{"title":"C5 zone in Port Alberni: Transitional Office","code":"C5","slug":"c5","name":"Transitional Office","group":"Commercial","section":"5.19","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"To establish and maintain transitional areas between residential, commercial and industrial zones, with uses and buildings that have little impact on neighbouring residential properties.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"To establish and maintain transitional areas between residential, commercial and industrial zones, with uses and buildings that have little impact on neighbouring residential properties.","quotes":["The purpose of this zone is to establish and maintain transitional areas between residential,","commercial and industrial zones. Permitted uses and buildings are intended to have little"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Artist’s studio","Community care facility","Live-work","Medical service","Professional Service","Personal service","Single detached dwelling (built prior to the adoption of this bylaw), which may include any of the other permitted uses","Small appliances and electronics, sales and repair"],"quotes":["Artist’s studio","Community care facility","Live-work","Medical service","Professional Service","Personal service","Single detached dwelling (built prior to the","Small appliances and electronics, sales and repair"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Office"],"quotes":["Office"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"540 m² (5,813 ft²)","quotes":["Minimum Lot Area 540 m2 (5,813 ft2)"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15 m (49.2 ft)","quotes":["Minimum Frontage 15 m (49.2 ft)"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50%","quotes":["Maximum Coverage 50%"]},"max_height":{"value":"9 m (29.5 ft)","quotes":["Maximum Height, Principal Building 9m (29.5 ft)"]},"setback_front":{"value":"6 m (19.7 ft)","quotes":["Front yard 6m (19.7 ft)"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6 m (19.7 ft)","quotes":["Rear yard 6m (19.7 ft)"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.5 m (4.9 ft)","quotes":["Side yard 1.5 m (4.9 ft)"]},"other":{"value":["All business activity must be inside a completely enclosed building except parking and loading.","Where a single detached dwelling is the principal use, the R zone Site Development Regulations apply.","No parking may be located in a required front yard.","Commercial activities are exempt from the loading regulations (Section 7.7)."],"quotes":["a) All business activity shall be conducted within a completely enclosed","b) Where a single detached dwelling is the principal permitted use, the Site","Development Regulations of the R zone and off-street parking requirements","parking shall be located in a required front yard.","are exempt from the loading"]}},"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=52","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/c5/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/c5.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/c5.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/index.json"}}