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title: "GE3 zone in Salt Spring Island: General Employment 3"
place: Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/salt-spring-island
zone: GE3
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/ge3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/ge3.json"
---

# GE3 zone in Salt Spring Island: General Employment 3

Main uses: 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, and 22 more.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** 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; Cement factory; Outdoor storage of commercially licensed trucks or bulk fuel products for use on SSI; Processing and sorting of construction aggregates for use on SSI, excluding asphalt; Processing, sorting, and storage of timber and other wood products produced on SSI or to be used on SSI, including sawmills and planing mills; Storage (indoor or outdoor) of waste materials directly related to principal permitted uses; Vehicle and other metal dismantling and recycling (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:** GE3(a): all uses must be marine-dependent; minimum rear lot line setback is 10 metres; GE3(b): one accessory dwelling and one personal services business accessory to the dwelling unit (248 Upper Ganges Road)
- **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:** 33 per cent
- **Maximum height:** 11 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m (abutting a lot not in a General Employment zone); 3 m (abutting a lot in a General Employment zone)
- **Interior side setback:** 7.5 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/ge3/_