---
title: "C5 zone in Port Alberni: Transitional Office"
place: Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-alberni
zone: C5
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/c5/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/c5.json"
---

# C5 zone in Port Alberni: Transitional Office

To establish and maintain transitional areas between residential, commercial and industrial zones, with uses and buildings that have little impact on neighbouring residential properties.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** To establish and maintain transitional areas between residential, commercial and industrial zones, with uses and buildings that have little impact on neighbouring residential properties.
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Office
- **Minimum lot area:** 540 m² (5,813 ft²)
- **Minimum lot width:** 15 m (49.2 ft)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50%
- **Maximum height:** 9 m (29.5 ft)
- **Front setback:** 6 m (19.7 ft)
- **Rear setback:** 6 m (19.7 ft)
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m (4.9 ft)
- **Other rules:** 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).

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 5105, 2024 (October 2026 update), s. 5.19](https://portalberni.ca/sites/default/files/doc_library/5105_Zoning_Bylaw_No_5105_2024_Oct%202026%20Update.pdf#page=52) (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/c5/_