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title: "C7 zone in Port Alberni: Core Business"
place: Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-alberni
zone: C7
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/c7/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/c7.json"
---

# C7 zone in Port Alberni: Core Business

To establish and maintain vibrant mixed use commercial core areas, providing goods and services to residents, the travelling public and tourists.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** To establish and maintain vibrant mixed use commercial core areas, providing goods and services to residents, the travelling public and tourists.
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home Occupation; Residential above commercial; Office
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 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)
- **Minimum lot area:** 540 m² (5,812.7 ft²)
- **Minimum lot width:** 15 m (49.2 ft)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 90%
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 3.0
- **Maximum height:** 16 m (52.5 ft)
- **Front setback:** 0 m
- **Rear setback:** 3 m (9.8 ft)
- **Interior side setback:** 0 m
- **Other rules:** 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.

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 5105, 2024 (October 2026 update), s. 5.21](https://portalberni.ca/sites/default/files/doc_library/5105_Zoning_Bylaw_No_5105_2024_Oct%202026%20Update.pdf#page=54) (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/c7/_