--- title: "Port Alice zoning: find your zone and what it allows" question: "How do I find out how my property is zoned in Port Alice and what I can build on it?" place: Port Alice, British Columbia, Canada place_path: ca/bc/port-alice category: Building, renovating and your property owner: municipal owner_body: Village of Port Alice sources_read: 2026-11-08 review: machine_checked canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alice/zoning-lookup/" json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alice/zoning-lookup.json" --- # Port Alice zoning: find your zone and what it allows **Question:** How do I find out how my property is zoned in Port Alice and what I can build on it? **Short answer:** Port Alice does not post an online zoning map or lookup tool. To find your property's zone, phone the Village office at 250-284-3391. The rules are in Zoning Bylaw No. 688, which is a scanned PDF on the Village website. **Who handles it:** Municipal (Village of Port Alice, https://portalice.ca) **Cost:** Not stated. **How long:** Not stated. **Where:** - Phone: Village office, 250-284-3391 - Email: Village office email, info@portalice.ca - In person: Municipal Hall, 1061 Marine Drive, Port Alice, BC V0N 2N0 (Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) ## Key facts - **How to find your zone:** No online zoning map or lookup tool is posted. The Official Community Plan page lists community plan maps, including Map 3 Land Use Designations and Map 9 Development Permit Areas; call the Village office, 250-284-3391, for a property's zone. - Source: [Official Community Plan and maps, Community Plan Maps](https://portalice.ca/town-hall/official-community-plan-2022/) - Official wording: "a new economy. Tourism, digital nomads, independent entrepreneurs, creators, Internet enterprise, industrial services, and craft manufacturing will be our beating. Enthusiastically pursuing active outdoor adventure lifestyle-living. Re-shaping our dynamic future in a lively mixed-use village core, affordability-driven housing innovation policy, protected ocean views and care and attention to natural features, and enhanced Marine Drive. Our vision is "Gently connected to the ocean and each other" in this place we call HOME. Port Alice Official Community Plan Community Plan Maps 1 Basemap 2 Vacant Parcels" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Zoning bylaw:** Port Alice Zoning Bylaw No. 688 (a scanned PDF in the Village bylaws library; adoption date not stated) - Source: [Bylaws library, Bylaws library page](https://portalice.ca/town-hall/bylaws/) - Official wording: "688 Port Alice Zoning Bylaw" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **What the zone controls:** Not confirmed. Zoning Bylaw No. 688 is posted as a scanned PDF whose text could not be read. - **Contact:** Village of Port Alice office, 250-284-3391, info@portalice.ca. - Source: [Contact, Contact page](https://portalice.ca/contact/) - Official wording: "Port Alice, BC. V0N 2N0 Contact Us P: (250) 284-3391 F: (250) 284-3416 info@portalice.ca Get in Touch Today!" … "P: (250) 284-3391 F: (250) 284-3416 info@portalice.ca Get in Touch Today! Our team will get back to you as soon as possible." - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Bylaw:** Port Alice Zoning Bylaw No. 688 - Source: [Bylaws library, Bylaws library page](https://portalice.ca/town-hall/bylaws/) - Official wording: "688 Port Alice Zoning Bylaw" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 ## How it works The Village of Port Alice does not post an online zoning map or property lookup tool. The Village's website has [Port Alice Zoning Bylaw No. 688](https://portalice.ca/town-hall/bylaws/) in its bylaws library, as a scanned PDF. Its text could not be read and the adoption date of that copy is not stated, so this page does not say what any zone allows. The Official Community Plan page lists community plan maps, including Map 3 Land Use Designations and Map 9 Development Permit Areas. These are plan maps, not the zoning map. ## Steps 1. Phone the Village office at 250-284-3391 or email info@portalice.ca with your address and ask for your zone. 2. Ask for the rules for that zone (uses, setbacks, height). 3. Check whether your property is in a Development Permit Area on Map 9. ## Good to know - The Planning page says development permit applications go to the Approving Officer at the Municipal Office. ## Zones 0 zones are listed from [Zoning Bylaw No. 688 (the Village's "Port Alice Zoning Bylaw")](https://portalice.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/688-Zoning-Bylaw.pdf). Each zone has its own page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alice/zoning/index.json ## Official forms and pages - [Bylaws library, Village of Port Alice](https://portalice.ca/town-hall/bylaws/) - [Official Community Plan and maps, Village of Port Alice](https://portalice.ca/town-hall/official-community-plan-2022/) ## Related questions - [Port Alice building permits: when you need one and how to apply](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alice/building-permit.md) - [Port Alice home-based business rules](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alice/home-based-business.md) ## The same question elsewhere - [Zoning maps in British Columbia, by municipality](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/zoning-lookup.md) - [Port Hardy](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-hardy/zoning-lookup.md) - [Port McNeill](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-mcneill/zoning-lookup.md) - [Alert Bay](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/alert-bay/zoning-lookup.md) - [Tahsis](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tahsis/zoning-lookup.md) - [Sayward](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sayward/zoning-lookup.md) - [Gold River](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/gold-river/zoning-lookup.md) ## Sources - [Bylaws library, Village of Port Alice](https://portalice.ca/town-hall/bylaws/) (read 2026-11-08) - [Official Community Plan and maps, Village of Port Alice](https://portalice.ca/town-hall/official-community-plan-2022/) (read 2026-11-08) - [Planning, Village of Port Alice](https://portalice.ca/town-hall/community-plan/) (read 2026-11-08) - [Contact, Village of Port Alice](https://portalice.ca/contact/) (read 2026-11-08) _Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 4 of 5 facts was matched to the official text; 1 could not be confirmed. 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