{"title":"C3 zone in Salt Spring Island: Commercial 3","code":"C3","slug":"c3","name":"Commercial 3","group":"Commercial","section":"9.2","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Indoor retail sales and rentals, Indoor retail services, excluding Laundromats, Indoor production of food and drink items, clothing, crafts, artwork, jewellery and similar items for retail or wholesale sales (retail outlet on the premises, water use under 1600 litres/day), Restaurants, Automobile service stations, and 3 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Indoor retail sales and rentals","Indoor retail services, excluding Laundromats","Indoor production of food and drink items, clothing, crafts, artwork, jewellery and similar items for retail or wholesale sales (retail outlet on the premises, water use under 1600 litres/day)","Restaurants","Automobile service stations","Automobile rentals with a maximum of five vehicles stored on-site","Collection of recyclable materials, excluding outdoor sorting and storage","Public service uses"],"quotes":["Indoor retail sales and rentals","Indoor retail services, excluding Laundromats","Indoor production of food and drink items, clothing, crafts, artwork,","retail outlet on the premises and provided water consumption does not","exceed 1600 litres/day","Restaurants","Automobile service stations","Automobile rentals with a maximum of five vehicles stored on-site","Collection of recyclable materials, excluding outdoor sorting and storage","Public service uses"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Dwelling units accessory to a commercial use"],"quotes":["Dwelling units accessory to a commercial use"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1 ha (on-site sewage treatment and potable water, or on-site sewage treatment and community water system); 0.046 ha (community sewage collection and community water systems)","quotes":["site sewage treatment system and an adequate supply of","potable water (ha)","site sewage treatment system and connection to a","community water system (ha)","community sewage collection system and a community","1 1 1 1","1 .4 1 1",".046 .046 .046 .046"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"33 per cent","quotes":["Maximum combined lot coverage of all buildings and structures","75 75 33 33"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Salt Spring Island Land Use Bylaw, 1999 (Bylaw No. 355), consolidated version June 2026","url":"https://islandstrust.bc.ca/document/ssi-ltc-bylaw-no-355/","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"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)."},"source_url":"https://islandstrust.bc.ca/document/ssi-ltc-bylaw-no-355/#page=72","place":{"path":"ca/bc/salt-spring-island","name":"Salt Spring Island","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/c3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/c3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/c3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/index.json"}}