City of Powell River · zoning
The C3 zone in Powell River.
Neighbourhood Commercial. What the bylaw lets you build, how big the lot has to be, and how close to the lines you can go, in plain words with the section for each.
From the zoning bylaw (10.3; Part 6). General information, not legal or planning advice. The adopted bylaw, as the City of Powell River reads it, is always the final word.
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C3 at a glance
| What you can use it for | retail stores excluding lumber and building supply yards and sale/servicing of motor vehicles, trailers, mobile homes, RVs, boats, auto parts, farm and industrial equipment; personal service establishments; commercial and professional offices and financial institutions; restaurants and licensed drinking establishments; accessory gasoline sales; accessory residential dwelling unit; liquor store only at 5987 Lund Street (Lot B Block 2 DL 4173 Plan 8078); tool/hardware/small-equipment sales, service and rental, accessory open storage, two upper-floor dwelling units and one vented steel storage container only at 7259 Alberni Street (E½ Lot 22 Block 2 DL 5731 Plan 6303); child care centre (10.3.2). Accessory gasoline sales: one pump island, ≤3 pumps, no vehicle servicing, island ≥4.5 metres (15 ft) from any lot line, sales area in front setback ≥1.5 metres (5 ft) from the front lot line, landscaped and curbed (10.3.3.1) |
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| Dwelling units | accessory residential unit attached to or above the first storey, separate main entrance directly to a street (10.3.3.2); two upper-floor units at 7259 Alberni Street only; FAR not stated |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 550 square metres (5,920 sqft); width 15 metres (50 ft), depth 30 metres (100 ft) (10.3.4–10.3.5) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | 7.5 metres (25 ft) / 3 metres (10 ft) each side / 9 metres (30 ft) / flank not stated (10.3.8) |
| Height | 8.5 metres (28 ft) (10.3.7) / accessory not stated |
| Lot coverage | 50% (10.3.6) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | not stated |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | not stated |
| Parking | Part 6 by use (6.5.3–6.5.4): retail/personal service ≤185 m² (1,991 sq ft) 1 per 23 m² (248 sq ft) GFA; shopping centre/supermarket 1 per 30 m² (323 sq ft); offices 1 per 35 m² (377 sq ft); restaurants/licensed 1 per 5 seats; hotels/motels 1 per sleeping unit + 1 per employee; manufacturing/industrial 1 per 90 m² (969 sq ft); warehousing/wholesale 1 per 150 m² (1,615 sq ft); parking in a commercial/industrial front setback ≥2 m (6.6 ft) from the front lot line, landscaped between (6.2.2); 7259 Alberni Street: 13 spaces + 1 accessible (10.3.9.1) |
Metric figures are the bylaw's own. Feet and acres are converted for reading and rounded.
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What the zone page can't tell you
- Whether your lot is actually in this zone. Check the zoning map, not the listing.
- Whether a permit area, floodplain, stream setback or farmland reserve sits over the lot. Each adds steps.
- Whether site-specific rules or a covenant on title change what this table says.
- What council has decided on the street lately.
The lot report answers those for one address.
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