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Welcome to Port Alice

Planning and Development

The Village of Port Alice is committed to ensuring the community is healthy, viable and sustainable for the future.

A key planning tool to this end is the Village’s Official Community Plan. The primary purpose of the OCP is to provide the Village with a comprehensive long range framework to guide, monitor and evaluate future land uses and community development decisions. An OCP is a general statement of the broad objectives and policies of the local government, a statement of the community’s goals, objectives and policies with respect to existing and proposed land use, and forms the basis for regulatory bylaws.

A second purpose of the Plan is to ensure that adequate land is available to accommodate anticipated and desirable development within the planning area. This requires that certain assumptions be made about what is “anticipated” and what is “desirable”. Some of these assumptions are based on professional calculations, such as population growth projections, water system capacity, land availability, etc. Others are more subjective, relating to less tangible matters, such as community values, aspirations, and level of confidence in economic and social sustainability.

The goals, objectives and policies outlined in the OCP are intended to provide insight and guidelines to Village staff, Village council, residents, property owners, investors, the development industry and regulatory agencies with respect to land use, servicing requirements, development, redevelopment and future plans.

Building Permits & Inspections

The Village of Port Alice contracts it’s Building Inspection Services from The District of Port Hardy. The Building Inspector visits Port Alice for inspections on demand.

A Building or Plumbing Permit is required to erect, alter, add, move, demolish a building, or to install a wood burning appliance.