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title: "C4 zone in Port Alberni: Highway Commercial"
place: Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-alberni
zone: C4
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 5105, 2024 (October 2026 update)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/c4/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/c4.json"
---

# C4 zone in Port Alberni: Highway Commercial

To establish and maintain areas offering a range of large format retail, service and tourist recreational uses, with high visibility for vehicular traffic.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** To establish and maintain areas offering a range of large format retail, service and tourist recreational uses, with high visibility for vehicular traffic.
- **Main uses:** Automotive sales, repair and servicing; Bank or other financial institution; Boat or recreational vehicle sales and repair; Campground; Cannabis Retail Store (subject to Section 6.24); Cannabis Micro-Cultivation; Cannabis Micro-Processing; Cannabis Nursery; Garden shop, nursery and landscape supplies; Gasoline service station; Golf driving range; Hotel; Medical service; Miniature golf; Motel and Motor hotel; Personal service; Professional service; Restaurant, including drive-through; Retail; Shopping centre; Tourist service; Transportation dispatch and depot; Veterinary clinic
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Caretaker's Dwelling Unit (subject to Section 6.16); Outdoor storage; Office
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Liquor, Wine and Beer Store at 3825 Redford Street (Lot B, District Lot 45, Alberni District, Plan EPP43903); Liquor, Wine and Beer Store at 4277 Stamp Avenue (Lot A, District Lot 1, Alberni District, Plan 33048); Liquor, Wine and Beer Store at 4850 Beaver Creek Road (Lot A, Block 2, District Lot 11, Alberni District, Plan VIP618B); Nightclub, Cabaret, Bar and Pub at 4920 Cherry Creek Road (Lot A, District Lot 14, Alberni District, Plan VIP61333); Nightclub, Cabaret, Bar and Pub and a Liquor, Wine and Beer Store at 4940 Cherry Creek Road (Lot 1, District Lot 14, Alberni District, Plan VIP51563)
- **Minimum lot area:** 930 m² (10,011 ft²)
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 m (98.4 ft)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40%
- **Maximum height:** 9 m (29.5 ft)
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m (24.6 ft)
- **Rear setback:** 6 m (19.7 ft)
- **Interior side setback:** 6 m (19.7 ft)
- **Other rules:** Business, repair and servicing uses must be inside a completely enclosed building except garden shops, outdoor display, rental, sales or storage yards, restaurant patios, gas pump activities, parking, loading and drive-through activities.; Campgrounds: an accessory store of up to 120 m² (1,292 ft²) is allowed; each camping site at least 60 m² (646 ft²); no stay over 90 days in a calendar year (with a 10% exception); at least 10% of the lot as usable open space.; Campground washrooms must be within 150 m (492 ft) of any camping site and at least 4 m (13.1 ft) from it.

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 5105, 2024 (October 2026 update), s. 5.18](https://portalberni.ca/sites/default/files/doc_library/5105_Zoning_Bylaw_No_5105_2024_Oct%202026%20Update.pdf#page=49) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Port Alberni: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/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/port-alberni/zoning/c4/_