{"title":"R12 zone in Salt Spring Island: Residential 12","code":"R12","slug":"r12","name":"Residential 12","group":"Residential","section":"9.9","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Seniors’ supportive housing complex.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Seniors’ supportive housing complex"],"note":"Subject to the special provisions for this zone.","quotes":["Seniors’ supportive housing complex"]},"site_specific":{"value":["R12(a): dental and medical office services for up to 12 medical practitioners and two dwelling units in the existing building and immediately surrounding area; a seniors’ supportive housing complex and service club on the remaining lot; maximum 50 dwelling units; a single three-storey building up to 13 m high"],"quotes":["Zone Variation – R12(a)","Dental and medical office services for a maximum of 12 medical","practitioners and two dwelling units be exclusively permitted in the","the maximum density for the site shall be 50 dwelling","maximum height of 13 metres."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"Subdivision only with community sewage collection and community water: 1 ha; average lot area 1 ha","quotes":["provided each lot has connection to a 0.4 0.3 2 1 2 0.11 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.4 1","connection to a community sewage 0.4 0.3 2 1 2 0.11 1 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 1"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"33%","quotes":["33 25 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 10 30 336","Maximum combined per cent lot","special provisions in Article 9.9.5(3) apply."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor space ratio 0.6; no more than 12 dwelling units per ha in a community water supply district unless landscape irrigation uses a separate rainwater system","quotes":["Maximum floor space ratio","Maximum floor space ratio N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.6","No more than 12 dwelling units per hectare may be constructed or"]},"max_height":{"value":"7.6 m","quotes":["Maximum height of a dwelling unit","* * 4.5 * * * * * * * * 7.6"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"7.6 m","quotes":["Minimum exterior side lot line setback","N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 7.6"]},"other":{"value":["Average floor area of all units in a seniors’ supportive housing complex at most 75 m²; a dwelling unit at most 95 m²","No dwelling unit may be located in a basement","A continuous landscaping strip or natural vegetation at least 3 m wide and 3 m high is required along all lot lines","Parking: one space for every three seniors’ dwelling units, plus one per employee and visiting support worker"],"quotes":["N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 75","N/A N/A 185 N/A 67 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 951 95","(d) No dwelling unit may be located in a basement.","(c) A continuous landscaping strip or natural vegetation at least 3 metres","One off-street parking space is to be provided for every three"]}},"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=101","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/r12/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/r12.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/r12.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/index.json"}}