Gold River zoning: find your zone and what it allows
How do I find out how my property is zoned and what I can build on it in Gold River?
To find your zone in Gold River, use the Zoning Map on the Village's Maps page, or the SRD interactive map linked there. The legal map is Schedule A of Zoning Bylaw No. 761, 2025, which lists the permitted uses and rules for each zone.
Zoning map
Find your zone on the Zoning Bylaw No. 761, 2025 (Schedule A zoning map is in the bylaw PDF), then look it up below.
Zones in Gold River
From Zoning Bylaw No. 761, 2025. The Village's page is https://goldriver.ca/documents/zoning-bylaw-no-761-2025/. The bylaw text lists zone R-R as "R.R" in s. 5.1.1 and "R-R" in the zone heading; the Schedule A zoning map pages (PDF pages 79-80) have no text layer. Each zone has its own page with its uses, lot sizes, heights and setbacks. Zone pages are drafts taken from the bylaw text and not yet reviewed by a person.
Residential zones
- R-L Low Density Residential
- R-M Medium Density Residential
- R-M2 Low Density Multi-Residential
- R-M3 Medium Density Multi-Residential
- R-H High Density Residential
- M.H.P. Manufactured / Mobile Home Park
- M.H.S. Manufactured / Mobile Home Subdivision
Rural zones
Commercial zones
Industrial zones
Public zones
Comprehensive development zones
- CD1 Residential Comprehensive Development
Key facts
| How to find your zone | The Village's Maps page links a Zoning Map PDF (dated October 2024), an OCP Map, a Development Permit Area Map and the SRD interactive map. The legal map is Schedule A Zoning Map attached to Zoning Bylaw No. 761, 2025 (s. 5.1.2).Maps, Maps page; Zoning Bylaw No. 761, 2025, s. 5.1.2 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingZoning Map Official Community Plan (OCP) Map Development Permit Area Map Interactive Map (SRD uMapIt) The extent of each zone is shown upon Schedule “A” Zoning Map which is |
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| Zoning bylaw | Zoning Bylaw No. 761, 2025, adopted February 2, 2026. It repeals Zoning Bylaw No. 706, 2018.Zoning Bylaw No. 761, 2025, Adoption · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingADOPTED this 2nd February 2026 the Village of Gold River Zoning Bylaw No. 706. 2018 and amendments |
| What the zone controls | For each zone the bylaw sets permitted uses, minimum lot area and frontage, lot coverage, setbacks, building height, parking and fences. Zones include R-L, R-R, R-M, R-M2, R-M3, R-H, M.H.P., M.H.S., C-1, C-2, C-REC, I-H, I-L, Civic Use and CD1.Zoning Bylaw No. 761, 2025, Contents; Zoning Bylaw No. 761, 2025, s. 6.1-6.2 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingLOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONE – R-L RURAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE – R-R HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONE – I-H 6.1 Permitted Uses 6.2 Conditions of Use |
| Contact | Village Office, 499 Muchalat Drive, phone (250) 283-2202Contact, Village Hall · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingContact ### Village Hall 499 Muchalat Drive Gold River, BC V0P 1G0 Phone: (250) 283-2202 After hours emergency, call (250) 283-2202, option 5 |
| Bylaw | Zoning Bylaw No. 761, 2025Zoning Bylaw No. 761, 2025, Title · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingVILLAGE OF GOLD RIVER ZONING BYLAW NO. 761, 2025 |
How it works
The Village of Gold River's Maps page links a Zoning Map PDF (dated October 2024), an Official Community Plan map, a Development Permit Area map and the Strathcona Regional District's interactive map. The legal map is Schedule A Zoning Map attached to Zoning Bylaw No. 761, 2025 (section 5.1.2). The bylaw was adopted February 2, 2026 and repeals Zoning Bylaw No. 706, 2018.
For each zone the bylaw sets permitted uses, minimum lot area and frontage, lot coverage, setbacks, building height, parking and fences. Zones include R-L, R-R, R-M, R-M2, R-M3, R-H, M.H.P., M.H.S., C-1, C-2, C-REC, I-H, I-L, Civic Use and CD1.
Steps
- Open the Village's Maps page and find your lot on the Zoning Map.
- Read your zone's section in the Zoning Bylaw for permitted uses and limits.
- For a development application, see Development Procedure Bylaw No. 758, 2025, or call the Village.
Good to know
- The Village Office at 499 Muchalat Drive, 250-283-2202, can confirm your zone. No planning email was found.
Official forms and pages
The same question in other places
Tahsis · Campbell River · Tofino · Sayward · Cumberland · Courtenay
Sources
- Maps, Village of Gold River (read 2026-11-08)
- Zoning Bylaw No. 761, 2025 (PDF), Village of Gold River (read 2026-11-08)
- Contact, Village of Gold River (read 2026-11-08)
Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 5 of 5 facts was matched to the official text. How answers are checked.