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Slocan zoning: find your zone and what it allows

How do I find out how my property is zoned in Slocan and what I can build on it?

Slocan, British ColumbiaChecked against official textSources read 2026-11-08

Short answer

Find your Slocan zone on the Zoning Map 2025 (PDF) on the Village's Maps page, or on Schedule B of Zoning Bylaw No. 633. The bylaw has 9 zones. Call the Village Office, 250-355-2277, to confirm.

Zoning map

ResidentialCommercialIndustrialPublic

Search an address or click a lot on the map to see its zone and what it allows.

Zoning shown from the Village of Slocan's RDCK Public Web Map (zoning layer) data, downloaded 2026-11-08. The Regional District's web map data are an approximate representation for reference only; Schedule B of the bylaw (and the Village's Zoning Map 2025 PDF, http://www.slocancity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Zoning-Map-2025.pdf) is the legal zoning map.

Zones in Slocan

From Zoning Bylaw No. 633, 2013 (consolidated for convenience, updated February 10, 2025). The Village's consolidation is for convenience only. Zone locations are on Schedule B (Zoning Map); the Village also posts a Zoning Map 2025 PDF. Each zone has its own page with its uses, lot sizes, heights and setbacks. Zone pages are drafts taken from the bylaw text and not yet reviewed by a person.

Residential zones

Commercial zones

Industrial zones

Public zones

Key facts

How to find your zoneZoning Map 2025 (PDF) on the Village's Maps page; the zones are also shown on Schedule B (Zoning Map) of the Zoning Bylaw. No interactive map found.Maps, Maps page; Zoning Bylaw No. 633, 2013 (PDF, consolidated Feb. 10, 2025), s. 5.2 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
Official wording
TITLE: Maps # MAPS: Zoning Map 2025 Springer Creek Campground SiteMap & Trails Village Owned Lands 2019 Map
The extent of each zone is shown on Schedule
Zoning bylawZoning Bylaw No. 633, 2013, consolidated for convenience only, updated February 10, 2025.Zoning Bylaw No. 633, 2013 (PDF, consolidated Feb. 10, 2025), title page · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
Official wording
ZONING BYLAW No. 633, 2013
Consolidated for convenience only - Updated February 10, 2025
What the zone controlsPermitted uses, minimum site area, setbacks, height, site coverage and maximum density in each of 9 zones (R-1, R-2, R-3, C-1, C-2, C-3, M-1, M-2, P-1).Zoning Bylaw No. 633, 2013 (PDF, consolidated Feb. 10, 2025), Part 5 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
Official wording
Single and Two Family Residential
5.4.2 Minimum Site Area
5.4.3 Setbacks
5.4.5 Site Coverage
ContactVillage Office, 250-355-2277.Building Permits, Building Permits page · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
Official wording
please call the Village Office at 250-355-2277.
BylawZoning Bylaw No. 633, 2013 (listed as '#633 – ZONING BYLAW 2013 CONSOLIDATED, UPDATED FEB. 10-25').Bylaws, Bylaws page · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
Official wording
#633 – ZONING BYLAW 2013 CONSOLIDATED, UPDATED FEB. 10-25

How it works

The Village of Slocan shows zones on its Zoning Map 2025 (PDF), posted on the Maps page, and on Schedule B (Zoning Map) of the Zoning Bylaw No. 633. No interactive map was found.

The bylaw sets, for each of the 9 zones (R-1, R-2, R-3, C-1, C-2, C-3, M-1, M-2, P-1), the permitted uses, minimum site area, setbacks, height, site coverage and maximum density.

Steps

  1. Open the Zoning Map 2025 on the Village's Maps page and find your lot.
  2. Read your zone's section in the Zoning Bylaw (Part 5).
  3. Call the Village Office to confirm the zone and any recent amendments.

Good to know

  • The posted bylaw is consolidated for convenience only, updated February 10, 2025. Amendments are listed separately on the Bylaws page.
  • For an official certified copy, contact the Village Office.
  • Development permit areas in the Official Community Plan are shown on Maps 7 to 10 on the Maps page.

Official forms and pages

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Sources

  1. Maps, Village of Slocan (read 2026-11-08)
  2. Zoning Bylaw No. 633, 2013 (PDF, consolidated Feb. 10, 2025) (read 2026-11-08)
  3. Bylaws, Village of Slocan (read 2026-11-08)
  4. Building Permits (read 2026-11-08)

Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 5 of 5 facts was matched to the official text. How answers are checked.