City of Powell River · zoning
The W1 zone in Powell River.
Waterfront 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 (10.9; 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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W1 at a glance
| What you can use it for | 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 for not more than two vessels or one floating home, for a resident caretaker/wharfinger only, with the marina owner's consent; liquor store use; cannabis retail store use (10.9.2) |
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| Dwelling units | dwelling units in a commercial building above the first storey, the only use on that storey, separate main entrance directly to a street (10.9.3); caretaker liveaboards as listed; FAR not stated |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 270 square metres (2905 sqft); width 7.5 metres (25 ft), depth 30 metres (100 ft) (10.9.4–10.9.5) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | not stated front / 3 metres (10 ft) side where abutting a Residential or A zone lot with no intervening street or lane (10.9.7.1) / 6 metres (20 ft) rear (10.9.7.2) / flank not stated |
| Height | 9.2 metres (30 ft) (10.9.6) / accessory not stated |
| Lot coverage | not stated |
| 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); marinas 1 per 4 berths + 1 per 2 employees |
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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