---
title: "P-3 zone in Coquitlam: Special Recreation"
place: Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/coquitlam
zone: P-3
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-3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/p-3.json"
---

# P-3 zone in Coquitlam: Special Recreation

Extensive open air recreation facilities and open space with limited buildings such as golf courses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Extensive open air recreation facilities and open space with limited buildings such as golf courses.
- **Main uses:** Assembly, limited to recreational facilities and open space; Extensive commercial recreation, limited to firing ranges, golf courses, marinas and sport clubs
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory employee residential
- **Minimum lot area:** Assembly: 555 m²; firing range: 8 hectares; golf course: 8 hectares
- **Maximum lot coverage:** Buildings and structures 20%; accessory off-street parking 95%
- **Maximum density:** Gross floor area of 0.1 times the lot area
- **Maximum height:** Not applicable in this zone
- **Front setback:** 30.0 m (front and exterior side lot lines, all buildings and structures); 11.2 m from major arterial street for accessory off-street parking
- **Rear setback:** 15.0 m (rear and interior side lot lines)
- **Interior side setback:** 15.0 m (rear and interior side lot lines)
- **Street side setback:** 30.0 m (front and exterior side lot lines)
- **Other rules:** 30.0 m from wells or streams; 15.0 m for buildings used for accessory employee residential use; Firing range must be on a lot at least 300 metres from a residential zone; No more than one dwelling unit for accessory employee residential use per lot; Marina must be on a lot abutting the Pitt or Fraser River or adjacent navigable waters

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 (consolidated with amending bylaws, updated July 27, 2026), s. 2003](https://www.coquitlam.ca/DocumentCenter/View/1164/Part-20-Institutional-Zones-PDF--P-1-to-P-5-Zones#page=9) (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-3/_