{"title":"GE1 zone in Salt Spring Island: General Employment 1","code":"GE1","slug":"ge1","name":"General Employment 1","group":"Industrial","section":"9.7","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Boat building, servicing and repairs, Car wash accessory to vehicle and equipment sales, rental and repair, Collection of recyclable materials, excluding outdoor sorting and storage, Commercial composting facility, Contractor’s shop, and 12 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Boat building, servicing and repairs","Car wash accessory to vehicle and equipment sales, rental and repair","Collection of recyclable materials, excluding outdoor sorting and storage","Commercial composting facility","Contractor’s shop","Creative industry","Farm-related light industry","Food processing, including off-farm storage and processing","Funeral homes","Indoor storage","Light industry","Public service uses","Public utility uses","Rental, repair, sales, and service of equipment, machinery, boats, and vehicles","Sales of building supplies, appliances and furniture, including outdoor sales and storage","Veterinarian clinics and animal hospitals","Wholesale sales"],"note":"Uses permitted in all zones under Subsection 3.1 also apply.","quotes":["Boat building, servicing and repairs","Car wash accessory to vehicle and equipment sales,","Collection of recyclable materials, excluding","Commercial composting facility","Contractor’s shop","Creative industry","Farm-related light industry","Food processing, including off-farm storage and","Funeral homes","Indoor storage","Light industry","Public service uses","Public utility uses","Rental, repair, sales, and service of equipment,","Sales of building supplies, appliances and furniture,","Veterinarian clinics and animal hospitals","Wholesale sales"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Retail sales accessory to a permitted principal use","One dwelling unit accessory to a permitted principal use","Office use accessory to a permitted principal use"],"quotes":["Retail sales accessory to a permitted principal use","One dwelling unit accessory to a permitted","use","Office use accessory to a permitted principal use"]},"site_specific":{"value":["GE1(a): only Light industry; Funeral homes; Retail sales of building supplies, appliances and furniture; Wholesale sales; Storage of goods and vehicles (not derelict vehicles, equipment or waste materials); Public service uses; Farm-related light industry; Offices; Personal services; Dwelling unit in Strata Lot 4 Plan VIS4561; Creative industry; Food processing, including off-farm storage and processing; water use for any individual use not over 1000 litres per day; accessory use is indoor retail sales accessory to another permitted use","GE1(b): also Storage of goods and vehicles, with the exception of outdoor storage of derelict vehicles or equipment, or waste materials","GE1(c): also Laundromat","GE1(d): also Processing, sorting and storage of timber and other wood products produced on SSI or to be used on SSI, including sawmills and planing mills"],"quotes":["Zone Variation – GE1(a)","Light industry","Funeral homes","Retail sales of building supplies, appliances and furniture","Wholesale sales","Public service uses","Farm-related light industry","Offices","Personal services","Dwelling unit in Strata Lot 4 Plan VIS4561","Creative industry","litres per day.","Indoor retail sales accessory to another permitted use.","Zone Variation – GE1(b)","Zone Variation – GE1(c)","Laundromat.","Zone Variation – GE1(d)"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"0.6 ha (individual on-site sewage treatment system and adequate supply of potable water); 0.2 ha (connected to a community sewage collection system)","quotes":["Minimum area of an individual lot that may be","created through subdivision, provided each lot has","an individual on-site sewage treatment system and","an adequate supply of potable water (ha)","0.6 0.6 0.6","Minimum lot area that may be created through","subdivision, provided that each lot is connected to","community sewage collection system (ha)","0.2 0.2 0.2"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"75 per cent","quotes":["Maximum combined lot coverage of all buildings","75 66 33","and structures (per cent)"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6 m (abutting a lot not in a General Employment zone); 3 m (abutting a lot in a General Employment zone)","quotes":["Minimum rear lot line setback abutting a lot not in a","General Employment zone (metres)","Minimum rear lot line setback abutting a lot in a","3 3 3","6 6 7.5"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"6 m (abutting a lot not in a General Employment zone); 3 m (abutting a lot in a General Employment zone)","quotes":["Minimum interior side lot line setback abutting a lot","not in a General Employment zone (metres)","in a General Employment zone (metres)","3 3 3","6 6 7.5"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"6 m","quotes":["Minimum exterior side lot line setback (metres)","6 7.5 7.5"]},"other":{"value":["Accessory dwelling units: maximum floor area 185 m²","Commercial composting facilities must be set back 30 m from all lot lines","Vegetation screens may be required where uses take place outside a building next to non-commercial or non-general employment uses (Section 3.4)"],"quotes":["Maximum floor area of accessory dwelling units","185 185 185","(square metres)","For commercial composting facilities, minimum","setback distances from all lot lines (metres)","30 30 30","Information Note: Vegetation screens are required where commercial or general","employment uses take place outside of a building adjacent to non-","commercial or non-general employment uses. See Section 3.4"]}},"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=92","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/ge1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/ge1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/ge1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/index.json"}}