---
title: "C-5 zone in Port Hardy: Tourist Commercial"
place: Port Hardy, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-hardy
zone: C-5
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1010-2013 (consolidated for convenience, December 2025)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-hardy/zoning/c-5/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-hardy/zoning/c-5.json"
---

# C-5 zone in Port Hardy: Tourist Commercial

Main uses: Campground, Hotel, Tourist Cabin.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Campground; Hotel; Tourist Cabin
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Buildings and Structures; Caretaker Dwelling; Licenced Premises; Restaurant; Retail Sales
- **Minimum lot area:** 1.0 hectare
- **Minimum lot width:** 50.0 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50%
- **Maximum density:** No more than fifteen tourist cabins per 1.0 hectare of land
- **Maximum height:** 7.5 m (principal and accessory buildings and structures)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 7.5 m (principal and accessory buildings and structures)
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 3.0 m
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 7.5 m, rear 1.5 m, interior side 1.5 m, exterior side 4.5 m
- **Other rules:** Interior side or rear yard next to a residential zone: 7.5 m (principal buildings), 3.0 m (accessory buildings); Accessory commercial uses (Licenced Premises, Restaurant, Retail Sales) may not exceed 100 m² of gross floor area each; No more than one hotel per parcel

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1010-2013 (consolidated for convenience, December 2025), s. 7.5](https://porthardy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/1010-2013-Zoning-Bylaw-Consolidated-December-2025.pdf#page=53) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Port Hardy: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-hardy/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-hardy/zoning/c-5/_