---
title: "PI-1 zone in Gibsons: Public Institutional Lower Gibsons Zone"
place: Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/gibsons
zone: PI-1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1342, 2025 (consolidated for convenience to include 1342-01, June 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/gibsons/zoning/pi-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/gibsons/zoning/pi-1.json"
---

# PI-1 zone in Gibsons: Public Institutional Lower Gibsons Zone

Community-oriented uses (education, culture, recreation, public administration, health and safety) and rental housing at a scale that fits heritage building forms.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Community-oriented uses (education, culture, recreation, public administration, health and safety) and rental housing at a scale that fits heritage building forms.
- **Main uses:** Arts and Culture; Health Services; Institutional; Office; Residential; Parks and Recreation (Residential is permitted only as rental tenure with a housing agreement with the Town.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Buildings; Food and Beverage; Home Occupation; Retail (Retail and Food and Beverage are each limited to 50 m² total gross floor area.)
- **Minimum lot area:** 1000 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 80%
- **Maximum height:** 9 m
- **Front setback:** 3 m
- **Rear setback:** 3 m
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 1.5 m
- **Other rules:** Residential only as rental tenure with a housing agreement with the Town; Retail max 50 m² total gross floor area; Food and Beverage max 50 m² total gross floor area; Min lot depth 30 m

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1342, 2025 (consolidated for convenience to include 1342-01, June 2026), s. 2.4.1](https://gibsons.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Zoning-Bylaw-No.-1342-2025.pdf#page=29) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Gibsons: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/gibsons/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/gibsons/zoning/pi-1/_