{"title":"M-2 zone in Coquitlam: Industrial Business","code":"M-2","slug":"m-2","name":"Industrial Business","group":"Industrial","section":"1902","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Most types of industrial uses and some commercial uses limited to uses with an industrial character.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Most types of industrial uses and some commercial uses limited to uses with an industrial character.","quotes":["The zone provides for most types of industrial uses and some commercial uses limited","to uses with an industrial character."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Commercial: contractor service, industrial office, learning disability treatment centre, recycling depot, restaurant, trade school, liquor manufacturing","Industrial (except batch plants for concrete and asphalt, manufacture of concrete products, and recycling, processing or salvaging of motor vehicles)","Public service","Cannabis production","Cannabis processing"],"note":"Restaurant uses are limited to 85 m² gross floor area; a learning disability treatment centre is only permitted at Unit 112 - 250 Schoolhouse Street.","quotes":["(i) contractor service","(ii) industrial office","(iii) learning disability treatment centre, as limited under sub-section (3)(b)","(iv) recycling depot","(v) restaurant, as limited under sub-section (3)(c)","(vi) trade school","(vii) liquor manufacturing","(b) Industrial, except:","(i) batch plants for concrete and asphalt","(ii) manufacture of concrete products","(iii) recycling, processing, or salvaging of motor vehicles","(c) Public service","(d) Cannabis production","(e) Cannabis processing","(c) Restaurant uses must not exceed a maximum gross floor area of 85 m2."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory caretaker (one per lot, inside the principal building, max 60 m², lot at least 8,100 m²)","Accessory office","Accessory retail","Accessory unenclosed storage (rear of the building front face)","Accessory street vending"],"quotes":["(a) Accessory caretaker, as limited under sub-section (3)(e) and (4)(a)","(b) Accessory office, as limited under sub-section (3)(a)","(c) Accessory retail, as limited under sub-section 3(a)","(d) Accessory unenclosed storage, as limited under sub-section (3)(e)","(e) Accessory street vending","(ii) must not exceed a maximum floor area of 60 m²;","(iii) is limited to one per lot.","8,100 m2.","(i) must be located to the rear of the front face of the building;"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Learning disability treatment centre: Unit 112 - 250 Schoolhouse Street (Strata Plan LMS1496)"],"quotes":["LMS1496 Unit 112 – 250 Schoolhouse Street"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"Not applicable, except an accessory caretaker use is not permitted on a lot under 8,100 m²","quotes":["(a) Not applicable in this zone, except:","8,100 m2."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"Not applicable in this zone","quotes":["Not applicable in this zone."]},"max_density":{"value":"Gross floor area up to 1.5 times the lot area","quotes":["gross floor area of 1.5 times the"]},"max_height":{"value":"Six storeys","quotes":["height of six (6) storeys."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.6 m (lot lines along a street)","quotes":["7.6 7.6 3.0"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.6 m (rear lot line abutting all other zones; no figure stated for rear lot lines abutting an industrial or business zone)","quotes":["7.6 7.6 3.0"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3.0 m (interior side lot line abutting all other zones; no figure stated for lines abutting an industrial or business zone)","quotes":["7.6 7.6 3.0"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"7.6 m (lot lines along a street)","quotes":["7.6 7.6 3.0"]},"other":{"value":["Setbacks may increase under sections 518, 519 and 523 or decrease under section 514","Accessory 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","Permitted uses and accessory office and retail must be enclosed in a building (except seasonal outdoor seating for liquor manufacturing)"],"quotes":["(b) The above setbacks are subject to increase under section 518, 519 and 523 and","(ii) is permitted only where the land upon which it is located is surfaced with an","bounded by an opaque screening not less than 1.8 metres high.","outdoor seating, where accessory to a liquor manufacturing use must be enclosed"]}},"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/1163/Part-19-Industrial-Zones-PDF--M-1-to-M-2-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/m-2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/m-2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/m-2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/index.json"}}