---
title: "IN1 zone in Sechelt: Institutional One Zone"
place: Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/sechelt
zone: IN1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 580, 2022 (consolidated for convenience, May 2025, to Bylaw 580-17, 2024)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sechelt/zoning/in1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sechelt/zoning/in1.json"
---

# IN1 zone in Sechelt: Institutional One Zone

A community care facility for long term care, licensed and operated under the Community Care and Assisted Living Act, the Residential Care Regulation, and the Home and Community Care Policy Manual.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** A community care facility for long term care, licensed and operated under the Community Care and Assisted Living Act, the Residential Care Regulation, and the Home and Community Care Policy Manual.
- **Main uses:** Community Care Facility
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Outdoor Recreation
- **Minimum lot area:** 1.2 ha
- **Minimum lot width:** 144 m (minimum lot depth 84 m)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40% for all buildings and structures; 45% for impervious surfaces
- **Maximum density:** Maximum Gross Floor Area 8,500 m2; maximum footprint 4,000 m2; maximum Floor Area Ratio 0.71
- **Maximum height:** 13.0 m (Community Care Facility); 8.0 m (Hospice Facility)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5.0 m
- **Front setback:** 18.0 m
- **Rear setback:** 6.0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 6.0 m
- **Street side setback:** 6.0 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Accessory structures: front 1.5 m, rear 1.5 m, interior side 1.5 m, exterior side 1.5 m
- **Other rules:** Landscaped buffer at least 3.0 m wide at the front (south) and 4.0 m wide at the side (west), with plantings at least 2.0 m high; A Porte Cochere may project to within 10 m of the property line

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 580, 2022 (consolidated for convenience, May 2025, to Bylaw 580-17, 2024), s. 1.26](https://www.sechelt.ca/media/rdjpiexj/580-2022-zoning-bylaw.pdf#page=61) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Sechelt: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sechelt/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/sechelt/zoning/in1/_