Port McNeill zoning: find your zone and what it allows
How do I find out how my property is zoned and what I can build on it in Port McNeill?
In Port McNeill, the zoning map is Schedule A of Zoning Bylaw No. 705, 2021, posted as PDF map sheets on the Town's Bylaws page. We found no online map or address search. For help reading it, call the Town office at 250-956-3111.
Zoning map
Find your zone on the Zoning Map in Bylaw No. 705, 2021 (PDF, pages 49-51), then look it up below.
Zones in Port McNeill
From Zoning Bylaw No. 705, 2021. This text is the posted final version of Bylaw 705 (July 2022, adoption date left blank), not the signed scan, and may not include later amendments. The signed scan is at https://portmcneill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/No.-705-2021-Zoning-Bylaw.pdf. The bylaw's zone table lists the MHI zone only inside the MI section, and the zoning map legend also shows A-2, MIC and a Proposed Zoning list; those are not separate sections in this text. Each zone has its own page with its uses, lot sizes, heights and setbacks. Zone pages are drafts taken from the bylaw text and not yet reviewed by a person.
Rural zones
Residential zones
- R-1 Residential One
- R-2 Residential Two
- R-3 Residential Three
- R-4 Residential Four
- RM-1 Residential Multiple One
- RMH-1 Residential Manufactured Home One
Comprehensive development zones
- CD-1 Comprehensive Development One
Commercial zones
Industrial zones
Public zones
Key facts
| How to find your zone | The zoning map is Schedule A of the Zoning Bylaw, posted as a PDF on the Town's Bylaws page (map sheets such as 'Zoning Map - Area 1'). No online map or address search was found.Zoning Bylaw No. 705, 2021 (PDF, Town's posted final copy), s. 6 Zones; Zoning Bylaw No. 705, 2021 (PDF, adopted copy with map sheets), Schedule A · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingclassified and divided into the zones, as illustrated in Schedule “A” which forms part of this bylaw. Zoning Map - Area 1 |
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| Zoning bylaw | Town of Port McNeill Zoning Bylaw No. 705, 2021. The date the posted copy is current to is not stated.Zoning Bylaw No. 705, 2021 (PDF, Town's posted final copy), s. 1.1 Title; Bylaws, Bylaw list · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingThis bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the “Town of Port McNeill Zoning Bylaw No. 705, 2021”. Bylaw No. 705, 2021 Zoning |
| What the zone controls | For each zone: permitted principal and accessory uses, lot coverage, lot frontage, lot area, yard setbacks and building height, plus conditions of use. General rules cover accessory buildings, parking, home occupations and bed and breakfasts.Zoning Bylaw No. 705, 2021 (PDF, Town's posted final copy), s. 8.1 R-1 Zone; Zoning Bylaw No. 705, 2021 (PDF, Town's posted final copy), s. 8.9.2 to 8.9.6 CD-1 Zone · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingcompatible uses. 8.1.1 Permitted Uses: Land, buildings, and structures shall be used for the following purposes only: d) Suite, Secondary 8.1.2 Lot Coverage: Buildings and structures shall not cover more than 35% of the site area. 9.9.5 Minimum Yard Dimensions: 8.9.6 Height: |
| Contact | Town Office, 250-956-3111, reception@portmcneill.ca. The bylaw is administered by 'the Administrator or such other municipal officer as may be appointed by Council'.Contact; Zoning Bylaw No. 705, 2021 (PDF, Town's posted final copy), s. 2.4 Administration · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingP: 250-956-3111 ext. 104 Reception Vicki Daniels E: reception@portmcneill.ca P: 250-956-3111 Operations & Implementation Manager Troy Simoneau The Administrator or such other municipal officer as may be appointed by Council shall administer this bylaw. |
| Bylaw | Town of Port McNeill Zoning Bylaw No. 705, 2021.Zoning Bylaw No. 705, 2021 (PDF, Town's posted final copy), s. 1.1 Title · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingThis bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the “Town of Port McNeill Zoning Bylaw No. 705, 2021”. |
How it works
The Town of Port McNeill's zoning is set by Zoning Bylaw No. 705, 2021. The zoning map is Schedule A, posted as a PDF on the Town's Bylaws page, in map sheets such as "Zoning Map - Area 1" within the adopted bylaw PDF. No online map or address search was found. The date the posted copy is current to is not stated.
For each zone the bylaw gives permitted principal and accessory uses, lot coverage, lot frontage, lot area, yard setbacks and building height, plus conditions of use. General rules cover accessory buildings, parking, home occupations and bed and breakfasts.
Steps
- Open the zoning map sheets and find your lot to read its zone code.
- Find that zone's section in the bylaw and read its uses, setbacks and height.
- If the map is unclear, or you want to confirm the posted copy is current, call 250-956-3111 or email reception@portmcneill.ca.
Good to know
- The bylaw is administered by "the Administrator or such other municipal officer as may be appointed by Council". The contact page names no planner or planning department.
Official forms and pages
The same question in other places
Alert Bay · Port Hardy · Port Alice · Tahsis · Sayward · Gold River
Sources
- Zoning Bylaw No. 705, 2021 (PDF, Town's posted final copy), Town of Port McNeill (read 2026-11-08)
- Zoning Bylaw No. 705, 2021 (PDF, adopted copy with map sheets), Town of Port McNeill (read 2026-11-08)
- Bylaws, Town of Port McNeill (read 2026-11-08)
- Contact, Town of Port McNeill (read 2026-11-08)
Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 5 of 5 facts was matched to the official text. How answers are checked.