---
title: "CPA zone in Castlegar: Comprehensive Planning Area"
place: Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/castlegar
zone: CPA
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1428 (consolidated to Bylaw 1435, March 17, 2025)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/castlegar/zoning/cpa/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/castlegar/zoning/cpa.json"
---

# CPA zone in Castlegar: Comprehensive Planning Area

Agricultural and rural uses until the lands are comprehensively planned

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Agricultural and rural uses until the lands are comprehensively planned
- **Main uses:** Accessory Dwelling Unit; Agricultural Use; Home-Based Business; Horticulture; Outdoor Market; Residential Building, 1-unit; Residential Building, 2-units
- **Minimum lot area:** 12,000 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 60.0 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 15% of all structures; 25% including impermeable surfaces; accessory buildings no more than 80% of the principal dwelling
- **Maximum density:** 3 units per lot
- **Maximum height:** 12.0 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 11.5 m or 0.5 m less than the principal dwelling, whichever is less
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 7.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 1.5 m back from the principal building, exterior side 3.0 m, interior side 1.5 m, rear 1.5 m
- **Other rules:** Minimum lot depth 54.0 m

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1428 (consolidated to Bylaw 1435, March 17, 2025), s. 7.6](https://castlegar.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Consolidated.Branded.Bylaw_.1428-Zoning-Bylaw.pdf#page=25) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Castlegar: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/castlegar/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/castlegar/zoning/cpa/_