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 |
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|---|---|
| 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 (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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