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This page covers upper-end and oceanfront homes in White Rock and along the South Surrey waterfront. White Rock is its own city, with its own zoning bylaw and planning rules, while Crescent Beach and Ocean Park are part of Surrey. Waterfront homes on either side come with extra rules about flooding, slopes and development permits. Here's what to know.
White Rock is a separate city, bordered by Semiahmoo Bay and the City of Surrey. City Hall is at 15322 Buena Vista Avenue. The main roads are North Bluff Road (16 Avenue), Johnston Road, Russell Avenue, Buena Vista Avenue and Marine Drive along the beach. White Rock is on the territory of the Semiahmoo First Nation, and the White Rock Museum & Archives is in the heritage train station at 14970 Marine Drive.
The promenade runs along the beach to the White Rock Pier. Other parks include Centennial Park, Ruth Johnson Park with the Generations Playground (14600 North Bluff Road), Bayview Park and Emerson Playground (15707 Columbia Avenue). For recreation, there's the White Rock Community Centre, the Kent Street Activity Centre, Centennial Arena and the Centre for Active Living (1475 Anderson Street).
White Rock uses Zoning Bylaw 2506. Its main house zones are RS-1, RS-2 and RS-3, and the minimum lot sizes for new lots are: - RS-1: 742 m² - RS-2: 410 m² - RS-3 (small lot, hillside): 280 m²
There is no RS-4 zone any more; those lots moved into RS-2. Estate lots are RE-1 (0.5 ha minimum) or RE-2 (2,000 m²). Most lots can have up to 4 units, or up to 6 near a prescribed bus stop. A secondary suite can be up to 90 m² with no more than two bedrooms. In RS-1 and RS-2 a house can have both a suite and a detached accessory dwelling, but in RS-3 it's one or the other.
White Rock's Official Community Plan (Bylaw 2220) sets Waterfront and Environmental Development Permit Areas, so work on many hillside and beach-area homes needs a development permit. You can look up active applications on the City's Development Application Information Portal. For buildings being converted to strata, White Rock uses a Strata Title Conversion form (Form H).
On the Surrey side, Crescent Beach grew as a resort area after the Great Northern Railway arrived. Many of its homes are in the R2-O Oceanfront Residential Zone (Part 14A of Surrey Zoning Bylaw 12000). Crescent Beach is a floodplain with a flood construction level of 3.30 m GSC, and building below that level needs a Development Variance Permit and a restrictive covenant. Ocean Park is just south of Crescent Beach, with Ocean Cliff Elementary at 12550 20 Avenue. Toward Mud Bay and Boundary Bay, the City has been working on dyke and sea-dam upgrades. You can see what's listed on my Crescent Beach and Ocean Park homes page.
Named condo projects in White Rock include Miramar Village at 15152 Russell Avenue by Bosa Properties, Semiah at 1439 George Street by Marcon, Foster Martin at 1500 Martin Street by Landmark Premiere Properties, and Monaco at 1342 Johnston Road by Solterra (developer sources).
White Rock and South Surrey are both in Surrey Schools (SD36). Semiahmoo Secondary is at 1785 148 Street and Earl Marriott Secondary at 15751 16 Avenue. Peace Arch Elementary is at 15877 Roper Avenue and White Rock Elementary at 1273 Fir Street, both in White Rock. White Rock Elementary feeds Semiahmoo Secondary and Peace Arch Elementary feeds Earl Marriott, while Crescent Park Elementary near Crescent Beach feeds Elgin Park Secondary. Check the exact address in the School Locator.
Peace Arch Hospital, at 15521 Russell Avenue, is right in White Rock. White Rock Centre is the local bus exchange, with routes including 321, 345, 351, 375 and 531. Route 351 runs to Bridgeport Station and the Canada Line.
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No. It's its own city with its own council, zoning bylaw and planning rules.
RE-1 (0.5 ha minimum) and RE-2 (2,000 m²), under Bylaw 2506. The old RE-3 zone was merged into RE-2.
Possibly. The OCP sets Waterfront and Environmental Development Permit Areas, so check with the City before you plan work.
3.30 m GSC. Building below it needs a Development Variance Permit and a restrictive covenant.
Usually. Bylaw 2506 allows one registered secondary suite inside the house, and suites must be registered and inspected by the City. Check with the City for the rules on your zone.
Peace Arch Hospital, at 15521 Russell Avenue.
The White Rock Museum & Archives, in the heritage train station at 14970 Marine Drive.
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