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