---
title: "Ci zone in Bowen Island: Island Civic"
place: Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/bowen-island
zone: Ci
bylaw: Land Use Bylaw No. 57, 2002 (consolidated for convenience, November 2025)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/bowen-island/zoning/ci/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/bowen-island/zoning/ci.json"
---

# Ci zone in Bowen Island: Island Civic

Regulate institutional and civic land use outside Snug Cove Village.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Regulate institutional and civic land use outside Snug Cove Village.
- **Main uses:** Indoor Entertainment Facility; Assembly; Community Hall; School; Daycare; Public Community Facility; Emergency Services; Government Offices
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Residential Use; Dwelling; Retail; Uses accessory to principal uses
- **Minimum lot area:** 1 ha without community water system; 0.4 ha with community water system (new lots by subdivision)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 100 m² plus 5% of lot area, to a maximum of 1500 m² (all buildings and structures combined)
- **Maximum density:** 1 primary dwelling per lot
- **Maximum height:** 9 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m (from all lot lines)
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m (from all lot lines)
- **Interior side setback:** 7.5 m (from all lot lines)
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m (from all lot lines)
- **Other rules:** Dwelling use must be on a floor above a permitted use; Accessory retail sales limited to 20 m² of floor area; On lands marked Ci(a) on Schedule B, Emergency Services is the only permitted use

## Source

- [Land Use Bylaw No. 57, 2002 (consolidated for convenience, November 2025), s. 4.4](https://bowenisland.civicweb.net/document/190971#page=54) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Bowen Island: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/bowen-island/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/bowen-island/zoning/ci/_