{"title":"M2 zone in Port Alberni: Medium Industry","code":"M2","slug":"m2","name":"Medium Industry","group":"Industrial","section":"5.25","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"To establish and maintain areas for both light and medium industrial uses, including uses that require outdoor storage.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"To establish and maintain areas for both light and medium industrial uses, including uses that require outdoor storage.","quotes":["The purpose of this zone is to establish and maintain areas for both light and medium","industrial uses, including uses that require outdoor storage."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["All uses permitted in the M1 Zone","Animal shelter","Automobile wrecking yard","Blacksmithing and welding shop","Bulk fuel storage","Construction and assembly of pre-fabricated or modular buildings","Construction, house moving and excavation","Industry offices, workshops and storage","Large equipment or machinery sales and repairs","Machining","Manufacturing, excluding uses specifically listed in M3","Open storage","Scrap and waste materials wholesaler","Truck transport operation","Utility works yard","Wood industry, concerned with manufacturing or finishing from prepared lumber"],"quotes":["All uses permitted in the M1 Zone","Animal shelter","Automobile wrecking yard","Blacksmithing and welding shop","Bulk fuel storage","Construction and assembly of pre-fabricated","Construction, house moving and excavation","Industry offices, workshops and storage","Large equipment or machinery sales and","Machining","Manufacturing, excluding uses specifically","Open storage","Scrap and waste materials wholesaler","Truck transport operation","Utility works yard","Wood industry, concerned with"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Caretaker's dwelling unit (subject to Section 6.16)","Display, storage, and retail sales of goods produced on the premises","Office"],"quotes":["Caretaker's dwelling unit, subject to","Display, storage, and retail sales of","Office"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"930 m² (10,011 ft²); automobile wrecking yard 1 hectare (2.47 ac)","quotes":["Minimum Lot Area 930 m2 (10,011 ft2)","automobile wrecking yard operation shall be one (1) hectare (2.47 ac)."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"30 m (98.4 ft)","quotes":["Minimum Frontage 30 m (98.4 ft)"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"60%","quotes":["Maximum Coverage 60%"]},"max_height":{"value":"12.5 m (41 ft)","quotes":["Maximum Height, Principal Building 12.5 m (41 ft)"]},"setback_front":{"value":"6 m (19.7 ft)","quotes":["Front yard 6m (19.7 ft)"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3 m (9.8 ft)","quotes":["Rear yard 3m (9.8 ft)"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"6 m (19.7 ft) total; 0 m permitted on one side","quotes":["Side yard (total) 6m (19.7 ft)","(Permitted on one side) 0m"]},"other":{"value":["Nothing may cause annoyance or nuisance to surrounding areas (odours, effluent, dust, fumes, smoke, vibration, noise, glare) or create health, fire or explosion hazards.","Outside storage next to an R, RR or RM zone must be separated by a solid screen, with no material piled higher than the screen within 15 m (50 ft) of the lot line.","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.","Unused parts of the required front yard must be landscaped."],"quotes":["a) Nothing shall be done which is or will become an annoyance or nuisance to the","adjacent to a R, RR, or RM zone shall be separated by a solid screen from the","screening within 15 m (50 ft) of the lot line.","e) Along any lot line adjacent to an R, RR or RM zone, a continuous landscape","less than 1.8 m (5.9 ft) in height.","c) All portions of a required front yard not used for permitted parking or display"]}},"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=61","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/m2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/m2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/m2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/index.json"}}