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B-1 zone in Coquitlam: Business Enterprise

Coquitlam, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

Most types of industrial uses, office uses, intensive commercial recreation uses and commercial uses that support industrial activities.

Zone rules

PurposeMost types of industrial uses, office uses, intensive commercial recreation uses and commercial uses that support industrial activities.
Main uses
  • Assembly child care
  • Child care
  • Commercial: contractor service, grocery store, industrial office, intensive commercial recreation, retail - general, office, personal services (physio, speech and neurological therapy), restaurant, motor vehicle sales and service, trade school, liquor manufacturing
  • Industrial (except batch plants for concrete and asphalt, manufacture of concrete products, and recycling, processing or salvaging of motor vehicles)
  • Assembly (child-minding service only)
  • Public service
  • Cannabis processing
Uses must be enclosed in a building; grocery store and restaurant limited to 85 m² gross floor area; retail - general at least 500 m² per business; personal services, and motor vehicle sales and service, only at the listed addresses.
Also allowed (secondary uses)
  • Accessory health care and athletic rehabilitation and treatment services (intensive commercial recreation only)
  • Accessory office
  • Accessory retail
  • Accessory unenclosed storage
  • Accessory street vending
Extra uses on specific lots
  • Restaurant up to 360 m² total: 1988 United Boulevard (PID 028-371-798)
  • Personal services (physio, speech and neurological therapy): 277 Schoolhouse Street / 1580-1582 Booth Avenue (PID 008-596-352)
  • Motor vehicle sales and service and accessory unenclosed storage: 1751 United Boulevard (PID 018-623-719), 1881 United Boulevard (PID 018-470-424), 277 Schoolhouse Street (PID 008-596-352)
Maximum lot coverageNot applicable in this zone
Maximum densityGross floor area up to 2.0 times the lot area
Maximum heightEight storeys
Front setback7.6 m (lot lines along a street)
Rear setback7.6 m (rear lot line abutting all other zones; no figure stated for rear lot lines abutting an industrial or business zone)
Interior side setback3.0 m (interior side lot line abutting all other zones; no figure stated for lines abutting an industrial or business zone)
Street side setback7.6 m (lot lines along a street)
Other rules
  • Setbacks may increase under sections 518, 519 and 523 or decrease under section 514
  • Unenclosed storage must be on a dust-free surface and, next to a street, lane or residential use, behind opaque screening at least 1.8 m high

Source: Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 (consolidated with amending bylaws, updated July 27, 2026), s. 1801 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. The City says this consolidated copy is for convenience only and is not an official copy. It is published as separate PDFs per part (Parts 1-22); no zone parts exist for 9, 11 and 14. Schedule A (zoning maps) points to QtheMap. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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