---
title: "P-5 zone in Coquitlam: Special Park"
place: Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/coquitlam
zone: P-5
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-5/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/p-5.json"
---

# P-5 zone in Coquitlam: Special Park

Open space of varying sizes such as parks and playgrounds, waterways, and utility related structures such as pump houses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Open space of varying sizes such as parks and playgrounds, waterways, and utility related structures such as pump houses.
- **Main uses:** Civic, limited to parks, playgrounds and waterways, and accessory uses; Assembly, limited to uses not conducted within a building; Public service, not including broadcast transmission facilities; Other uses consistent with an adjacent zone specified under a License of Occupation granted by the City
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory special event vending business
- **Minimum lot area:** 555 m² (for an assembly use)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** Buildings and structures 40%; accessory off-street parking 95%
- **Maximum density:** Gross floor area of 0.1 times the lot area
- **Maximum height:** 11 metres
- **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 metres and 1/4 of the average height of the wall facing the interior lot line
- **Street side setback:** 7.6 m (from a street)

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 (consolidated with amending bylaws, updated July 27, 2026), s. 2005](https://www.coquitlam.ca/DocumentCenter/View/1164/Part-20-Institutional-Zones-PDF--P-1-to-P-5-Zones#page=17) (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-5/_