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title: "GE2 zone in Salt Spring Island: General Employment 2"
place: Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/salt-spring-island
zone: GE2
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/ge2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/ge2.json"
---

# GE2 zone in Salt Spring Island: General Employment 2

Main uses: Agriculture, Boat building, servicing and repairs, Car wash, Car wash accessory to vehicle and equipment sales, rental and repair, Collection of recyclable materials, excluding outdoor sorting and storage, and 17 more.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Agriculture; Boat building, servicing and repairs; Car wash; 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; Abattoir; Heavy equipment rental, sales, and service; Storage of goods and vehicles, with the exception of outdoor storage of derelict vehicles or equipment, or waste materials (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:** GE2(a): also indoor and outdoor retail and wholesale sales of building supplies, garden supplies, appliances and furniture; outdoor storage of commercially licensed trucks or bulk fuel products for use on Salt Spring Island; processing and sorting of construction aggregates for use on Salt Spring Island; lot coverage may not exceed 20 per cent; individual buildings may not exceed 3,250 square metres; 15 metre building setback when abutting a lot in the Agricultural Land Reserve; GE2(b): also Agriculture, farm buildings and structures; Agriculture and food research and education; GE2(c): also outdoor storage of commercially licensed trucks or bulk fuel products for use on Salt Spring Island; processing and sorting of construction aggregates; vehicle and other metal dismantling and recycling; additional uses must be set back 60 metres from the natural boundary of any water body; GE2(d): also Laundromat; GE2(f): also outdoor storage of derelict vehicles; storage (indoor or outdoor) of waste materials directly related to principal permitted uses
- **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:** 66 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:** 7.5 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/ge2/_