---
title: "MC zone in Powell River: Milltown Centre"
place: Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/powell-river
zone: MC
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/mc/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/powell-river/zoning/mc.json"
---

# MC zone in Powell River: Milltown Centre

Revitalize Townsite with a comprehensive range of commercial, residential, light industrial and public uses in its commercial core

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Revitalize Townsite with a comprehensive range of commercial, residential, light industrial and public uses in its commercial core
- **Main uses:** Single family dwellings; One secondary suite (in a single family dwelling only); One duplex; Rest homes or group homes for not more than five persons within a single family dwelling; Multiple family dwellings including townhouse, cluster housing and apartment buildings; Boarding houses; Retail stores; Personal service establishments; Commercial and professional offices and financial institutions; Traveller accommodation use; Printing shops, artist studios and galleries; Assembly use; Entertainment use; Civic use; Light manufacturing, processing, wholesaling and repair; Residential uses located within a commercial or industrial use building; Liquor store use; Restaurant; Cannabis retail store use
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home based business; In-home child care; Accessory buildings and uses
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 5831 Ash Avenue (Lots 7 thru 15, Block 10, District Lot 450, Plan 6606): storage within a completely enclosed building; 5845 Arbutus Avenue (Amended Lot 1 Block 2 District Lot 450 Plan 4533): apartment building of no more than ten dwelling units
- **Minimum lot area:** SFD and duplex 545 m²; townhouse and cluster 930 m²; apartment 930 m²; all other permitted uses 270 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** SFD and duplex 15 m; townhouse and cluster 27 m; apartment 27 m; all other permitted uses 7.5 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40%
- **Maximum density:** Townhouse and cluster: 290 m² of lot area per dwelling unit; apartment building with surface parking: 3 units on the first 930 m² then 95 m² per additional unit; with 60% underground parking: 4 units on the first 930 m² then 75 m² per additional unit
- **Maximum height:** 8.5 m (SFD, duplex, townhouse and cluster); 13.5 m (apartment and all other permitted uses); no more than 2½ storeys except apartment buildings
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.9 m (SFD and duplex); 4.0 m (townhouse, cluster, apartment)
- **Front setback:** SFD and duplex 4.5 m; townhouse, cluster and apartment 7.5 m; all other permitted uses 1.8 m
- **Rear setback:** SFD and duplex 7.5 m; townhouse, cluster and apartment 9.0 m; all other permitted uses 3.0 m
- **Interior side setback:** SFD and duplex 0.9 m; townhouse, cluster and apartment 3.0 m; all other permitted uses 1.5 m
- **Street side setback:** SFD and duplex 3.0 m; townhouse, cluster and apartment 4.5 m; all other permitted uses 4.5 m
- **Other rules:** Accessory buildings to residential use may not be in any required front or side setback; Non-residential uses must be in an enclosed building with no outside storage; Commercial, industrial, public, institutional and residential uses may be in the same building

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw 2100, 2006 (consolidated May 15, 2025), s. 10.8](https://powellriver.civicweb.net/document/876#page=92) (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/mc/_