---
title: "C1 zone in Powell River: General Commercial"
place: Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/powell-river
zone: C1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw 2100, 2006 (consolidated May 15, 2025)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/powell-river/zoning/c1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/powell-river/zoning/c1.json"
---

# C1 zone in Powell River: General Commercial

Broad commercial development: retail, office and service uses with a strong pedestrian orientation

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Broad commercial development: retail, office and service uses with a strong pedestrian orientation
- **Main uses:** Retail stores; Retail uses with ancillary light manufacturing and assembly; Personal service establishments; Commercial and professional offices and financial institutions; Assembly use; Entertainment use; Civic use; Traveller accommodation use; Public transportation terminals and taxi stands; Veterinary clinic; Preparation and bottling of food excluding fish or seafood products; Mushroom sorting, grading and packaging depots; Boarding houses; Dwelling units located in commercial and institutional buildings; Parking lot; Wholesale use accessory to retail stores; Restaurant; Liquor store use; Cannabis retail store use
- **Minimum lot area:** 270 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 7.5 m (lot depth at least 30 m)
- **Maximum height:** 3½ storeys or 13.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 6 m
- **Interior side setback:** 3 m where the lot abuts an R or A zone lot without a street or lane between; 3 m on one side where there is no rear lane
- **Other rules:** All business conducted within a completely enclosed building (limited exceptions); Dwelling units must form part of a building with another permitted use, not be in a basement, and have a separate main entrance to a street; Dwelling units: residential floor area no more than 2:1 to commercial/institutional

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw 2100, 2006 (consolidated May 15, 2025), s. 10.1](https://powellriver.civicweb.net/document/876#page=81) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Powell River: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/powell-river/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/powell-river/zoning/c1/_