SECTION 4 - BASIC PROVISIONS
4.1 Application
Within the City of Revelstoke, no land, buildings and structures, including the surface of water, shall hereafter be used or occupied, and no building or structure or part thereof shall be erected, moved, altered or enlarged unless in conformity with the Bylaw and the Contrary shall be unlawful.
4.2 Non-Conforming Uses, Buildings and Structures
The lawful use of any land, building or structure existing at the
time of the adoption of this By-Law may be continued pursuant
to Section 970 of the Municipal Act.
4.3 Conformity with Agricultural Land Commission Act
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in the Bylaw, land designated as "Agricultural Land Reserve" pursuant to the Agricultural Land Commission Act shall be subject to;
(i) The Agricultural Land Commission Act,
(ii) Regulations made under the Agricultural Land Commission Act, and
(iii) Relevant orders of the Provincial Agricultural Land Commission made under the Agricultural Land Commission Act;
that is to say, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, where land within an Agricultural Land Reserve is also within a zone established under this Bylaw, the Bylaw shall be binding only insofar as it is not repugnant to the Act, Regulations and Orders.
(2) The provisions of this Bylaw shall be binding without qualification:
i. Where land outside an Agricultural Land Reserve is zoned for agricultural use;
4.3 Conformity with Agricultural Land Commission Act (Cont'd)
ii. Where land presently within an Agricultural Land Reserve is pursuant to the Act, regulations, or order of the Commission:
a) excluded from an Agricultural Land Reserve,
b) exempt by the Act, or
c) exempted by regulations or an order of the Commission.
4.4 Airport Zoning
No regulation or list of uses permitted in this Bylaw shall be deemed to take precedence over any zoning regulation deposited pursuant to the Aeronautics Act R.S.c.2 as amended from time to time.
4.5 Metric Units
Metric units are used for all measurements in this Bylaw. The approximate Imperial equivalent (feet, inches, acres, etc.) are shown in brackets following each metric measurement. Such bracketed figures are included for convenience only and do not form part of this Bylaw.
4.6 Definitions
All words or phrases shall have their normal or common meaning except where this is changed, modified or expanded by the definition set forth in Schedule B.
4.7 Amended Bylaw 1817 Siting Development Adjacent to Watercourses and Streams
Where development is being proposed adjacent to a watercourse or stream, Section 4 of the Riparian Areas Regulation must be adhered to.
4.7.1 Utilities Amended Bylaw 1847
Minor utilities shall be permitted in all Zoning districts
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