GE1 zone in Salt Spring Island: General Employment 1
Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07
In short
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)
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.