{"title":"RW1 zone in Salt Spring Island: Rural Watershed 1","code":"RW1","slug":"rw1","name":"Rural Watershed 1","group":"Rural","section":"9.10","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Single-family dwellings, Agriculture, excluding intensive agriculture.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Single-family dwellings","Agriculture, excluding intensive agriculture"],"quotes":["Single-family dwellings","Agriculture, excluding intensive agriculture"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home-based business use, subject to Section 3.13"],"quotes":["Home-based business use, subject to Section 3.13"]},"site_specific":{"value":["RW1(a): a native wildlife recovery centre is also permitted, with accessory buildings up to 560 square metres floor area"],"quotes":["Zone Variation – RW1(a)","Native wildlife recovery centre, including accessory buildings to a","maximum floor area of 560 square metres."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"Subdivision: average lot area 4 ha; smallest individual lot 4 ha","quotes":["Minimum average area of lots in a subdivision (ha)","Minimum average area of lots in a subdivision (ha) 2 8 32 2.8 4 12 2","0.6 0.6 32 2 4 12 0.6","0.4 0.6 32 2 4 12 0.4","0.4 0.6 32 2 4 12 0.4"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"33%","quotes":["Maximum combined lot coverage of all buildings and","33 33 5 10 33 33 10"]},"setback_front":{"value":"General setbacks of Section 4.3 apply","quotes":["Minimum Front lot line setback (metres)","Minimum Front lot line setback (metres) * * 15 * * * *","* indicates provisions of Section 4.3 apply"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"General setbacks of Section 4.3 apply","quotes":["Minimum Rear lot line setback (metres)","Minimum Rear lot line setback (metres) * * 15 * * * *","* indicates provisions of Section 4.3 apply"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"General setbacks of Section 4.3 apply","quotes":["Minimum Interior side lot line setback (metres)","Minimum Interior side lot line setback (metres) * * 15 * * * *","* indicates provisions of Section 4.3 apply"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"General setbacks of Section 4.3 apply","quotes":["Minimum Exterior side lot line setback (metres)","Minimum Exterior side lot line setback (metres) * * 15 * * * *","* indicates provisions of Section 4.3 apply"]},"other":{"value":["Farm buildings and farm structures: 465 m² total floor area at most","Agriculture and keeping of livestock or poultry must be at least 15 m from the natural boundary of any water body","Water protection note: all activities must follow the applicable Salt Spring Island bylaws and provincial water and fisheries rules"],"quotes":["Maximum total floor area of farm buildings and farm","465 465 465 465 465 465 465","Minimum setback for agriculture from the natural","N/A N/A N/A N/A 15 15 N/A","Minimum setback for the keeping of livestock or","poultry from the natural boundary of any water N/A N/A N/A N/A 15 15 N/A","must be carried out in accordance with the applicable regulations of Salt Spring"]}},"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=112","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/rw1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/rw1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/rw1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/index.json"}}