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title: "TC 1 zone in Bowen Island: Tourist Commercial 1 (Guest House)"
place: Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/bowen-island
zone: TC 1
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/tc-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/bowen-island/zoning/tc-1.json"
---

# TC 1 zone in Bowen Island: Tourist Commercial 1 (Guest House)

Regulate land used for tourist commercial accommodation and related services.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Regulate land used for tourist commercial accommodation and related services.
- **Main uses:** Guest House; Agriculture; Artisan Industry
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Residential Use; Uses accessory to principal uses; Dwelling use; Retail use; Home Occupation Use (subject to Part 3) (Bed and Breakfast Use is not permitted as a home occupation.)
- **Minimum lot area:** 0.4 ha with community water system; 1 ha without (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; 4 guest bedrooms on the first 0.4 ha, plus 3 for each 0.4 ha of total lot area, to a maximum of 15 guest bedrooms; 30 in-residence guests
- **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:** Meeting, course or workshop participants limited to 45 (3 per permitted guest bedroom); Accessory retail sales limited to 20 m² of floor area; Where the lot abuts a lot with a dwelling use, a landscape screen at least 3.0 m high is required within the setback area; All parking areas must be permeable to water

## Source

- [Land Use Bylaw No. 57, 2002 (consolidated for convenience, November 2025), s. 4.3](https://bowenisland.civicweb.net/document/190971#page=52) (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/tc-1/_