{"title":"C-2 zone in Coquitlam: General Commercial","code":"C-2","slug":"c-2","name":"General Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"1502","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"A wide range of general commercial uses including offices, entertainment and tourist accommodation at medium density, from small shopping plazas to larger neighbourhood shopping facilities; limited apartment use.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"A wide range of general commercial uses including offices, entertainment and tourist accommodation at medium density, from small shopping plazas to larger neighbourhood shopping facilities; limited apartment use.","quotes":["This zone provides for a wide range of general commercial uses including offices,","entertainment and tourist accommodation facilities at medium density, and includes","both small shopping plazas and larger neighbourhood shopping facilities. Provision is","made for limited apartment use."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartment","Assembly (child-minding services only)","Assembly child care","Child care","Commercial: beverage container return centre, business and household service, commercial school, convenience retail, entertainment facility, grocery store, grocery store with wine on the shelf, intensive commercial recreation, liquor manufacturing, liquor primary establishment, liquor store/accessory liquor store/wine store, office, personal service, pet care service, restaurant, retail - general, retail - personal goods, tourist accommodation","Non-accessory off-street parking","Public service (no storefront)"],"note":"Apartment use requires concealed parking; tourist accommodation is not permitted on lots under 1390 m².","quotes":["(a) Apartment","(b) Assembly, limited to child-minding services","(c) Assembly Child care","(d) Child care","(i) beverage container return centre","(ii) business and household service","(iii) commercial school","(iv) convenience retail","(v) entertainment facility","(vi) grocery store","(vii) grocery store with wine on the shelf","(viii) intensive commercial recreation","(ix) liquor manufacturing","(x) liquor primary establishment","(xi) liquor store, accessory liquor store, and wine store","(xii) office","(xiii) personal service","(xiv) pet care service","(xv) restaurant","(xvi) retail – general","(xvii) retail – personal goods","(xviii) tourist accommodation","(f) Non-accessory off-street parking","(g) Public service","(a) An apartment use is only permitted if all off-street parking for the use is concealed","(b) A public service use is only permitted if there is no storefront.","1390 m2."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory home occupation","Accessory retail (liquor manufacturing only)","Accessory street vending"],"quotes":["(a) accessory home occupation","(b) accessory retail, limited to liquor manufacturing","(c) 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; apartment use may not exceed 50% of the total gross floor area on a lot","quotes":["(a) All buildings and structures together must not exceed a gross floor area of 1.05","(b) An apartment use must not occupy more than 50% of the total gross floor area on a"]},"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 7.6 1.2"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.6 m (rear lot line abutting a street); 1.2 m (rear lot line abutting a lane)","quotes":["4.5 3.0 7.6 1.2"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 m","quotes":["4.5 3.0 7.6 1.2"]},"other":{"value":["A landscaped area at least 3 m wide is required along a lot line abutting a lot zoned and designated for residential use","Tourist accommodation sleeping units must be above the first storey","Apartments must be above the first storey and above all storeys used for permitted commercial use","Parking next to a street must be bounded by a landscaped area at least 0.6 m wide"],"quotes":["residential in an Official Community Plan, a minimum 3 metres wide suitably","(a) A tourist accommodation is limited to sleeping units located above the first storey","(i) must be located above the first storey of a building;","(ii) must be located above all storeys used in that building for a permitted","be bounded by a landscaped area not less than 0.6 metres in width."]}},"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=5","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-2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/c-2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/c-2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/index.json"}}