Port Alberni, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07
In short
To establish and maintain areas for retail and service operations that are vehicle-oriented or require large storage areas.
Zone rules
Purpose
To establish and maintain areas for retail and service operations that are vehicle-oriented or require large storage areas.
Main uses
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
Also allowed (secondary uses)
Caretaker's dwelling unit (subject to Section 6.16)
Outdoor storage
Extra uses on specific lots
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)
Minimum lot area
930 m² (10,011 ft²)
Minimum lot width
30 m (98.4 ft)
Maximum lot coverage
75%
Maximum height
10 m (32.8 ft)
Front setback
0 m
Rear setback
3 m (9.84 ft)
Interior side setback
0 m
Other rules
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.
Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.