---
title: "R3 zone in Salt Spring Island: Residential 3"
place: Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/salt-spring-island
zone: R3
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/r3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/r3.json"
---

# R3 zone in Salt Spring Island: Residential 3

Main uses: Single-family dwellings, Public service uses.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Single-family dwellings; Public service uses
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home-based businesses, subject to Section 3.13
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** R3(a): additional use is Common recreation area/building; a lot meeting the minimum lot area may be subdivided into strata lots under the standards for mobile home spaces in Schedule “E”, Residential 3 Zone Mobile Home Park Layout Regulations
- **Minimum lot area:** 2 ha (on-site sewage treatment and community water system, or community sewage collection and community water systems); minimum average lot area 2 ha
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 33 per cent
- **Maximum density:** 20 dwelling units per ha, provided a community sewage collection service is provided (printed as '202'; the last digit is probably a footnote mark); lot area of at least 0.3 ha required for more than one dwelling unit (except secondary suites); dwelling unit maximum floor area 185 m²
- **Maximum height:** 4.5 m (dwelling unit)

## 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/r3/_