 m, sides 3.5 m (1.75 m on a lot 31 m wide or less with no street beside it); 3.5 m from an accessory building, and 15 m between two homes on the lot (s. 4.6.7(v)); more along highways and major roads (s. 4.5(5)(f))

The zone is for country homes on acreages, up to two houses with suites on a lot over a hectare.

Nothing may become a nuisance to neighbours by unsightliness, smell, dust, noise, smoke or electrical interference, farming aside.

Secondary suite (s. 3): a complete home with its own kitchen, sleeping area and bathroom inside another dwelling; the two can never be strata-titled or otherwise split. The bylaw doesn't define an accessory dwelling unit. A second dwelling doesn't justify a later subdivision (s. 4.5(9)).

Short-term rental (stays under 90 days, bed and breakfasts included) is allowed in every zone that allows homes, with one parking space for each rental on the lot besides the home's own (ss. 3, 4.5(10.1)); the Province's principal residence rule may apply on top.

Bed and breakfast (s. 4.5(10)): in the home, never an accessory building; up to 2 bedrooms in residential and country residential zones; one parking space a room; staff only those living there and 2 others; the SRD's written approval first.

Home occupation (s. 3): on a lot of 4,000 m² or less only crafts, lessons for up to four, an office or small appliance repair, inside the home, at most 20 m² or a quarter of it, one employee from outside; on a bigger lot, inside a building, up to 50 m²; the SRD's written approval first.

Accessory buildings (s. 4.5(1)): 7 m high at most; 1 m from the side and rear lot lines (2 m from the rear past 4.5 m high), 7.5 m from the front; one storage building of up to 50 m² may stand before the house.

Streams (s. 4.5(4), (5)(a)): within 30 m of a stream connected to fish habitat a qualified environmental professional's report under the Riparian Areas Protection Regulation sets the setback, and never closer than 7.5 m; 7.5 m from any other water feature; the SRD's floodplain bylaw can ask more. No houseboat or float home on a lake or stream (s. 4.5(5)(b)).

Roads (s. 4.5(5)(f)): 22.5 m from the centre line of the Island Highway and the Gold River Highway (19.5 m on the ocean side north of a point the bylaw names), 20 m from the centre line of Ocean Grove, McGimpsey, York and Iron River roads.

On land in the Agricultural Land Reserve the Agricultural Land Commission's rules come first.

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 SRD's planning department before you buy or build.

Source: Section 4.6.7 of Area D (Campbell River) Zoning Bylaw, 1991 (No. 1404) (summarised in our words, checked 2026-10-13); zone map: Open Government Licence – Canada.