{"title":"W1 zone in Powell River: Waterfront Commercial","code":"W1","slug":"w1","name":"Waterfront Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"10.9","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"A broad range of marine oriented uses along the Westview and Powell Lake waterfront","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"A broad range of marine oriented uses along the Westview and Powell Lake waterfront","quotes":["The W1 zone is intended to accommodate a broad range of marine oriented uses along the"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Marine related building, sales, service, rentals and repairs, and retail fuel sales","Retail stores and offices","Personal service establishments","Entertainment use","Restaurant use","Traveller accommodation use","Transportation use","Assembly use","Civic use","Marinas","Parking lots","Net lofts, retail/wholesale fish and seafood market, custom processing of sport fish","Residential uses located in a commercial building","Liveaboard or floating home in a marina (caretaker/wharfinger)","Liquor store use","Cannabis retail store use"],"quotes":["marine related building, sales, service, rentals and repairs, and retail fuel sales","retail stores and offices","personal service establishments","entertainment use","restaurant use","traveller accommodation use","transportation use","assembly use","civic use","marinas","parking lots","net lofts, retail/wholesale fish and seafood market","residential uses located in a commercial building","liveaboard or floating home located in a marina","liquor store use","cannabis retail store use"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"270 m²","quotes":["Each lot shall have an area of not less than 270 square metres"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"7.5 m (lot depth at least 30 m)","quotes":["Each lot shall have a width of not less than 7.5 metres (25 ft) and a depth of not less than","30 metres (100 ft)"]},"max_height":{"value":"9.2 m","quotes":["Building height shall not exceed 9.2 metres"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6 m","quotes":["A rear setback shall be provided of not less than 6 metres"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3 m where the lot abuts a Residential or A zone lot without a street or lane between","quotes":["Where a lot abuts a lot in a Residential or A zone without an intervening street or lane a"]},"other":{"value":["Dwelling units in a commercial building must be above the first storey, be the only use on that storey, and have a separate main entrance to a street"],"quotes":["Dwelling units located within a commercial building shall be located above the first storey of"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw 2100, 2006 (consolidated May 15, 2025)","url":"https://powellriver.civicweb.net/document/876","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City prepared this consolidation for convenience only and does not represent that it is up to date or complete; confirm against the original bylaws and their amendments."},"source_url":"https://powellriver.civicweb.net/document/876#page=94","place":{"path":"ca/bc/powell-river","name":"Powell River","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/powell-river/zoning/w1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/powell-river/zoning/w1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/powell-river/zoning/w1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/powell-river/zoning/index.json"}}