Gold River, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-08
In short
Main uses: Barge loading/off-loading and bulk facilities, Building supply and lumber yard, Bulk materials storage, Car wash, Cold storage plant and frozen food lockers, and 29 more.
Zone rules
Main uses
Barge loading/off-loading and bulk facilities
Building supply and lumber yard
Bulk materials storage
Car wash
Cold storage plant and frozen food lockers
Commercial mooring facilities or marinas
Contractor’s offices, shops and yards including related retail sales
Docks, wharves and floats for the use of water taxis, ferries and recreation vessels
Fin fish aquaculture
Fish hatchery
Fish product industry including offloading, processing and packaging
Forest product processing including milling, packaging and storage
Fuel storage depots and fuel storage and wholesale distribution
Heavy duty and automotive vehicle repair and maintenance
Helicopter landing pad operations
Industrial wharves and docks
Laundries, dry cleaning and dyeing establishments
Light manufacturing and packaging
Marine and bulk fuelling operations
New and used automobile and truck sales
Offices and facilities for tour, charter and freight boats or barges
Offshore anchorage and mooring
Processing, packaging, loading and offloading of land based farmed fish and/or seafood product
Radio and television broadcasting, repairs and sales
Retail sale of fishing supplies, live or fresh bait and other marine equipment
Seafood processing
Sea plane bases
Shellfish aquaculture
Shipyards and related marine industries
Storage, warehousing and wholesale establishments
Trailer and boat sales
Veterinary clinics and kennels
Woodworking, welding and machine shops, excluding forging, casting, punch presses or drop forges
Automotive repair, including body repairs, painting, engine rebuilding, tire re-treading or rebuilding and gasoline sales
Also allowed (secondary uses)
Caretaker suite
Offices accessory to a permitted use in this zone
Uses of accessory buildings ancillary to the helicopter landing pad operation
Uses of buildings ancillary to the helicopter
Warehouses, works yards, storage and loading facilities ancillary to industrial use
Minimum lot area
700.0 m²
Maximum lot coverage
75% of lot area
Maximum height
11.0 m
Front setback
6.1 m
Rear setback
3.0 m
Interior side setback
3.0 m
Street side setback
4.6 m
Accessory building setbacks
accessory buildings or structures and gasoline pump islands: no closer than 4.6 m to property lines
Other rules
10.0 m setback from other zones (0.0 m for water lease area)
Helicopter landing pad: rotor sweep area at least 15.0 m from any area with uncontrolled public access or any building
Helicopter pad area buildings: at least 4.6 m from any property line
Helicopter pad area building height: 6.1 m principal, 3.0 m accessory
Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.