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W2 zone in Port Alberni: Waterfront Industrial

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

In short

To establish and maintain areas for industries related to the fishing industry, marine transportation, shipbuilding and maintenance.

Zone rules

PurposeTo establish and maintain areas for industries related to the fishing industry, marine transportation, shipbuilding and maintenance.
Main uses
  • Commercial mooring facilities
  • Fish and seafood buying and packing stations
  • Fish product industry
  • Marine and water traffic oriented loading facility, storage, warehouse and works yard
  • Marine fuelling operations
  • Office
  • Shipbuilding, boatbuilding and repair
Offices as a principal use are permitted only on the second storey or higher.
Also allowed (secondary uses)
  • Loading facility
  • Private floats and wharves
  • Storage
  • Temporary boat storage
  • Permanent residence on one boat or vessel by one member or employee of any other use permitted within this zone for security and fire protection
  • Temporary or seasonal residence on a boat or vessel for commercial fishing purposes
Maximum height12.5 m (41 ft)
Other rules
  • Marine fuelling operations must be at least 60 m (196.8 ft) from any R or RM zone.
  • Offices as a principal use are permitted only on the second storey or higher of a waterfront industrial building.

Source: Zoning Bylaw No. 5105, 2024 (October 2026 update), s. 5.31 (read 2026-11-07)

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.

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