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title: "M1 zone in Port Alberni: Light Industry"
place: Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-alberni
zone: M1
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/m1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/m1.json"
---

# M1 zone in Port Alberni: Light Industry

To establish and maintain areas containing light industrial uses such as wholesale, warehouse and light manufacturing operations.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** To establish and maintain areas containing light industrial uses such as wholesale, warehouse and light manufacturing operations.
- **Main uses:** Automotive sales, repair and servicing; Boat or recreational vehicle sales and repair; Building supply; Cannabis Micro-Cultivation; Cannabis Micro-Processing; Cannabis Nursery; Cannabis Standard Cultivation; Cannabis Standard Processing; Cartage and delivery service; Contractor’s shop; Custom workshop; Electronics repair; Enclosed Storage and warehousing, including mini-storage; Exterminating service; Food and beverage processing (excluding the fish, meat and poultry products industries); Furniture and fixture manufacturing; Garden shop, nursery and landscape supplies; Gasoline service station; Glass shop; Health and fitness centre; Machine shop; Machinery and equipment sales, rental and repair; Other light manufacturing industry; Petroleum products, wholesale; Prefabricated buildings sales; Printing, publishing and allied industry; Recycling depot; Signs and displays industry; Storage yard; Transportation dispatch and depot; Veterinary clinic; Wholesale (excluding wholesalers of scrap and waste materials); Works yard
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Caretaker's dwelling unit (subject to Section 6.16); Display, storage, and retail sales of goods produced on the premises; Office
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Medical Marijuana Facility at 4921 Bute St. (Lot A, District Lot 1, Alberni District, Plan VIP31847)
- **Minimum lot area:** 930 m² (10,011 ft²)
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 m (98.4 ft)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50%
- **Maximum height:** 12.5 m (41 ft)
- **Front setback:** 6 m (19.7 ft)
- **Rear setback:** 3 m (9.8 ft)
- **Interior side setback:** 6 m (19.7 ft) total; 0 m permitted on one side
- **Other rules:** Nothing may cause annoyance or nuisance to surrounding areas (odours, effluent, dust, fumes, smoke, vibration, noise, glare) or create health, fire or explosion hazards.; All activities must be inside a completely enclosed building except parking, loading, outside storage and product display.; Outdoor storage areas must be screened or fenced; unused parts of the required front yard must be landscaped.; A continuous landscape buffer at least 1.8 m (5.9 ft) high is required along any lot line next to an R, RR or RM zone.

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 5105, 2024 (October 2026 update), s. 5.24](https://portalberni.ca/sites/default/files/doc_library/5105_Zoning_Bylaw_No_5105_2024_Oct%202026%20Update.pdf#page=59) (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/m1/_