---
title: "RA-3 zone in Coquitlam: High-Density Residential"
place: Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/coquitlam
zone: RA-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/ra-3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/ra-3.json"
---

# RA-3 zone in Coquitlam: High-Density Residential

High-density residential developments, with limited local-serving assembly, civic and commercial uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** High-density residential developments, with limited local-serving assembly, civic and commercial uses.
- **Main uses:** Apartment; Assembly (child-minding services, places of worship, youth/seniors centres); Assembly child care; Civic (community centres, libraries, museums, parks, squares and plazas, primary or secondary schools); Commercial (business and household service, convenience retail, office, personal service, restaurant, retail - general, retail - personal goods; no drive-through); Congregate housing and care; Townhouse (Assembly, assembly child care, civic and commercial uses must be with a residential principal use on the same lot.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory home occupation; Accessory institutional support services; Accessory residential; Accessory street vending; Child care in apartment or townhouse buildings; Retail of goods made in resident workshops and goods and services to residents (congregate housing and care buildings only); Boarding; Lock-off unit (only in Evergreen Line Core and Shoulder Station areas)
- **Minimum lot area:** 1,110 m²
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 90%
- **Maximum density:** Gross floor area up to 4.0 times the lot area; up to 1.5 times more (5.5 total residential) if the extra units are purpose-built rental with below-market or non-market housing per Schedule E; no limit for employment-generating uses
- **Maximum height:** Height limits in Schedule P of the bylaw; no height limit if the lot is not in Schedule P
- **Front setback:** 3.0 m (lot lines along a street or lane)
- **Rear setback:** 6.0 m (lot lines not abutting a street or lane)
- **Interior side setback:** 6.0 m (lot lines not abutting a street or lane)
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 m (lot lines along a street or lane)
- **Other rules:** Townhouse buildings at most 55 m long; apartment buildings at most 65 m long; 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; Setbacks may change under Sections 514, 518, 519 and 523

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 (consolidated with amending bylaws, updated July 27, 2026), s. 1205](https://www.coquitlam.ca/DocumentCenter/View/1176/Part-12-Medium--and-High-Density-Zones-PDF--RM-1-to-RM-2-and-RA-1-to-RA-3-Zones#page=21) (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/ra-3/_