S1 zone in Salt Spring Island: Shoreline 1

Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

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 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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). Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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