{"title":"S5 zone in Salt Spring Island: Shoreline 5","code":"S5","slug":"s5","name":"Shoreline 5","group":"Rural","section":"9.11","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Navigational uses, Geothermal heating equipment in tidal waters only, Private floats and buoys for non-commercial boat moorage, Private docks and floats for non-commercial boat wharfage accessory to a permitted use on the adjacent upland, Aquaculture, excluding the rearing of fin fish.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Navigational uses","Geothermal heating equipment in tidal waters only","Private floats and buoys for non-commercial boat moorage","Private docks and floats for non-commercial boat wharfage accessory to a permitted use on the adjacent upland","Aquaculture, excluding the rearing of fin fish"],"quotes":["Navigational uses","Geothermal heating equipment in tidal waters","Private floats and buoys for non-commercial","Private docks and floats for non-commercial","Aquaculture, excluding the rearing of fin fish"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Docks, floats and wharves accessory to aquaculture","Docks, floats, walkways, ramps, floating breakwaters and wharves accessory to a permitted use","One accessory dwelling unit for the owner, employee or operator of an aquaculture operation"],"quotes":["Docks, floats and wharves accessory to","Docks, floats, walkways, ramps, floating","One accessory dwelling unit for the owner,"]},"site_specific":{"value":["S5(a): growing and cultivation of fin fish, and fin fish pens and structures, are also permitted"],"quotes":["Zone Variation – S5(a)","Growing and cultivation of fin fish.","Fin fish pens and structures necessary for the cultivation of finfish."]},"max_density":{"value":"1 dwelling unit (accessory dwelling for an aquaculture operator)","quotes":["Maximum number of dwelling units","Maximum number of dwelling units N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 N/A N/A N/A"]},"max_height":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Maximum height of buildings and structures","4.5 4.5 10 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5"]},"other":{"value":["Only accessory buildings are permitted in the Shoreline zones","Accessory dwelling unit for an aquaculture operator: maximum 1 unit, 60 m² floor area"],"quotes":["only buildings permitted in the Shoreline Zones are accessory buildings.","Maximum number of dwelling units","Maximum number of dwelling units N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 N/A N/A N/A","N/A N/A N/A N/A 60 N/A N/A N/A"]}},"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=120","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/s5/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/s5.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/s5.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/zoning/index.json"}}