{"title":"R9 zone in Salt Spring Island: Residential 9","code":"R9","slug":"r9","name":"Residential 9","group":"Residential","section":"9.9","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Single-family dwellings, Duplexes constructed before July 31, 1990, 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 5 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Single-family dwellings","Duplexes constructed before July 31, 1990","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","Agriculture, excluding intensive agriculture","Public service uses"],"quotes":["Single-family dwellings","Duplexes constructed before July","31, 1990","Dental and medical office services","Elementary schools, pre-schools and","Hospitals and public health care","Community halls","Non-commercial outdoor active","Churches","Agriculture, excluding intensive","Public service uses"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home-based businesses, subject to Section 3.13","Seasonal cottages subject to Section 3.14"],"quotes":["Home-based businesses, subject to","Section 3.13","Seasonal cottages subject to Section","3.14"]},"site_specific":{"value":["R9(a): a private boat club house and a parking lot for a private boat club are also permitted principal uses; 80 parking spaces are required for the boat club house, boat club parking lot and one single-family dwelling"],"quotes":["Zone Variation – R9(a)","private boat club house;","parking lot for private boat club","eighty (80) automobile parking spaces are required and"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"Subdivision: 0.6 ha (own septic and potable water); 0.4 ha (own septic and community water); 0.4 ha (community sewage and community water). Average lot area: 0.6 ha, 0.4 ha, 0.4 ha respectively","quotes":["provided each lot has an individual on- NA N/A N/A N/A 2 N/A 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.3 N/A N/A","N/A N/A 2 1 2 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.3 N/A N/A","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","individual on-site sewage treatment N/A N/A N/A 1 2 N/A 1 0.6 0.6 0.31 N/A N/A","individual on-site sewage treatment N/A N/A 2 1 2 0.4 1 0.4 0.4 0.3 N/A N/A","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":["Maximum combined per cent lot","33 25 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 10 30 336","coverage of all buildings and structures"]},"max_density":{"value":"1 dwelling unit per lot (a duplex is permitted only if built before July 31, 1990)","quotes":["Maximum number of dwelling units per","N/A N/A N/A N/A 4 2 15 15 15 1 382 N/A","except that a duplex is permitted in the Residential 7, 8 and 9 zones, provided it was constructed before July 31, 1990."]},"max_height":{"value":"Section 3.8 height rules apply","quotes":["Maximum height of a dwelling unit","* * 4.5 * * * * * * * * 7.6","* indicates the provisions of Section 3.8 apply."]},"other":{"value":["Farm buildings and farm structures: 465 m² total floor area at most","A building for a community hall, church, pre-school or day care centre: 930 m² floor area at most","A child day care centre needs a lot of at least 2 ha","Duplex allowed only if built before July 31, 1990"],"quotes":["Maximum total floor area of farm","buildings and farm structures (square","buildings and farm structures (square N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 465 465 465 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","except that a duplex is permitted in the Residential 7, 8 and 9 zones, provided it was constructed before July 31, 1990."]}},"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/r9/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/r9.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/r9.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/index.json"}}