{"title":"C7 zone in Port Alberni: Core Business","code":"C7","slug":"c7","name":"Core Business","group":"Mixed use","section":"5.21","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"To establish and maintain vibrant mixed use commercial core areas, providing goods and services to residents, the travelling public and tourists.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"To establish and maintain vibrant mixed use commercial core areas, providing goods and services to residents, the travelling public and tourists.","quotes":["The purpose of this zone is to establish and maintain vibrant mixed use commercial core areas,","with attention to providing goods and services to residents, the travelling public and tourists."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Adult retail","Amusement establishment","Appliance repair","Artist’s studio","Assembly","Automotive sales, repair and servicing","Bakery","Bank or other financial institution","Boat or recreational vehicle sales and repair","Cannabis Retail Store (subject to Section 6.26)","Club or lodge","Community care facility","Daycare or other preschool","Gasoline service station","Government service","Hotel, Motor hotel and hostel","Live-work","Lumber and Building Materials Retailers and Wholesalers","Medical service","Micro-Brewery/Micro-Distillery","Multi-residential dwelling","Nightclub, Cabaret, Bar and Pub","Parking lot","Pawn shop","Personal service","Place of worship","Printing, publishing and allied industry","Professional service","Public market","Restaurant, including drive-through","Retail","School","Senior’s housing","Shopping centre","Single or semi-detached dwelling (built prior to the adoption of this bylaw)","Small appliances and electronics, sales and repair","Social service centre","Theatre","Tourist Services","Transportation Dispatch and Depot","Tutoring Service"],"quotes":["Adult retail","Amusement establishment","Appliance repair","Artist’s studio","Assembly","Automotive sales, repair and servicing","Bakery","Bank or other financial institution","Boat or recreational vehicle sales and","Cannabis Retail Store, subject to 6.26","Club or lodge","Community care facility","Daycare or other preschool","Gasoline service station","Government service","Hotel, Motor hotel and hostel","Live-work","Lumber and Building Materials Retailers","Medical service","Micro-Brewery/Micro-Distillery","Multi-residential dwelling","Nightclub, Cabaret, Bar and Pub","Parking lot","Pawn shop","Personal service","Place of worship","Printing, publishing and allied industry","Professional service","Public market","Restaurant, including drive-through","Retail","School","Senior’s housing","Shopping centre","Single or semi-detached dwelling (built prior","Small appliances and electronics, sales and","Social service centre","Theatre","Tourist Services","Transportation Dispatch and Depot","Tutoring Service"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home Occupation","Residential above commercial","Office"],"quotes":["Home Occupation","Residential above commercial","Office"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Glass shop at 4650 Margaret Street (Lot A, District Lot 1, Alberni District, Plan VIP28247)","Liquor, wine, and beer store at 4963 Angus Street (that portion of Lot B, District Lot 1, Alberni District, Plan 32610 north of Angus Street)","Liquor, wine, and beer store at 5086 Johnston Road (Lot 1, District Lot 1, Alberni District, Plan EPP13767)"],"quotes":["4650 Margaret Street","4963 Angus Street","5086 Johnston Road","Glass shop","beer store"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"540 m² (5,812.7 ft²)","quotes":["Minimum Lot Area 540 m2 (5,812.7ft2)"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15 m (49.2 ft)","quotes":["Minimum Frontage 15 m (49.2 ft)"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"90%","quotes":["Maximum Coverage 90%"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 3.0","quotes":["Maximum Floor Area Ratio 3.0"]},"max_height":{"value":"16 m (52.5 ft)","quotes":["Maximum Height, Principal Building 16 m (52.5 ft)"]},"setback_front":{"value":"0 m","quotes":["Front yard 0m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3 m (9.8 ft)","quotes":["Rear yard 3m (9.8 ft)"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"0 m","quotes":["Side yard 0m"]},"other":{"value":["Business uses must be inside a completely enclosed building except outdoor display, rental, sales or storage yards, restaurant patios, gas pump activities, parking, loading and drive-through activities.","In mixed-use buildings, residential uses must be above the first storey (except multi-residential or seniors housing, which follow the RM3 zone regulations).","Only 0.5 parking space per residential dwelling unit is required above a commercial use.","A club or lodge may have no more than three game machines."],"quotes":["a) All business uses shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building","b) In mixed-use residential and commercial buildings, residential uses shall be","located above the first storey, except as provided in Section 5.21.3(d).","the second storey, the Site Development Regulations of the RM3 Higher","space for every residential dwelling unit is required above a commercial use in","f) No club or lodge shall have more than three machines on which mechanical,"]}},"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=54","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/c7/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/c7.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/c7.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/index.json"}}