---
title: "R12 zone in Salt Spring Island: Residential 12"
place: Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/salt-spring-island
zone: R12
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/r12/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/r12.json"
---

# R12 zone in Salt Spring Island: Residential 12

Main uses: Seniors’ supportive housing complex.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Seniors’ supportive housing complex (Subject to the special provisions for this zone.)
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 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
- **Minimum lot area:** Subdivision only with community sewage collection and community water: 1 ha; average lot area 1 ha
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 33%
- **Maximum density:** 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
- **Maximum height:** 7.6 m
- **Street side setback:** 7.6 m
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Salt Spring Island Land Use Bylaw, 1999 (Bylaw No. 355), consolidated version June 2026, s. 9.9](https://islandstrust.bc.ca/document/ssi-ltc-bylaw-no-355/#page=101) (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/r12/_