{"title":"C-1 zone in Coquitlam: Local Commercial","code":"C-1","slug":"c-1","name":"Local Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"1501","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Land within or abutting residential areas for retailing goods that meet the daily household or personal needs of residents; limited residential use inside the commercial building is permitted.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Land within or abutting residential areas for retailing goods that meet the daily household or personal needs of residents; limited residential use inside the commercial building is permitted.","quotes":["This zone provides for appropriate land either within or abutting residential areas for","the retailing of goods to satisfy the daily household or personal needs of the","occupants of those residential areas. Limited residential use located within the","commercial structure is permitted."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Assembly child care","Child care","Commercial: convenience retail, grocery store, intensive commercial recreation, office, personal service, restaurant, retail - personal goods","Residential (inside a commercial building, above the ground storey)"],"note":"Residential use must be above the ground storey within a building for a permitted commercial use.","quotes":["(a) Assembly child care","(b) Child care","(i) convenience retail","(ii) grocery store","(iii) intensive commercial recreation","(iv) office","(v) personal service","(vi) restaurant","retail – personal goods","(d) Residential","(a) A residential use must be contained within a building for a permitted commercial","A residential use must only be located above the ground storey of a building containing"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory home occupation","Accessory street vending"],"quotes":["(a) Accessory home occupation","(b) Accessory street vending"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"70%","quotes":["lot coverage of 70%."]},"max_density":{"value":"Gross floor area up to 1.05 times the lot area","quotes":["gross floor area of 1.05 times"]},"max_height":{"value":"7.6 m","quotes":["Buildings and structures must not exceed a height of 7.6 metres."]},"setback_front":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["4.5 3.0 1.8 7.6"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"1.8 m (rear lot line abutting a street); 7.6 m (rear lot line abutting a lane)","quotes":["4.5 3.0 1.8 7.6"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 m","quotes":["4.5 3.0 1.8 7.6"]},"other":{"value":["A landscaped area at least 1.8 m wide is required along a lot line abutting a lot zoned and designated for residential use","Each dwelling unit needs access to at least 5.0 m² of private or common amenity area"],"quotes":["(b) Where the lot is adjacent to a lot zoned for residential use and designated for","residential in an Official Community Plan, a minimum 1.8 metres wide suitably","an on-site private or common amenity area or areas totaling not less than 5.0m2"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 (consolidated with amending bylaws, updated July 27, 2026)","url":"https://www.coquitlam.ca/562/Zoning-Bylaw","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"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."},"source_url":"https://www.coquitlam.ca/DocumentCenter/View/1179/Part-15-Commercial-Zones-PDF--C-1-C-2-and-C-6-Zones#page=1","place":{"path":"ca/bc/coquitlam","name":"Coquitlam","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/c-1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/c-1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/c-1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/index.json"}}