OS-1: Open Space One

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

One auxiliary home of up to one bedroom (s. 11.8(a))

Main uses

Resource use, agriculture, golf course, equestrian use, outdoor recreation, ski lift terminals, park, campground, church, amphitheatre, performing arts and education centres, indoor recreation, heliport, towers and antennas, utilities, public works yard, explosives storage, tourist vehicle parking, catering, temporary cultural structures; auxiliary home

Smallest lot for a subdivision

No minimum

Lot coverage

No maximum stated

Height limit

10.7 m (antennas and temporary structures excepted)

Setbacks

6 m from every lot line

Buildings up to 1,000 m² or a floor space ratio of 0.25, whichever is lower (s. 11.3).

Campgrounds also follow the campground bylaw (s. 11.8(b)).

A landscaping plan must be approved, and finished within a year of the main building being completed. (s. 11.8(c))

Auxiliary buildings: at most 56 m², a strata plan counting as one lot (s. 3.2(d)).

Frontage at least a tenth of the lot's perimeter (s. 11.5(b)).

No parking space within 1.5 m of a lot line (s. 4.2(e)).

Shipping containers only during construction under a building permit, removed within 14 days of completion (s. 3.9(b)).

Cannabis stores only where the bylaw names the lot (s. 3.8).

Renting by the night (tourist accommodation) isn't a permitted use in this zone. The Municipality may allow it on a lot by temporary use permit, for up to three years and renewable once after a hearing, with conditions such as a guest limit, inspections and a local manager (s. 3.10).

No auxiliary building before the main building, unless built under the same permit (s. 3.2(a)); auxiliary buildings are at most 5 m tall (s. 3.2(e)), and one attached to the main building counts as part of it (s. 3.2(b)).

Eaves, chimneys and bay windows may reach 60 cm into a setback; open stairs, balconies, porches and canopies 1.5 m into front and side setbacks and 2 m into the rear setback, with their supports outside it (s. 3.3). Domes, chimneys, antennas and screened rooftop equipment may rise above the height limit, up to 1.2 times it, over at most 10% of the roof (s. 3.4).

Height of a main building is measured from the average finished grade to halfway between the eaves and the ridge of a sloping roof (the top of a flat roof), averaged over the roof's planes by area as s. 3.7 sets out; an auxiliary building is measured to its highest point (Division One).

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 Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality's planning department before you buy or build.

Source: Sun Peaks Resort Area Zoning Bylaw No. 1400 (summarised in our words); zone map: Open Government Licence – Thompson-Nicola Regional District.