SSI LTC Bylaw No. 512

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SALT SPRING ISLAND LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE 
BYLAW NO. 512 
 
 
A BYLAW TO AMEND SALT SPRING ISLAND LAND USE BYLAW, 1999 
 
 
The Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee, being the Trust Committee having jurisdiction in 
respect of the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Area under the Islands Trust Act, enacts as follows: 
 
1. Citation 
 
This bylaw may be cited for all purposes as “Salt Spring Island Land Use Bylaw, 1999, 
Amendment No. 2, 2018.” 
 
2. Salt Spring Island Land Use Bylaw, 1999 is amended as follows: 
 
2.1 In Section 1.1 [DEFINITIONS], the following is inserted: 
 
“full-time rental cottage” means a dwelling unit not exceeding 56 square metres in floor 
area on lots with an area less than 2 hectares or 90 square metres on lots with an area 2 
hectares or greater, that is occupied only pursuant to a residential tenancy agreement as 
defined in the Residential Tenancy Act and that comprises, with the single family dwelling 
to which it is accessory, a single real estate entity. 
 
2.2 In PART 3 – GENERAL REGULATIONS – (USES, BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES), the following 
is inserted: 
 
“3.15 FULL-TIME RENTAL COTTAGES” 
 
3.15.1 No full-time rental cottage may be constructed or occupied on a lot less than 
1.2 ha in area.  
 
3.15.2 A full-time rental cottage may not exceed 56 square metres in floor area on a 
lot less than 2 hectares in area, or 90 square metres in floor area on lots with 
an area 2 hectares or greater. 
 
3.15.3 A full-time rental cottage is to be physically detached from any other building 
or structure, and may not be constructed or occupied on any lot occupied by 
two or more other dwelling units.  
 
3.15.4 A full-time rental cottage, including any stairs, decks or porches or other 
structures that are attached to the cottage or that function as part of the 
cottage, is not to be located within 6 m of any other building on a lot.  
 
3.15.5 
 
3.15.6 
 
A full-time rental cottage may not have a basement. 
 
A full-time rental cottage may have an attached garage or carport. All areas of 
an attached garage or carport meeting the Land Use Bylaw definition of floor 
area will be considered floor area for the purpose of calculating the total floor 
area of the full-time rental cottage. 
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3.15.7 A full-time rental cottage may be a mobile home or a manufactured home. 
 
3.15.8 On lots where a full-time rental cottage is permitted, no full-time rental 
cottage with a floor area exceeding 56 square metres may be used as part of a 
bed-and-breakfast home-based business. 
 
3.15.9 No full-time rental cottage with a floor area greater than 56 square metres, or 
addition to an existing cottage that exceeds 11.6 square metres of floor area, 
may be constructed unless the cottage is equipped with a rainwater storage, 
treatment, and delivery system for potable water designed in accordance with 
Canadian Standards Association rainwater harvesting system standard CSA 
B805-18.  
 
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