CT1: Tourist Commercial

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

None: the zone lists no home of any kind (ss. 11.2.2, 11.2.3)

Main uses

Hotels and motels, restaurants and pubs, a club, a marina, an art gallery or museum, a theatre, indoor and outdoor recreation, personal services, shops of up to 100 m² each, a tourist railway; accessory buildings (ss. 11.2.2, 11.2.3, 11.2.7(a))

Smallest lot for a subdivision

930 m², 18.0 m wide (s. 11.2.4)

Lot coverage

50%; floor area ratio 1.0 (s. 11.2.5)

Height limit

The lesser of 9.5 m or 2 storeys; the main building up to 12.0 m or 3 storeys where the third storey is built into the roof (s. 11.2.6(e), (f))

Exceptions (1)

• The lesser of 13.8 m or 4 storeys, and a floor area ratio of 1.65, on two lots the bylaw names

Listed in s. 11.2.8(a) of the bylaw.

Setbacks

Front 2.5 m, rear 6.0 m, inside sides 0.0 m, 4.5 m beside a street, for every building (s. 11.2.6)

The zone is for recreation-oriented tourist businesses at the community's destination points, on land the community plan designates Tourist Commercial (s. 11.2.1).

Short-term rental of a home isn't a use the zone lists, and the zone allows no homes: stays here are a hotel's or motel's (our reading). Ask the District before buying to rent by the night.

Sections 4 (general rules), 5 (landscaping and screening), 6 (parking and loading) and 7 (specific uses) of the bylaw also apply (s. 11.2.7(b)).

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 District of Summerland's development services department before you buy or build.

Source: Section 11.2 of Zoning Bylaw No. 2000-450 (summarised in our words, checked 2026-10-06); zone map: Open Government Licence – District of Summerland.