C-2 zone in Port Clements: Commercial Service

Port Clements, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-08

In short

Retail commercial and personal service facilities, including automotive uses, on commercial parcels.

Zone rules

Purpose	Retail commercial and personal service facilities, including automotive uses, on commercial parcels.
Main uses	Combined commercial and residential complexes Contractor's offices (no outside storage of materials or equipment) Convenience stores Gasoline service stations General automotive repair services Hotels and motels Neighbourhood shopping centre Personal service establishments Printing and publishing Restaurants Retail sales of building supplies Retail sales of garden supplies, nursery items, and greenhouses Sale, rental, or lease of motor vehicles Undertaking parlor or funeral home 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 (per R-1 requirements)
Minimum lot area	558 m² (parcels created by subdivision; site area also 558 m²)
Minimum lot width	Frontage of 1/10 of the perimeter of the parcel that fronts on the highway
Maximum lot coverage	60 % of the site, including buildings, structures and accessory buildings
Maximum density	Floor area ratio of 1:1
Maximum height	9.0 m
Maximum height, accessory buildings	3.6 m
Front setback	7.5 m
Rear setback	6.0 m
Interior side setback	3.0 m (from an adjacent parcel or road); 6.0 m where the abutting parcel is zoned residential
Street side setback	3.0 m (from an adjacent parcel or road)
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 Floor area for each use is 55 m²

Source: Village of Port Clements Zoning Bylaw No. 444, 2024 (adopted February 17, 2026), s. 7.3.6 (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. The text is from the Feb 17, 2026 Council agenda package (item G-1, pages 48-116 of the package PDF) because the posted bylaw (https://portclements.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Zoning-Bylaw.pdf) is a scan with no text layer. The bylaw was read a third time and adopted on February 17, 2026. pdf_page numbers below are page numbers of the agenda package. 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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