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

# WCi zone in Bowen Island: Water Civic

Regulates the use of the marine coastal area up to 300 metres seaward from the natural high-water mark of Bowen Island, Finisterre Island and Hutt Island (Water Civic zone).

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Regulates the use of the marine coastal area up to 300 metres seaward from the natural high-water mark of Bowen Island, Finisterre Island and Hutt Island (Water Civic zone).
- **Main uses:** Boat moorage, docking and launching; Community Dock; Marine Navigation; Public Wharf; Ferry Dock; Water Taxi (Uses are read from the WCi column of the table; the table columns shift across pages.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Assembly; Uses accessory to principal uses; Buildings accessory to permitted uses; Structures accessory to permitted uses; Floating Breakwaters; Marine Navigation Structures
- **Front setback:** 1.5 m from any lot line
- **Rear setback:** 1.5 m from any lot line
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m from any lot line
- **Street side setback:** 1.5 m from any lot line
- **Other rules:** A community dock must not physically divide a beach (community docks may), block pedestrian access along the foreshore, limit public use of a beach, or harm eelgrass, kelp, clam or mussel beds.; Sale of personal watercraft is not permitted.; Uses in this zone are in addition to those permitted in Section 3.2 of the bylaw.

## Source

- [Land Use Bylaw No. 57, 2002 (consolidated for convenience, November 2025), s. 4.13](https://bowenisland.civicweb.net/document/190971#page=71) (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/wci/_