---
title: "P zone in Port Clements: Public Use and Park"
place: Port Clements, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-clements
zone: P
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/p/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-clements/zoning/p.json"
---

# P zone in Port Clements: Public Use and Park

Public institutions and facilities serving the educational, cultural, and recreational needs of the community on public use parcels.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Public institutions and facilities serving the educational, cultural, and recreational needs of the community on public use parcels.
- **Main uses:** Campground and tourist trailer park; Cemeteries; Community centres, libraries, and public recreation facilities; Float plane docks, and storage for fish camps, fishing lodges, and wilderness retreats; Government offices; Halls and auditoriums; Helipads; Hospitals and related facilities, nursing homes; Parks and playgrounds, including tot parcels and accessible exercise equipment; Schools and colleges; Walking trails or board walks connecting neighborhoods to schools, parks, and community facilities; Mobile vendors
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings and structures; Childcare program
- **Minimum lot area:** 368 m² (parcels created by subdivision; site area also 368 m²)
- **Minimum lot width:** Frontage of 1/10 of the perimeter of the parcel that fronts on the highway
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40 % of the site area for principal buildings and structures; 20 % for accessory buildings and structures
- **Maximum height:** 12 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 3.6 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m from the road; 15 m where the abutting parcel is a school or hospital
- **Rear setback:** 3.0 m (from an adjacent parcel or road) where the abutting parcel is a school or hospital
- **Interior side setback:** 3.0 m (from an adjacent parcel or road) where the abutting parcel is a school or hospital
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 m (from an adjacent parcel or road) where the abutting parcel is a school or hospital

## Source

- [Village of Port Clements Zoning Bylaw No. 444, 2024 (adopted February 17, 2026), s. 7.3.12](https://portclements.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/February-17-2026-Regular-Council-Meeting-Agenda-Package.pdf#page=108) (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/p/_