City of Powell River · zoning
The M1 zone in Powell River.
General Industrial. 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 (11.1; 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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M1 at a glance
| What you can use it for | industrial use; sale of building supplies and garden products; vehicle, boat, truck, trailer, tools and equipment parts, sales and service; fuel sales; warehousing and storage; transportation use; trade contractor workshops; printing establishments; veterinary clinics; funeral homes; retail sales ancillary to warehousing, wholesaling or manufacturing; offices; accessory open storage; accessory residential use; restaurant (≤ lesser of 10% of building GFA or 200 m² (2,150 sqft), inside a building with a permitted use, 11.1.3.3); gymnasiums, health and fitness centres (≤ lesser of 20% of building GFA or 500 m² (5,382 sqft), in a building with other permitted uses, 11.1.3.4); natural resource use; civic use; on Lot 13 Block 4 DL 5731 Plan 6303 only transportation use and accessory open storage (11.1.2). No storage or loading in the front setback (11.1.3.1); outside storage behind a ≥2.4 metre (8 ft) view-obscuring fence or hedge, nothing above it (11.1.3.2). Development permit required (11.1.1) |
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| Dwelling units | accessory residential use (count not stated); FAR not stated |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 550 square metres (5,920 sqft); width 15 metres (50 ft), depth 30 metres (100 ft) (11.1.4–11.1.5) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | 7.5 metres (25 ft) / 3 metres (10 ft) each side / 6 metres (20 ft), 9 metres (30 ft) where abutting an R or A zone lot / flank not stated (11.1.8) |
| Height | 13.5 metres (44 ft) (11.1.7) / accessory not stated |
| Lot coverage | 60% (11.1.6) |
| 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) |
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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