Township of Langley zoning bylaw, section 609
Zone C-9: Campground Commercial Zone C-9
A zone for campgrounds, with a laundromat and convenience store for campers and one house or mobile home for the owner, manager or caretaker.
1 lots carry this zone in the Township of Langley lot records.
How many homes
- Up to 2 homes: one house or one mobile home on the lot, only for the owner, manager or caretaker of the campground and their immediate family. Under the bylaw's definition a house may hold one secondary suite (a second home inside the house), and the same limit on who may live there applies to it. (section 609.3 and 102)
- A caretaker's home (section 609.3)
- A house (section 609.3)
- Mobile homes (section 609.3)
The rules of zone C-9
What the zone allows
- Accessory buildings and uses, including a laundromat and a convenience store for the campground. (section 609.1 1))
- Campgrounds (sites where travellers stay for a short time in recreational vehicles or tents), following the Langley Campground Regulation By-law, 1985, No. 2299. (section 609.1 2) and 102)
- Home businesses that serve a home, following Section 104.3. (section 609.1 3))
- Homes, following Section 609.3. (section 609.1 4))
Lot size for new lots
- New lots made by subdivision must be at least 1.7 ha (4.2 acres). (section 110.1)
How much of the lot buildings may cover
- Buildings and structures may cover at most 40% of the lot. (section 609.6)
Height
- Buildings and structures may be at most 12 m (39 ft 4 in) high. (section 609.5)
- Inside the Fort Langley area shown on the map in Section 104.5 3), buildings may be at most 9 m (29 ft 6 in) high and at most 2 storeys, with no room above the second storey. (section 104.5 2))
Distance from the property lines
- Buildings must sit at least 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) from the front property line and 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) from the back property line. (section 609.4 a) and b))
- Buildings must sit at least 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) from each side property line. (section 609.4 c))
Parking
- Parking and loading spaces must follow Section 107 of the bylaw. (section 609.7)
- Hotels, motels and campgrounds need 1 parking space for each room or site for guests and 1 space for each employee. (section 107.3 c) i))
- A house or mobile home needs 1 parking space for each home in it, and the lot needs at least 2 spaces for it. For each main home, one of those spaces needs a power outlet beside it that can charge an electric car at Level 2 or faster. (section 107.3 a) i) and note (1))
- When a building has more than one use, the parking spaces needed for each use are added together. (section 107.4)
- When the parking count comes out with a part of 0.5 or more, it is rounded up to the next whole space. (section 107.2 4))
Secondary suites
- A secondary suite is a second home inside a house. It must meet the BC Building Code and may have at most 120 m² (1,292 sq ft) of floor area. (section 102)
Other rules
- All business must take place inside a fully enclosed building. Parking, loading and display areas that serve a permitted use may be outside. (section 609.2)
- Landscaping, screens and fences must follow Section 111 of the bylaw. (section 609.9)
- A landscaped strip at least 2 m (6 ft 7 in) deep is required along the front property line and along a side property line that faces a side street. (section 111.3 table)
- Along the back property line and the inside side property lines (up to 3 m (9 ft 10 in) from the front property line), a landscaped strip at least 2 m (6 ft 7 in) deep with a landscaping screen 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) high is required. The same is required around any permitted outdoor storage area. (section 111.3 table)
- A landscaping screen is a solid hedge, shrubs or evergreen trees at least 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) high when planted, kept healthy and neat. (section 111.1 2))
- Every part of the lot that is not covered by a building or used for parking, loading, permitted outdoor storage or walkways must be planted as lawn or other landscaping. (section 111.2)
- Parking lots need 1 tree for every 6 parking spaces, each with at least 10 cubic metres of growing soil, and a tree with a landscaped strip at least 2 m (6 ft 7 in) wide at the end of each row of spaces. (section 111.4 1) and 2))
- Barbed wire is allowed only on a fence or wall above a height of 2 m (6 ft 7 in). (section 111.7 b))
Source: Township of Langley Zoning Bylaw No. 2500, Section 600 Commercial Zones. Section numbers are the bylaw's own.
Questions about zone C-9
What is zone C-9 in the Township of Langley?
C-9 is the Campground Commercial Zone C-9 in the Township of Langley zoning bylaw (section 609). A zone for campgrounds, with a laundromat and convenience store for campers and one house or mobile home for the owner, manager or caretaker.
How many homes can I build in zone C-9?
Up to 2 homes: one house or one mobile home on the lot, only for the owner, manager or caretaker of the campground and their immediate family. Under the bylaw's definition a house may hold one secondary suite (a second home inside the house), and the same limit on who may live there applies to it.
How tall can I build in zone C-9?
Buildings and structures may be at most 12 m (39 ft 4 in) high. Inside the Fort Langley area shown on the map in Section 104.5 3), buildings may be at most 9 m (29 ft 6 in) high and at most 2 storeys, with no room above the second storey.
Are secondary suites allowed in zone C-9?
A secondary suite is a second home inside a house. It must meet the BC Building Code and may have at most 120 m² (1,292 sq ft) of floor area.
How many lots are zoned C-9?
The Township of Langley lot records list 1 lots in zone C-9, on 1 streets.
Streets with lots in zone C-9
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