{"title":"RC 1 zone in Bowen Island: Rural Commercial 1 (Garden Centre)","code":"RC 1","slug":"rc-1","name":"Rural Commercial 1 (Garden Centre)","group":"Commercial","section":"4.2","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Regulate the commercial use of land within a rural setting.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Regulate the commercial use of land within a rural setting.","quotes":["Information Note: The purpose of the Rural Commercial Zones is to provide regulations for the","commercial use of land within a rural setting."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Garden Centre","Agriculture","Dwelling"],"quotes":["Garden Centre ♦","Agriculture ♦ ♦","Dwelling ♦ ♦"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Residential Use","Uses accessory to principal uses","Home Occupation Use (subject to Part 3)"],"quotes":["Accessory Residential Use ♦ ♦","Uses accessory to principal uses ♦ ♦","Home Occupation Use subject to Part 3"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"4 ha (new lots by subdivision, without community water system)","quotes":["Minimum lot area for individual lots (ha) without community water 4 4"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"100 m² plus 5% of lot area, to a maximum of 1500 m² (all buildings and structures combined)","quotes":["100 m2 plus 5% of lot area to a maximum of 1500"]},"max_density":{"value":"1 dwelling per lot; no guest bedrooms","quotes":["Maximum number of dwellings per lot 1 1","Maximum number of guest bedrooms per 0.4 ha lot area 0 4","Maximum number of guest bedrooms 0 20"]},"max_height":{"value":"9 m","quotes":["Maximum height of a building or structure (metres) 9 9"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m (from all lot lines)","quotes":["Minimum setback from all lot lines (metres) 7.5 7.5"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m (from all lot lines)","quotes":["Minimum setback from all lot lines (metres) 7.5 7.5"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"7.5 m (from all lot lines)","quotes":["Minimum setback from all lot lines (metres) 7.5 7.5"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"7.5 m (from all lot lines)","quotes":["Minimum setback from all lot lines (metres) 7.5 7.5"]},"other":{"value":["Any expansion of the footprint or intensity of use on land in the Agricultural Land Reserve needs written permission from the Agricultural Land Commission","All parking areas must be permeable to water"],"quotes":["Any expansion of the footprint or intensity of use on land located in the","Agricultural Land Reserve would require written permission by order of","All parking areas shall be permeable to water"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Land Use Bylaw No. 57, 2002 (consolidated for convenience, November 2025)","url":"https://bowenisland.civicweb.net/document/190971","accessed":"2026-11-08","note":"The consolidation is not a legal document; certified copies of the original bylaws should be consulted. Zones are in Part 4, grouped by section (several zones share one section). CD 14 is not listed in Table 4-1. Schedule B (Land Use Map) is a separate document."},"source_url":"https://bowenisland.civicweb.net/document/190971#page=50","place":{"path":"ca/bc/bowen-island","name":"Bowen Island","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/bowen-island/zoning/rc-1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/bowen-island/zoning/rc-1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/bowen-island/zoning/rc-1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/bowen-island/zoning/index.json"}}