---
title: "CS-1 zone in Coquitlam: Service Commercial"
place: Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/coquitlam
zone: CS-1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 (consolidated with amending bylaws, updated July 27, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/cs-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/cs-1.json"
---

# CS-1 zone in Coquitlam: Service Commercial

Most types of service and retail-oriented commercial and related uses needing large lots, location along major transportation routes, and large areas for storage and handling of materials, goods and equipment.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Most types of service and retail-oriented commercial and related uses needing large lots, location along major transportation routes, and large areas for storage and handling of materials, goods and equipment.
- **Main uses:** Assembly child care; Child care; Commercial: beverage container return centre, building repair and maintenance services, business and household service, commercial kitchen, convenience retail, electronic collection facility, entertainment facility, funeral services, grocery store, intensive commercial recreation, liquor manufacturing, liquor primary establishment, liquor store/accessory liquor store/wine store, mini-warehouse, motor vehicle sales and service, office, personal service, pet care service, restaurant, retail - general, retail - personal goods, taxi services, tourist accommodation; Extensive commercial recreation (excluding firing ranges); Public service (no storefront); Service station (Tourist accommodation may not include tents, trailers or recreational vehicles; fuel at service stations is dispensed by staff only.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory retail (liquor manufacturing only); Accessory street vending; Accessory unenclosed storage
- **Minimum lot area:** Commercial 925 m²; Service Station 925 m²; Tourist accommodation 2,320 m²; Extensive commercial recreation 4,000 m²
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 55%
- **Maximum density:** Gross floor area up to 0.6 times the lot area
- **Maximum height:** 11.0 m and two storeys
- **Front setback:** 7.6 m (12.0 m for service station buildings; 4.5 m for pump islands or canopies)
- **Rear setback:** 7.6 m (rear lot line abutting a street) or 1.2 m (abutting a lane); pump islands or canopies 4.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 m (4.5 m for pump islands or canopies)
- **Other rules:** A landscaped area at least 3 m wide is required along a lot line abutting a lot zoned or designated for residential use; Pump islands or canopies must be 4.5 m from any other lot line

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 (consolidated with amending bylaws, updated July 27, 2026), s. 1601](https://www.coquitlam.ca/DocumentCenter/View/1160/Part-16-Service-Commercial-Zones-PDF--CS-1-Zone#page=1) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Coquitlam: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/cs-1/_