{"title":"R6 zone in Salt Spring Island: Residential 6","code":"R6","slug":"r6","name":"Residential 6","group":"Residential","section":"9.9","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Single-family dwellings, Duplexes, Dental and medical office services for a maximum of two medical practitioners, Elementary schools, pre-schools and child day care centres, Hospitals and public health care facilities, and 4 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Single-family dwellings","Duplexes","Dental and medical office services for a maximum of two medical practitioners","Elementary schools, pre-schools and child day care centres","Hospitals and public health care facilities","Community halls","Non-commercial outdoor active recreation","Churches","Public service uses"],"quotes":["Single-family dwellings","Duplexes","Dental and medical office services","for a maximum of two medical","practitioners","Elementary schools, pre-schools and","child day care centres","Hospitals and public health care","facilities","Community halls","Non-commercial outdoor active","recreation","Churches","Public service uses"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home-based businesses, subject to Section 3.13"],"quotes":["Home-based businesses, subject to","Section 3.13"]},"site_specific":{"value":["R6(a): Duplexes are not permitted; additional uses are Indoor public recreation facility and Public health clinic; a maximum of one dwelling unit per lot; no more than 268 dwelling units on all lands in this zone; blocks A to G on Schedule “C” each have their own minimum lot areas for subdivision","R6(b): additional use is funeral home; minimum lot area that may be created through subdivision is 0.6 ha (individual on-site sewage treatment system and adequate supply of potable water)","R6(c): the only principal uses are not more than 26 affordable housing dwelling units (single or duplexes), one single-family dwelling, non-commercial outdoor active recreation and public service uses; minimum new lot 0.037 ha with community sewage and water connection; on affordable housing lots, setbacks of 4.5 m front, 1.5 m interior side, 15.25 m from the southern boundary of the zone, and 1.2 m interior side or rear for accessory buildings"],"quotes":["Zone Variation – R6 (a)","Duplexes are not permitted.","Indoor public recreation facility;","Public health clinic.","A maximum of one dwelling unit is permitted per lot.","No more than a total of 268 dwelling units are permitted on all lands in this zone.","BLOCK LOCATION","Zone Variation – R6(b)","funeral home.","The minimum lot area that may be created through subdivision is 0.6 ha,","Zone Variation – R6(c)","not more than 26 affordable housing dwelling units which may be single","one single-family dwelling;","non-commercial outdoor active recreation;","public service uses.","on land zoned R6(c) is 0.037 ha, provided that each lot has connection to a","4.5 m minimum setback from a front lot line;","1.5 m minimum setback from an interior side lot line;","15.25 m from the southern boundary of the R6(c) zone;","1.2 m minimum setback from an interior side or rear lot line for accessory"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"0.4 ha (on-site sewage treatment and community water system); 0.11 ha (community sewage collection and community water systems); minimum average lot area 0.4 ha with community water system, 0.11 ha with community sewage and water; 0.6 ha on lands zoned R6(b); 0.037 ha on lands zoned R6(c)","quotes":["Minimum area of an individual lot that","may be created through subdivision","provided each lot has an individual on-","site sewage treatment system and an","adequate supply of potable water (ha)","connection to a community water","supply (ha)","community sewage collection system","and a community water system (ha)","N/A N/A 2 1 2 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.3 N/A N/A","0.4 0.3 2 1 2 0.11 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.4 1","0.4 0.3 2 1 2 0.11 1 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 1","The minimum lot area that may be created through subdivision is 0.6 ha,","on land zoned R6(c) is 0.037 ha, provided that each lot has connection to a"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"33 per cent","quotes":["Maximum combined per cent lot","coverage of all buildings and structures","33 25 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 10 30 336"]},"max_density":{"value":"2 dwelling units per lot (1 dwelling unit per lot on lands zoned R6(a)); lot area of at least 0.164 ha required for more than one dwelling unit (printed as '.164'; the last digit may be a footnote mark); child day care centre needs a lot of at least 2 ha; community hall, church, pre-school or day care centre up to 930 m² floor area","quotes":["Maximum number of dwelling units per","N/A N/A N/A N/A 4 2 15 15 15 1 382 N/A","0.3 0.3 0.3 1 N/A .164 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A","N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 930 930 930 930 N/A N/A","Minimum lot area required for a child","N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2ha 2ha 2ha 2ha N/A N/A N/A","A maximum of one dwelling unit is permitted per lot."]},"setback_front":{"value":"4.5 m on affordable housing lots on lands zoned R6(c)","quotes":["4.5 m minimum setback from a front lot line;"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.5 m on affordable housing lots on lands zoned R6(c)","quotes":["1.5 m minimum setback from an interior side lot line;"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"1.2 m from an interior side or rear lot line on lands zoned R6(c)","quotes":["1.2 m minimum setback from an interior side or rear lot line for accessory"]}},"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/r6/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/r6.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/r6.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/index.json"}}