{"title":"PI zone in North Cowichan: Private Institutional","code":"PI","slug":"pi","name":"Private Institutional","group":"Public","section":"78","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Accessory Dwelling Unit, Child Care Centre, Church, Church Camp, Club, and 6 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Dwelling Unit","Child Care Centre","Church","Church Camp","Club","Community Hall","Congregate Housing","Health Service","Independent School","Mobile Food Service","Personal Care Use"],"quotes":["Child Care Centre","Church","Church Camp","Club","Community Hall","Congregate Housing","Health Service","Independent School","Personal Care Use"]},"site_specific":{"value":["3088 Gibbins Road (PID: 006-410-481): office is a permitted use and retail is a permitted accessory use"],"quotes":["“office” is a permitted use and “retail” is a permitted accessory use on 3088","Gibbins Road (PID: 006-410-481)."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"30% of the lot area","quotes":["is 30% of the lot area"]},"max_height":{"value":"12.0 m","quotes":["Principal Building, 12.0 m (39.37')"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"5.0 m","quotes":["Accessory Building, 5.0 m (16.4')"]},"setback_front":{"value":"8.0 m","quotes":["Yard, Front, 8.0 m (26.25')"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"5.0 m","quotes":["Yard, Rear, 5.0 m (16.4')"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"5.0 m","quotes":["Yard, Side, 5.0 m (16.4')"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front 5.0 m, side 1.0 m, rear 1.5 m","quotes":["Yard, Front, 5.0 m (16.4')","Yard, Side, 1.0 m ( 3.28')","Yard, Rear, 1.5 m ( 4.92')"]},"other":{"value":["Congregate Housing follows the apartment rules of the R7 or R8 zones"],"quotes":["For Congregate Housing use, the provisions for apartment use established in the R7 or R8 zones"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw 1997, No. 2950 (consolidation current to September 14, 2026)","url":"https://www.northcowichan.ca/sites/default/files/2025-07/blc%202950_Zoning%20Bylaw%20Consolidated%20to%203974%203989%204002%203988%204008%204016.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The cover says the bylaw was consolidated by the Corporate Officer; the repealed zones CD3, CD5 and CD7 are not listed. Suffix a or b on a zone code (for example W2a) marks a sub-zone with additional uses (s. 44)."},"source_url":"https://www.northcowichan.ca/sites/default/files/2025-07/blc%202950_Zoning%20Bylaw%20Consolidated%20to%203974%203989%204002%203988%204008%204016.pdf#page=109","place":{"path":"ca/bc/north-cowichan","name":"North Cowichan","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-cowichan/zoning/pi/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-cowichan/zoning/pi.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-cowichan/zoning/pi.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-cowichan/zoning/index.json"}}