City of Powell River · zoning
The NT zone in Powell River.
Institutions. 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 (12.2). General information, not legal or planning advice. The adopted bylaw, as the City of Powell River reads it, is always the final word.
Check a lot in Powell RiverThe rules
NT at a glance
| What you can use it for | assembly use; civic and institution use; rest homes, group homes, private hospitals and health care facilities; urban farm; fairs, exhibitions and public auctions, trade shows and ancillary sales and services; shelter for persons who may require refuge from physical and/or psychological abuse, for not more than ten persons; accessory residential; accessory buildings, retail sales and uses (12.2.2) |
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| Dwelling units | accessory residential (count not stated); shelter ≤10 persons; FAR not stated |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 550 square metres (5,920 sqft); width 15 metres (50 ft), depth 27 metres (89 ft) (12.2.3–12.2.4) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | 7.5 metres (25 ft) / 3 metres (10 ft) each side / 6 metres (20 ft) / flank not stated (12.2.7) |
| Height | 13.5 metres (44 ft) (12.2.6) / accessory not stated |
| Lot coverage | 70% (12.2.5) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | not stated |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | not stated |
| Parking | Part 6: hospitals, rest homes, group homes 1 per 3 beds; assembly/churches 1 per 10 seats or per 10 m² (108 sq ft) GFA; galleries, libraries, museums 1 per 45 m² (484 sq ft); schools 1 per employee + 1 per 10 students; child care 1 per employee |
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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What can you build on your lot in Powell River?
This page is the zone. The report is your lot: the zone it's actually in, the setbacks drawn on a plan in feet, how many dwelling units it allows, floodplain, streams, farmland and permit areas, with the source for every rule. $9, on screen in about a minute, with a PDF to keep.
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