---
title: "C-1 zone in Port Clements: Commercial Core"
place: Port Clements, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-clements
zone: C-1
bylaw: Village of Port Clements Zoning Bylaw No. 444, 2024 (adopted February 17, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-clements/zoning/c-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-clements/zoning/c-1.json"
---

# C-1 zone in Port Clements: Commercial Core

Small-scale retail commercial and personal service facilities on commercial parcels.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Small-scale retail commercial and personal service facilities on commercial parcels.
- **Main uses:** Banks and financial institutions; Business and professional offices; Combined commercial and residential complexes; Community halls, libraries, art galleries, theatres, and other cultural buildings (no drive-in theatres); Government offices; Health and fitness clubs; Hotels and motels; Licensed premises; Medical and dental clinics; Personal service establishments; Printing and publishing; Public transit depot; Restaurants, cafes, bistros (no drive-in restaurants); Shops and retail stores (no outside storage or display, no sale or service of automobiles); Undertaking parlours and funeral homes; Veterinary hospitals; Mobile vendors
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings and structures; Accessory dwelling unit (on parcels serviced by the municipal sewer system); Bed and breakfast establishment; Boarding house; Childcare program; Short term rental; Single family dwelling as part of commercial activity (per R-1 requirements); Public utility buildings and structures necessary for public service
- **Minimum lot area:** 225 m² (parcels created by subdivision). Minimum site area: 1,115 m² for hotels and motels; 368 m² for combined commercial and residential complexes
- **Minimum lot width:** Frontage of 1/10 of the perimeter of the parcel that fronts on the highway
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 100 %, including all buildings, structures and accessory buildings
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio of 1:1 (including commercial, residential and accessory uses)
- **Maximum height:** Three stories or 12 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 3.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 3.0 m where there is a road, measured from the centre of that road
- **Interior side setback:** 3.0 m, only where the abutting parcel is zoned for residential uses
- **Other rules:** Combined commercial and residential: residential use must be in the principal building, on upper floors or behind the commercial use, with a separate private entrance to the street; Outdoor recreational space of 5.5 m² is required for each dwelling unit; Minimum floor area for each use is 55 m²

## Source

- [Village of Port Clements Zoning Bylaw No. 444, 2024 (adopted February 17, 2026), s. 7.3.5](https://portclements.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/February-17-2026-Regular-Council-Meeting-Agenda-Package.pdf#page=89) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Port Clements: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-clements/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-clements/zoning/c-1/_