{"title":"RM-2 zone in Coquitlam: Three-Storey Medium Density Apartment Residential","code":"RM-2","slug":"rm-2","name":"Three-Storey Medium Density Apartment Residential","group":"Residential","section":"1202","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Three-storey apartment and townhouse developments at medium density.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Three-storey apartment and townhouse developments at medium density.","quotes":["This zone provides for three storey apartment and townhouse developments at","medium density."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartment","Townhouse","Congregate Housing and Care"],"quotes":["(i) Apartment","(ii) Townhouse","(iii) Congregate Housing and Care"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Boarding","Accessory residential","Accessory home occupation","Retail of goods made in resident workshops and goods and services to residents (Congregate Housing and Care buildings only)","Workshops for residents, social and recreation space and facilities","Assembly child care","Accessory institutional support services","Lock-off units (only in Evergreen Line Core and Shoulder Station areas)"],"quotes":["(a) Boarding, as limited under Section 508(1)","(b) Accessory residential","(c) Accessory home occupation, as limited under Section 508(3)","(i.i) retail sale of goods manufactured in resident workshops","(i.ii) retail sale of goods and services to residents of the building only","(ii) workshops for residents, social and recreation space and facilities","(e) Assembly child care","(f) Accessory institutional support services","(g) Lock-off units, as limited under Section 508(6)","A lock-off unit use is only permitted within the Evergreen Line Core and Shoulder"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1,110 m² (apartment or townhouses); 555 m² (boarding)","quotes":["(a) Apartment or Townhouses 1,110","Boarding 555"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50% for all uses combined","quotes":["lot coverage of","50%."]},"max_density":{"value":"Gross floor area up to 1.4 times the lot area","quotes":["(a) All buildings and structures together must not exceed a gross floor area of 1.4 times"]},"max_height":{"value":"Three storeys","quotes":["(a) All buildings and structures shall not exceed a height of three storeys."]},"setback_front":{"value":"4.0 m (lot lines along a street)","quotes":["Principal buildings 4.0 4.5"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"9.5 m (no lane); 4.5 m (lane); 3.0 m where the rear lot line abuts land designated Park or Open Space or Natural Areas in the Official Community Plan","quotes":["9.5 (no lane)","4.5 (lane)","(i) The setback for the rear lot line will decrease to 3.0 metres from the property"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Principal buildings 4.0 4.5"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.0 m (lot lines along a street)","quotes":["Principal buildings 4.0 4.5"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"Attached to or less than 1.6 m from a residential building: same as principal buildings. Detached 1.6 m or more away: front 7.6 m, rear 1.2 m, interior side 1.2 m, exterior side 3.8 m","quotes":["7.6 1.2 1.2 3.8"]},"other":{"value":["Townhouse buildings at most 55 m long; apartment buildings at most 65 m long (architectural breaks where over 37 m)","All accessory off-street parking must be concealed parking","Studio units may not exceed 30% of the dwelling units in a building","Each principal dwelling unit needs access to at least 5.0 m² of common amenity area"],"quotes":["(a) Buildings for townhouse use must not exceed 55 metres in length, and must be","(b) Buildings for apartment use must not exceed 65 metres in length, and must be","(a) All accessory off-street parking must be provided as concealed parking; and","(b) The number of studio dwelling units in any single building must not exceed 30% of all","than 5.0 m2 per dwelling unit."]}},"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/1176/Part-12-Medium--and-High-Density-Zones-PDF--RM-1-to-RM-2-and-RA-1-to-RA-3-Zones#page=5","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/rm-2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/rm-2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/rm-2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/index.json"}}