{"title":"RES-3 zone in Invermere: Resort Hotel","code":"RES-3","slug":"res-3","name":"Resort Hotel","group":"Commercial","section":"5.23","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Hotels and motels, Multi-family residential, Indoor recreation facilities, including racquet courts, fitness clubs, health spas or similar establishments, Licensed lounges, bars, night clubs, cabarets, Restaurants, cafes, bistros and confectioneries for the sale and consumption of food, and 10 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Hotels and motels","Multi-family residential","Indoor recreation facilities, including racquet courts, fitness clubs, health spas or similar establishments","Licensed lounges, bars, night clubs, cabarets","Restaurants, cafes, bistros and confectioneries for the sale and consumption of food","Gift shops, antique stores, arts and crafts shops, sports shops including recreational equipment rental","Studios for art, music, theatre and dancing","Theatres and cinemas","Marinas including launching ramps, moorage, and boat rentals, but excluding marine service and repair","Tourist information booths","Outdoor recreation facilities, including golf courses including mini-golf, tennis courts, swimming pools, parks, picnic sites, playgrounds","Theme park attractions including water slides","Recreational vehicle parks","Conference centres","Buildings and structures accessory to the permitted use"],"note":"Uses (b) to (o) are only permitted if a hotel or motel already exists (or is under construction) on the same site.","quotes":["hotels and motels","multi-family residential","indoor recreation facilities, including but not limited to racquet courts, fitness","licensed lounges, bars, night clubs, cabarets","restaurants, cafes, bistros and confectioneries for the sale and consumption of","gift shops, antique stores, arts and crafts shops, sports shops including","studios for art, music, theatre and dancing","theatres and cinemas","marinas including launching ramps, moorage, and boat rentals, but excluding","tourist information booths","outdoor recreation facilities, including but not limited to golf courses including","theme park attractions including water slides","recreational vehicle parks","conference centres","buildings and structures accessory to the permitted use","unless one of the uses referred to in section 5.20 (1)(a) is in existence on the same"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Lots 1 and 2, District Lot 267, Kootenay District, Plan NEP18891 and a portion of Mulock Street: only the uses in Schedule F are permitted, in the areas shown there; maximum 106 multi-family units, 64 hotel timeshare units, 200 hotel suites and 3550 m² commercial"],"quotes":["shall be permitted on Lots 1 and 2, District Lot 267, Kootenay District, Plan NEP18891","multi-family residential 106 units","hotel timeshare units 64 units","hotel suites 200 units","commercial 3550 m"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"4000 m²","quotes":["The minimum site area is 4000 m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"45% of the site area","quotes":["shall not cover more than 45% of the site area"]},"max_density":{"value":"50 dwelling units per gross hectare of site area (four hotel or motel units count as one dwelling unit); floor area ratio 1.5","quotes":["shall not exceed 50 dwelling units per gross hectare of site area","with four (4) hotel or motel units being equal to one dwelling unit","The maximum permitted gross floor area ratio is 1.5"]},"max_height":{"value":"Hotel or motels 45 m; town houses 3 storeys or 9.5 m, whichever is less; apartments 20 m; outdoor water slides 30 m; all other uses 3 storeys or 12 m, whichever is less","quotes":["hotel or motels 45 metres","town houses 3 storeys or 9.5 metres","apartments 20 metres","outdoor water slides 30 metres","all other uses 3 storeys or 12 metres"]},"setback_front":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["the minimum front yard shall be 4.5 metres"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["the minimum rear yard shall be 4.5 metres"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.5 m","quotes":["the minimum interior side yard shall be 1.5 metres"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["the minimum exterior side yard shall be 4.5 metres"]},"other":{"value":["Setbacks apply to the external boundaries of the site being developed","Fences may not exceed 1.8 m in height","On the Schedule F lots, building heights are limited to those in Schedule G"],"quotes":["The following setbacks shall apply to the external boundaries of the site being","No fence shall exceed 1.8 m in height","only those heights set out in Schedule \"G\" of this"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Consolidated Zoning Bylaw No. 1145 (consolidation shown on the District's bylaw library; latest amendment in its summary is Bylaw 1471, 2013)","url":"https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/20335","accessed":"2026-11-08","note":"This consolidation is old. Many later amendments are separate documents in the District's zoning bylaw folder (https://invermere.civicweb.net/filepro/documents/111) and are not in this text, including Bylaw 1654 (short-term rentals), 1662 (CDZ-6), 1670 (CDZ-7), 1676 (CastleRock Phase 5), 1685 (R6 multi-family infill zone), 1686 (secondary suites) and 1691 (2026). The District's online bylaws are for information only; the Clerk's office has the official versions."},"source_url":"https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/20335#page=106","place":{"path":"ca/bc/invermere","name":"Invermere","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/invermere/zoning/res-3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/invermere/zoning/res-3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/invermere/zoning/res-3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/invermere/zoning/index.json"}}