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C4 zone in Port Alberni: Highway Commercial

Port Alberni, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

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

PurposeTo 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 area930 m² (10,011 ft²)
Minimum lot width30 m (98.4 ft)
Maximum lot coverage40%
Maximum height9 m (29.5 ft)
Front setback7.5 m (24.6 ft)
Rear setback6 m (19.7 ft)
Interior side setback6 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 (read 2026-11-07)

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.

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