{"title":"MU-2 zone in Coquitlam: High-Density Mixed-Use","code":"MU-2","slug":"mu-2","name":"High-Density Mixed-Use","group":"Mixed use","section":"1302","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"High-density mixed-use developments in large neighbourhood centres, allowing civic, commercial, residential and other uses that serve the local community.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"High-density mixed-use developments in large neighbourhood centres, allowing civic, commercial, residential and other uses that serve the local community.","quotes":["This zone provides for high-density mixed-use developments in large neighbourhood","centres. Allows for civic, commercial, residential, and other uses that serve the local","community."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartment","Assembly","Assembly child care","Child care","Civic: community centres, courthouses, hospitals, libraries, museums, parks/squares/plazas, post-secondary institutions, primary or secondary schools","Commercial: business and household service, commercial recreation, commercial school, convenience retail, entertainment facility, grocery store, 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","Congregate housing and care","Employment living unit","Non-accessory off-street parking","Public service (no storefront)","Tourist accommodation","Townhouse"],"note":"Residential use is only permitted where employment-generating uses occupy at least 0.25 times the lot area.","quotes":["(a) Apartment","(b) Assembly","(c) Assembly child care","(d) Child care","(i) community centres","(ii) courthouses","(iii) hospitals","(iv) libraries","(v) museums","(vi) parks, squares and plazas","(vii) post-secondary institutions","(viii) primary or secondary schools","(i) business and household service","(ii) commercial recreation","(iii) commercial school","(iv) convenience retail","(v) entertainment facility","(vi) grocery strore","(vii) liquor manufacturing","(viii) liquor primary establishment","(ix) liquor store, accessory liquor store, and wine store","(x) office","(xi) personal service","(xii) pet care service","(xiii) restaurant","(xiv) retail – general","(xv) retail – personal goods","(xvi) tourist accommodation","(g) Congregate housing and care","(h) Employment living unit","(i) Non-accessory off-street parking","(j) Public service","(k) Tourist accommodation","(l) Townhouse","(b) A public service use is only permitted if there is no storefront.","(c) A residential use is only permitted where employment-generating uses occupy a","minimum gross floor area of 0.25 times the lot area."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory home occupation","Accessory institutional support services","Accessory retail (liquor manufacturing only)","Accessory street vending","Lock-off unit (only in Evergreen Line Core and Shoulder Station areas)"],"quotes":["(m) Accessory home occupation","(n) Accessory institutional support services","(o) Accessory retail, limited to liquor manufacturing","(p) Accessory street vending","(q) Lock-off unit","(a) A lock-off unit use is only permitted within the Evergreen Line Core and Shoulder"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"90%","quotes":["coverage of 90%."]},"max_density":{"value":"Gross floor area up to 3.5 times the lot area on Neighbourhood Centre lots in Schedule F, and 4.0 times the lot area elsewhere (each with 0.25 times the lot area for employment-generating uses). Extra purpose-built rental density of up to 1.5 times the lot area is allowed (residential maximum 4.75 or 5.25 times the lot area) with below-market rental housing per Schedule E. Employment-generating uses are not limited","quotes":["(i) 3.5 times the lot area where the lot is a Neighbourhood Centre lot identified","(ii) 4.0 times the lot area where Sub-section (5)(a)(i) does not apply, of which a","(b) Additional residential density is permitted up to a gross floor area of 1.5 times the","lot area, for a maximum residential gross floor area of 4.75 times the lot area","(d) Despite Sub-section (5)(a), density for employment-generating uses is permitted"]},"max_height":{"value":"Height limits in Schedule P of the bylaw; no height limit if the lot is not in Schedule P","quotes":["(a) All buildings and structures must not exceed the height limits set out in Schedule","case no building or structure height limit applies."]},"setback_front":{"value":"1.5 m (lot lines along a street or lane); 3.0 m for a building with no employment-generating uses in the first storey fronting the lot line","quotes":["All buildings 1.5 0.0 3.0","the setback from the lot line along a street or lane is 3.0 metres for a building"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3.0 m","quotes":["All buildings 1.5 0.0 3.0"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"0.0 m (not abutting a lane); 3.0 m where abutting a lot zoned for residential use in Parts 10 and 12","quotes":["All buildings 1.5 0.0 3.0","use in Parts 10 and 12 of this Bylaw is 3.0 metres; and"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"1.5 m (lot lines along a street or lane); 3.0 m for a building with no employment-generating uses in the first storey fronting the lot line","quotes":["All buildings 1.5 0.0 3.0","the setback from the lot line along a street or lane is 3.0 metres for a building"]},"other":{"value":["Dwelling units on a character street or mandatory commercial street frontage must be on the second storey or above; the first storey must have employment-generating uses","Buildings must be at least 10 m from opposing building faces with habitable-room windows","All accessory off-street parking must be concealed parking; above-grade parking only up to the second storey if one underground storey is also provided","Each dwelling unit needs access to at least 4.0 m² (purpose-built rental) or 5.0 m² of common amenity area"],"quotes":["(i) contain employment-generating uses within the first storey of the building;","(ii) only locate dwelling units within the second storey or above of the building.","(c) No building or portion of building shall be located less than 10 metres from any","(a) All accessory off-street parking must be provided as concealed parking.","(b) Above-grade structured off-street parking may be located up to the second storey","(i) 4.0 m2 per dwelling unit where the dwelling unit is purpose-built rental housing;","(ii) 5.0 m2 per dwelling unit where Sub-section (13)(a)(i) does not apply."]}},"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/1177/Part-13-Mixed-Use-Zones-PDF--MU-1-to-MU-4-Zones#page=7","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/mu-2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/mu-2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/mu-2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/index.json"}}