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title: "GE1 zone in Salt Spring Island: General Employment 1"
place: Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/salt-spring-island
zone: GE1
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/ge1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/ge1.json"
---

# GE1 zone in Salt Spring Island: General Employment 1

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.

## Zone rules

- **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; 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 (Uses permitted in all zones under Subsection 3.1 also apply.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** 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
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 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
- **Minimum lot area:** 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)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 75 per cent
- **Rear setback:** 6 m (abutting a lot not in a General Employment zone); 3 m (abutting a lot in a General Employment zone)
- **Interior side setback:** 6 m (abutting a lot not in a General Employment zone); 3 m (abutting a lot in a General Employment zone)
- **Street side setback:** 6 m
- **Other rules:** 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)

## Source

- [Salt Spring Island Land Use Bylaw, 1999 (Bylaw No. 355), consolidated version June 2026, s. 9.7](https://islandstrust.bc.ca/document/ssi-ltc-bylaw-no-355/#page=92) (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/ge1/_