---
title: "P-2 zone in Coquitlam: Special Institutional"
place: Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/coquitlam
zone: P-2
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/p-2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/p-2.json"
---

# P-2 zone in Coquitlam: Special Institutional

Facilities or structures that are utility related or provide health or community care services, plus recreational, cultural and religious uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Facilities or structures that are utility related or provide health or community care services, plus recreational, cultural and religious uses.
- **Main uses:** Assembly child care; Child care; Congregate Housing and Care; Community care; Assembly; Primary or secondary school; Public service; Private hospital (For Congregate Housing and Care, Supportive Housing Units may be no more than 1/3 of the units.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory single-detached residential
- **Minimum lot area:** Assembly use: 555 m²
- **Maximum lot coverage:** Buildings and structures 40%; accessory off-street parking 95%
- **Maximum density:** Gross floor area up to 1.2 times the lot area
- **Maximum height:** 11.0 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** Accessory single-detached use: 7.3 m, or 11.0 m for roofs with a pitch of 3 in 12 or greater over at least 80% of roof surfaces
- **Front setback:** 7.6 m (from a street)
- **Rear setback:** 6.0 m (rear lot line other than at a street)
- **Interior side setback:** The greater of 1.8 m and 1/4 of the average height of the wall facing the interior lot line
- **Street side setback:** 7.6 m (from a street)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Accessory single-detached residential: from a street 7.6 m, rear 7.6 m, interior side 1.8 m
- **Other rules:** An accessory off-street parking use must be bounded by a landscape area at least 0.6 m wide; Setbacks may increase under sections 518 and 519

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 (consolidated with amending bylaws, updated July 27, 2026), s. 2002](https://www.coquitlam.ca/DocumentCenter/View/1164/Part-20-Institutional-Zones-PDF--P-1-to-P-5-Zones#page=5) (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/p-2/_