{"title":"C4 zone in Salt Spring Island: Commercial 4","code":"C4","slug":"c4","name":"Commercial 4","group":"Commercial","section":"9.2","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Indoor retail services, excluding Laundromats, Offices, Public service uses.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Indoor retail services, excluding Laundromats","Offices","Public service uses"],"quotes":["Indoor retail services, excluding Laundromats","Offices","Public service uses"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Dwelling units accessory to a commercial use"],"quotes":["Dwelling units accessory to a commercial use"]},"site_specific":{"value":["C4(a): additional principal uses are Indoor retail sales and 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); additional accessory use is Dwelling units; 37 dwelling units per hectare; no building or structure (except a fence, pumphouse, public utility structure or underground utility) within 4.5 m of the front lot line, 1.0 m of an interior side lot line abutting a commercial or general employment zone, or 3.0 m of an interior side lot line abutting any other zone; one off-street parking space per dwelling unit not exceeding 70 square meters; no off-street loading space required"],"quotes":["Zone Variation – C4(a)","Indoor retail sales.","Indoor production of food and drink items, clothing, crafts,","The following additional accessory use is permitted:","Dwelling units.","the number of dwelling units","per hectare is 37.","Setback from front lot line: 4.5 m","Setback from interior side lot line abutting a commercial or general","employment zone: 1.0 m.","Setback from interior side lot line abutting non-commercial or","non-general employment zone: 3.0 m.","one off-street parking space is required per dwelling unit","not exceeding 70 square meters in floor area.","one off-street loading space is not required."]},"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/c4/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/c4.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/c4.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/index.json"}}