---
title: "P-3 zone in Salmon Arm: Institutional Zone"
place: Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/salmon-arm
zone: P-3
bylaw: "Zoning Bylaw No. 2303 (Schedule \"A\" consolidation, effective December 18, 1995, updated August 2026)"
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salmon-arm/zoning/p-3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salmon-arm/zoning/p-3.json"
---

# P-3 zone in Salmon Arm: Institutional Zone

Charitable, correctional, educational, governmental, philanthropic or religious uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Charitable, correctional, educational, governmental, philanthropic or religious uses.
- **Main uses:** assembly hall; churches; commercial daycare facility; cultural facilities; dormitory; educational facilities, public and private; high technology research and development; hospitals and clinics, public and private; mobile food vending; offices; recycling collection site; rest home
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** home occupation; accessory use, including church manse, detached portable classrooms and caretaker’s suite
- **Minimum lot area:** 465.0 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 15.0 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40% of parcel or site area
- **Maximum height:** 12.0 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 6.0 m
- **Front setback:** 6.0 m
- **Rear setback:** 6.0 m next to a lane; 1.0 m in all other cases
- **Interior side setback:** 3.0 m
- **Street side setback:** 6.0 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Same as principal buildings: front 6.0 m, rear 6.0 m next to a lane or 1.0 m otherwise, interior side 3.0 m, exterior 6.0 m
- **Other rules:** Outside storage must be screened and limited to 15% of the parcel area or 280 m², whichever is less

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 2303 (Schedule "A" consolidation, effective December 18, 1995, updated August 2026), s. 26](https://www.salmonarm.ca/DocumentCenter/View/74/Zoning-Bylaw-No-2303#page=81) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Salmon Arm: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salmon-arm/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salmon-arm/zoning/p-3/_