City of Powell River · zoning
The MX zone in Powell River.
Mixed Use. 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 (10.7 — Zoning Bylaw 2100 consol. May 15 2025 Part 10). 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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MX at a glance
| What you can use it for | retail stores with accessory wholesale use; 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; preparation and bottling of food excluding fish or seafood products; mushroom sorting, grading and packaging depots; multiple family dwellings including apartment and cluster dwellings; parking lot; restaurant; single and duplex dwellings on specified properties only (listed 10.7.2(o)); liquor store use; cannabis retail store use (10.7.2). Accessory: not stated |
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| Dwelling units | Multiple family dwellings including apartment and cluster dwellings permitted. Single and duplex dwellings permitted only on properties listed in 10.7.2(o) — Marine and Willingdon Avenues Mixed Use Area and Cranberry Street Mixed Use Area. Dwelling units in commercial buildings shall not exceed RM3 density, shall not be in basement, shall have separate main entrance directly to street (10.7.3.2). Multiple family dwelling units in residential-only development shall conform to RM3 density, setback, and amenity provisions (10.7.3.3). Single family and duplex residential use shall conform to R2 density, use-accessory use, and setback provisions (10.7.3.5) |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 270 square metres (2,905 sqft) min lot area (10.7.4); lot width 7.5 metres (25 ft); lot depth 30 metres (100 ft) (10.7.5) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | not stated front / not stated side / not stated side flanking / 6 metres (20 ft) rear (10.7.7.3). Where lot abuts lot in any Residential zone without intervening street or lane: 3 metres (10 ft) side setback (10.7.7.1). Where there is no rear lane: 3 metres (10 ft) side setback on one side (10.7.7.2). Where lot listed in 10.7.2(o) used as single family or duplex dwelling: 1.8 metres (6 ft) side setback on each side (10.7.7.4) |
| Height | 3½ storeys or 13.5 metres (44 ft) (10.7.6.1); building with frontage on west side of Marine Avenue: not exceeding 9.5 metres (30 ft) above centre of Marine Avenue (10.7.6.2) / accessory: not stated |
| Lot coverage | not stated |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | not stated |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | accessory buildings for single family or duplex dwelling on lots listed in 10.7.2(o) shall meet R2 Zone requirements for height, lot coverage, and setback as set out in Table 1, Part 8 (10.7.7.4) |
| Parking | not stated |
Metric figures are the bylaw's own. Feet and acres are converted for reading and rounded.
One lot, not the zone
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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