---
title: "S1 zone in Salt Spring Island: Shoreline 1"
place: Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/salt-spring-island
zone: S1
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/s1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/s1.json"
---

# S1 zone in Salt Spring Island: Shoreline 1

Main uses: Navigational uses, Geothermal heating equipment in tidal waters only, Docks for the temporary commercial wharfage of transient boats, Commercial moorage or wharfage of resident boats, Marine fuelling services, and 7 more.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Navigational uses; Geothermal heating equipment in tidal waters only; Docks for the temporary commercial wharfage of transient boats; Commercial moorage or wharfage of resident boats; Marine fuelling services; Retail sales of boating accessories; Commercial sea plane docks; Sporting equipment sales and rental businesses, excluding the sale or rental of personal watercraft; Boat sales, rentals, and servicing businesses; Commercial boat building and repair businesses; Barge loading and unloading piers; Log sorting and storage
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Docks, floats, walkways, ramps, floating breakwaters and wharves accessory to a permitted use; Breakwaters, seawalls and wharves accessory to and necessary for the maintenance of a principal permitted use; Accessory buildings to house a permitted use, with the exception of boat shelters
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** S1(a): log sorting and storage is not permitted; a marina must include a marine sewage pump-out facility and a public boat ramp
- **Maximum height:** 4.5 m
- **Other rules:** Only accessory buildings are permitted in the Shoreline zones; Maximum size of any building: 60 m²

## Source

- [Salt Spring Island Land Use Bylaw, 1999 (Bylaw No. 355), consolidated version June 2026, s. 9.11](https://islandstrust.bc.ca/document/ssi-ltc-bylaw-no-355/#page=120) (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/s1/_