{"title":"PU zone in North Cowichan: Public Use","code":"PU","slug":"pu","name":"Public Use","group":"Public","section":"79","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Child Care Centre, Mobile Food Service, Public Use.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Child Care Centre","Mobile Food Service","Public Use"],"quotes":["Child Care Centre","Mobile Food Service","Public Use"]},"setback_front":{"value":"No minimum, except 8.0 m where the lot abuts an arterial highway","quotes":["There are no minimum permitted setbacks for the PU zone except:","where the lot abuts an arterial highway the yard, front shall be 8.0 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"No minimum, except 8.0 m where the lot abuts residentially-zoned land","quotes":["There are no minimum permitted setbacks for the PU zone except:","where the lot abuts residentially-zoned land, the yard, side, or the yard, rear, shall be 8.0m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"No minimum, except 8.0 m where the lot abuts residentially-zoned land","quotes":["There are no minimum permitted setbacks for the PU zone except:","where the lot abuts residentially-zoned land, the yard, side, or the yard, rear, shall be 8.0m"]}},"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cover says the bylaw was consolidated by the Corporate Officer; the repealed zones CD3, CD5 and CD7 are not listed.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=110","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/pu/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-cowichan/zoning/pu.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-cowichan/zoning/pu.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-cowichan/zoning/index.json"}}