Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07
In short
Main uses: Agriculture, farm buildings and structures, Single-family dwellings.
Zone rules
Main uses
Agriculture, farm buildings and structures
Single-family dwellings
Also allowed (secondary uses)
A secondary suite subject to Section 3.16
Home-based business use subject to Section 3.13
Commercial guest accommodation in a campground on agricultural land classified as a farm under the Assessment Act
On a lot classified as a farm under the Assessment Act, a second accessory dwelling unit (pre-existing dwelling built before February 22, 2019, a manufactured home built between July 4, 2019 and December 31, 2021, or a farmworker's dwelling unit of limited size)
Campground accommodation needs an agri-tourism activity on the lot; a second dwelling unit is limited to farm lots.
Extra uses on specific lots
A1(a): Community hall; Processing and storage of farm products produced mainly within the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Area; Museum; Outdoor community events
A1(b): Outdoor children's recreational camp
A1(d): A hotel and restaurant, including accessory buildings, occupying no more than 675 square metres of lot coverage
A1(e): maximum of 1 lot within the entire area zoned A1(e); minimum new lot 6.7 ha
A1(f): Emergency response station; Fire training facility
Minimum lot area
8 ha; 6.7 ha on lands zoned A1(e)
Maximum lot coverage
35 per cent for all buildings and structures excluding greenhouses; 75 per cent including greenhouses; 5 per cent for all campsites, buildings and structures in a campground
Rear setback
4.5 m
Other rules
Maximum 10 bedrooms used in a bed and breakfast home-based business and campsites combined on any lot
Most land is also in the Agricultural Land Reserve; accessory uses there are permitted only if the Agricultural Land Commission also approves them
Total impervious surface of farm buildings, structures and pavement may not exceed 3500 m² or 10 per cent of a lot unless built to an engineer's stormwater design
Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. The Islands Trust says the consolidation is for convenience only and is not to be construed as a legal document. The zone names for R, RU1-RU3, RW1-RW2, Ri, S1-S8 are written out in the bylaw only as column codes or in generic lists, so names for those are derived from the bylaw's usage. The CRD zoning layer also carries R13 and CF3, which the bylaw text does not list (it lists R1 to R12 and CF1, CF2). 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.