---
title: "CA5 zone in Salt Spring Island: Commercial Accommodation 5"
place: Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/salt-spring-island
zone: CA5
bylaw: Salt Spring Island Land Use Bylaw, 1999 (Bylaw No. 355), consolidated version June 2026
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/ca5/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/ca5.json"
---

# CA5 zone in Salt Spring Island: Commercial Accommodation 5

Main uses: Commercial guest accommodation in a tourist hostel, Campgrounds subject to Schedule “F”, Single family dwellings, Public service uses.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Commercial guest accommodation in a tourist hostel; Campgrounds subject to Schedule “F”; Single family dwellings; Public service uses
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory campground
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 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.
- **Minimum lot area:** 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
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 5 per cent
- **Maximum density:** 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
- **Front setback:** 10 m (from any lot line that does not abut another lot in a Commercial Accommodation zone)
- **Rear setback:** 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)
- **Interior side setback:** 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)
- **Street side setback:** 10 m (from any lot line that does not abut another lot in a Commercial Accommodation zone)
- **Other rules:** Accessory buildings for storage and maintenance may total up to 70 m² combined

## Source

- [Salt Spring Island Land Use Bylaw, 1999 (Bylaw No. 355), consolidated version June 2026, s. 9.3](https://islandstrust.bc.ca/document/ssi-ltc-bylaw-no-355/#page=77) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Salt Spring Island: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/ca5/_