C4 zone in Salt Spring Island: Commercial 4
Main uses: Indoor retail services, excluding Laundromats, Offices, Public service uses.
Zone rules
| Main uses |
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|---|---|
| Also allowed (secondary uses) | Dwelling units accessory to a commercial use |
| Extra uses on specific lots | 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 |
| Minimum lot area | 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) |
| Maximum lot coverage | 33 per cent |
Source: Salt Spring Island Land Use Bylaw, 1999 (Bylaw No. 355), consolidated version June 2026, s. 9.2 (read 2026-11-07)
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.
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