---
title: "VCi zone in Bowen Island: Village Civic"
place: Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/bowen-island
zone: VCi
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/vci/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/bowen-island/zoning/vci.json"
---

# VCi zone in Bowen Island: Village Civic

Regulate institutional and civic use within Snug Cove Village.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Regulate institutional and civic use within Snug Cove Village.
- **Main uses:** Indoor Entertainment Facility; Assembly or Community Hall; Community Hall; Daycare; School; Public Community Facility; Emergency Services; Government Offices; Medical Clinic; Parking Area
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Residential Use; Dwelling Use; Uses accessory to principal uses; Retail Use; Home Occupation use (subject to Part 3)
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** VCi(a) lands (marked on Schedule B): general services use is permitted, limited to an insurance office
- **Minimum lot area:** 370 m² (new lots served by community water system)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40%
- **Maximum density:** Floor space ratio 1.2
- **Maximum height:** 9 m
- **Front setback:** 0 m when the lot abuts a VI, VCi or VC zoned lot; 1.5 m when it abuts a non-VI, VCi or VC zoned lot
- **Rear setback:** 0 m when the lot abuts a VI, VCi or VC zoned lot; 1.5 m when it abuts a non-VI, VCi or VC zoned lot
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m (interior side lot line when the lot abuts a VI, VCi or VC zoned lot); 1.5 m when it abuts a non-VI, VCi or VC zoned lot
- **Street side setback:** 0 m when the lot abuts a VI, VCi or VC zoned lot; 1.5 m when it abuts a non-VI, VCi or VC zoned lot

## Source

- [Land Use Bylaw No. 57, 2002 (consolidated for convenience, November 2025), s. 4.8](https://bowenisland.civicweb.net/document/190971#page=63) (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/vci/_