{"title":"CA5 zone in Salt Spring Island: Commercial Accommodation 5","code":"CA5","slug":"ca5","name":"Commercial Accommodation 5","group":"Commercial","section":"9.3","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Commercial guest accommodation in a tourist hostel, Campgrounds subject to Schedule “F”, Single family dwellings, Public service uses.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Commercial guest accommodation in a tourist hostel","Campgrounds subject to Schedule “F”","Single family dwellings","Public service uses"],"quotes":["Commercial guest accommodation in a tourist","hostel.","Campgrounds subject to Schedule “F”","Single family dwellings","Public service uses"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory campground"],"quotes":["Accessory campground"]},"site_specific":{"value":["CA5(a): campsites may only be occupied by tents; no more than one room in one building in the tourist hostel may be used for cooking food; a landscaping strip or natural vegetation at least 10 m wide and 3 m high along all property lines (except a driveway break); no tourist hostel or accessory campground on a lot that adjoins a lot occupied by a tourist hostel; two off-site directional signs, each up to 0.25 sq.m."],"quotes":["Zone Variation – CA5(a)","Campsites may only be occupied by tents.","No more than one room in one building in the tourist hostel may be constructed","or used for the cooking of food.","at least 10 m wide and at","least 3 m high must be provided and maintained along all property lines, with the","No tourist hostel or accessory campground may be constructed or occupied on","any lot that adjoins a lot occupied by a tourist hostel.","erected, provided that the sign area of each sign does not exceed 0.25 sq.m."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"0.6 ha (on-site sewage treatment and potable water); 0.6 ha (community sewage collection and community water systems); minimum average lot area 2 ha","quotes":["Minimum average area of lots in a subdivision (ha)","2 2 2 2 2","through subdivision, provided each lot has an","individual on-site sewage treatment system and an","adequate supply of potable water (ha)","2 2 2 2 .6","created through subdivision, provided each lot has","connection to a community sewage collection system","and connection to a community water system (ha)","2 2 2 .32 .6"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"5 per cent","quotes":["Maximum combined lot coverage of all buildings","33 33 33 20 5"]},"max_density":{"value":"40 guests; 4 campsites in a campground; 3 buildings occupied for tourist hostel accommodation; 1 dwelling unit per lot; at least 3.7 m² of floor area per bed place where beds are not stacked, 2.8 m² where stacked; tourist hostel floor area up to 450 m²","quotes":["N/A N/A N/A N/A 40","Maximum number of guests permitted","Maximum number of buildings occupied for","N/A N/A N/A N/A 3","N/A N/A N/A N/A 4","Maximum number of campsites in a campground","Maximum number of dwelling units per lot","1 1 1 N/A 1","N/A N/A N/A N/A 450","Maximum floor area of a tourist hostel (square","N/A N/A N/A N/A 3.7","N/A N/A N/A N/A 2.8","Minimum floor area to be provided for each bed"]},"setback_front":{"value":"10 m (from any lot line that does not abut another lot in a Commercial Accommodation zone)","quotes":["Minimum setback from any lot line which does","not abut another lot in a Commercial","* * * * 10"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"15 m (where the lot line abuts another lot in a Commercial Accommodation zone); 10 m (from any lot line that does not abut such a lot)","quotes":["Minimum rear lot line or interior side lot line","setback abutting another lot in a Commercial","15 15 15 15 15","* * * * 10"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"15 m (where the lot line abuts another lot in a Commercial Accommodation zone); 10 m (from any lot line that does not abut such a lot)","quotes":["Minimum rear lot line or interior side lot line","setback abutting another lot in a Commercial","15 15 15 15 15","* * * * 10"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"10 m (from any lot line that does not abut another lot in a Commercial Accommodation zone)","quotes":["Minimum setback from any lot line which does","not abut another lot in a Commercial","* * * * 10"]},"other":{"value":["Accessory buildings for storage and maintenance may total up to 70 m² combined"],"quotes":["Maximum combined floor area of accessory","70 70 70 70 70"]}},"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=77","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/ca5/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/ca5.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/ca5.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/index.json"}}