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C5 zone in Port Alberni: Transitional Office

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

In short

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

PurposeTo 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 area540 m² (5,813 ft²)
Minimum lot width15 m (49.2 ft)
Maximum lot coverage50%
Maximum height9 m (29.5 ft)
Front setback6 m (19.7 ft)
Rear setback6 m (19.7 ft)
Interior side setback1.5 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 (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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