{"title":"C3 zone in Port Alberni: Service Commercial","code":"C3","slug":"c3","name":"Service Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"5.17","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"To establish and maintain areas for retail and service operations that are vehicle-oriented or require large storage areas.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"To establish and maintain areas for retail and service operations that are vehicle-oriented or require large storage areas.","quotes":["The purpose of this zone is to establish and maintain areas for retail and service operations that","are vehicle-oriented or require large storage areas."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Ambulance station","Amusement establishment","Appliances and electronics, sales and repair","Artist’s studio","Automotive sales, repair and servicing","Bakery","Bank or other financial institution","Boat or recreational vehicle sales and repair","Building supply","Cannabis Retail Store (subject to Section 6.24)","Cannabis Micro-Cultivation","Cannabis Micro-Processing","Cannabis Nursery","Cartage and delivery services","Catering establishment","Club or lodge","Contractor’s shop","Custom woodworking","Enclosed storage and warehousing, including mini-storage","Garden shop, nursery and landscaping supplies","Gasoline service station","Glass shop","Medical service","Micro-Brewery/Micro-Distillery","Office","Pawn shop","Personal service","Petroleum products, wholesale","Prefabricated buildings sales","Printing, publishing and allied industry","Public Market","Recycling depot","Restaurant, including drive-through","Retail","Signs and displays industry","Transportation dispatch and depot","Veterinary clinic","Wholesale"],"quotes":["Ambulance station","Amusement establishment","Appliances and electronics, sales and","Artist’s studio","Automotive sales, repair and servicing","Bakery","Bank or other financial institution","Boat or recreational vehicle sales and","Building supply","Cannabis Retail Store, subject to 6.24","Cannabis Micro-Cultivation","Cannabis Micro-Processing","Cannabis Nursery","Cartage and delivery services","Catering establishment","Club or lodge","Contractor’s shop","Custom woodworking","Enclosed storage and warehousing,","Garden shop, nursery and landscaping","Gasoline service station","Glass shop","Medical service","Micro-Brewery/Micro-Distillery","Office","Pawn shop","Personal service","Petroleum products, wholesale","Prefabricated buildings sales","Printing, publishing and allied industry","Public Market","Recycling depot","Restaurant, including drive-through","Retail","Signs and displays industry","Transportation dispatch and depot","Veterinary clinic","Wholesale"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Caretaker's dwelling unit (subject to Section 6.16)","Outdoor storage"],"quotes":["Caretaker's dwelling unit, subject to Section 6.16","Outdoor storage"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Liquor, Wine and Beer Store at 3684 3rd Avenue (Lot 1, District Lot 1, Alberni District, Plan EPP30558)","Dwelling unit(s) behind street facing commercial units and dwelling unit(s) on the second storey at 3575 3rd Avenue (Parcel B, Block 50, Alberni District, Plan 197B)"],"quotes":["Liquor, Wine and Beer","3684 3rd Avenue","Dwelling unit(s) behind","3575 3rd Avenue","Parcel B, Block 50, Alberni"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"930 m² (10,011 ft²)","quotes":["Minimum Lot Area 930 m2 (10,011 ft2)"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"30 m (98.4 ft)","quotes":["Minimum Frontage 30 m (98.4 ft)"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"75%","quotes":["Maximum Coverage 75%"]},"max_height":{"value":"10 m (32.8 ft)","quotes":["Maximum Height, Principal Building 10 m (32.8 ft)"]},"setback_front":{"value":"0 m","quotes":["Front yard 0m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3 m (9.84 ft)","quotes":["Rear yard 3m (9.84 ft)"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"0 m","quotes":["Side yard 0m"]},"other":{"value":["Outdoor storage areas must be screened or fenced on all sides not facing the principal building.","Business, repair and servicing uses must be inside a completely enclosed building except outdoor display, rental, sales or storage areas, gas pump activities, parking, loading and drive-through activities.","A club or lodge may have no more than three game machines.","At 3575 3rd Avenue, only 0.5 parking space per residential dwelling unit is required in addition to commercial parking."],"quotes":["a) Outdoor storage areas shall be screened or fenced on all sides not facing the","b) All industrial, business, repair or servicing uses shall be conducted within a","c) No club or lodge shall have more than three machines on which mechanical,","only one-half (0.5) parking space for each"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 5105, 2024 (October 2026 update)","url":"https://portalberni.ca/sites/default/files/doc_library/5105_Zoning_Bylaw_No_5105_2024_Oct%202026%20Update.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City also posts each zone as a separate PDF and keeps a table of amendments at https://www.portalberni.ca/zoning-bylaw-no-5105-table-amendments. The CD6 zone (6123 Russell Place) is listed in section 5.1 but has no section in this PDF, so it is not in the zone list below."},"source_url":"https://portalberni.ca/sites/default/files/doc_library/5105_Zoning_Bylaw_No_5105_2024_Oct%202026%20Update.pdf#page=47","place":{"path":"ca/bc/port-alberni","name":"Port Alberni","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/c3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/c3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/c3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/index.json"}}