{"title":"P-1 zone in Coquitlam: Civic Institutional","code":"P-1","slug":"p-1","name":"Civic Institutional","group":"Public","section":"2001","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Educational, governmental or institutional uses that provide services to the public; commercial activities accessory to the principal use are also permitted.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Educational, governmental or institutional uses that provide services to the public; commercial activities accessory to the principal use are also permitted.","quotes":["This zone provides for uses of an educational, governmental or institutional nature","which provide services to the public. Commercial activities which are accessory to the","principal use are also permitted."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Assembly child care","Child care","Civic","Commercial: retail sales and services accessory to a civic use; personal service limited to physiotherapist","Community care","Community Garden","Congregate Housing and Care","Animal shelter","Assembly","Emergency shelter","Office","Transitional housing","Public service (may include railroad spur lines incidental to rail service to adjacent lands)","Non-accessory off-street parking","Accessory special event vending business"],"note":"An animal shelter within 200 metres of a residential zone must be completely enclosed and may not include an incinerator.","quotes":["(a) Assembly child care","(b) Child care","(c) Civic","(i) the retail sales and services accessory to a civic use","(ii) personal service, limited to physiotherapist","(e) Community care","(f) Community Garden","(g) Congregate Housing and Care","(h) Animal shelter","(i) Assembly","(j) Emergency shelter","(k) Office","(l) Transitional housing","(m) Public service, which may include railroad spur lines where the spur lines are","(n) Non-accessory off-street parking","(o) Accessory special event vending business, as limited under the “City of Coquitlam"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory special event vending business (see primary uses)"],"quotes":["(o) Accessory special event vending business, as limited under the “City of Coquitlam"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"Assembly use: 555 m²","quotes":["An assembly use is not permitted on a lot having an area less than 555 m²."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"Buildings and structures 40%; off-street parking 95%; accessory off-street parking 95%; buildings for off-street parking together with all other buildings 95%","quotes":["Buildings and structures 40%","Off-street parking 95%","Accessory off-street parking 95%","Buildings and structures for off-street parking use,","95%"]},"max_density":{"value":"Gross floor area up to 2.5 times the lot area","quotes":["gross floor area of 2.5 times the"]},"max_height":{"value":"11.0 m (uses other than off-street parking); 12.5 m (off-street parking)","quotes":["Uses other than off-street parking 11.0","Off-street parking 12.5"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.6 m (from a street); off-street parking 1.5 m","quotes":["and structures 7.6 6.0","1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6.0 m (rear lot line other than at a street); off-street parking 1.5 m","quotes":["and structures 7.6 6.0","1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"The greater of 1.8 m and 1/4 of the average height of the wall facing the interior lot line; off-street parking 1.5 m","quotes":["The greater of 1.8 metres,","and 1/4 of the average","height of the wall facing","1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"7.6 m (from a street); off-street parking 1.5 m","quotes":["and structures 7.6 6.0","1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5"]},"other":{"value":["An off-street parking use must be bounded by a landscape area at least 0.6 m wide","An animal shelter on a lot abutting a residential zone must be at least 7.6 m from that lot line","Setbacks may increase under sections 518 and 519"],"quotes":["(a) An off-street parking use must be bounded by a landscape area not less than 0.6","(c) Despite Sub-Section (8)(a), any building structure which is used as an animal","minimum setback of 7.6 metres from that lot line.","(b) The above setbacks are subject to increase under sections 518 and 519 of this"]}},"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/1164/Part-20-Institutional-Zones-PDF--P-1-to-P-5-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/p-1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/p-1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/p-1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/index.json"}}