---
title: "A zone in Port Coquitlam: Agriculture"
place: Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-coquitlam
zone: A
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw, 2008, No. 3630 (City's online copy, includes CD1 to CD44)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/a/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/a.json"
---

# A zone in Port Coquitlam: Agriculture

Agricultural uses on rural lots, including the keeping of animals and farm produce sales.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Agricultural uses on rural lots, including the keeping of animals and farm produce sales.
- **Main uses:** Agriculture; Boarding (no more than four boarders, in a farm residence); Farm education and research facility; Farm residence; Farm residence accessory facility; Parks and playgrounds (Land in the Agricultural Land Reserve also needs Agricultural Land Commission approval.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Secondary suite; Accessory animal boarding; Accessory child care facility (only in a farm residence); Accessory home business; Accessory pet daycare; Accessory pet grooming
- **Minimum lot area:** 8 ha
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 m lot width; frontage 10%; lot depth 70 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** Farm residence 10%; Type 1 agricultural structure 35% (up to 75% for greenhouses); Type 2 agricultural structure 20%
- **Maximum height:** Farm residence 11 m; agricultural structures (Type 1 and Type 2) 1 storey
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m (farm residence and Type 1 agricultural structure); 30 m (Type 2 agricultural structure)
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m (farm residence and Type 1 agricultural structure); 15 m (Type 2 agricultural structure)
- **Interior side setback:** 1.8 m (farm residence and Type 1 agricultural structure); 15 m (Type 2 agricultural structure)
- **Street side setback:** 3.5 m (farm residence); 7.5 m (Type 1 agricultural structure); 30 m (Type 2 agricultural structure)
- **Other rules:** Farm residence floor area is 500 m²; a farm education and research facility is limited to 100 m².; Agricultural structures must be at least 30 m from all sand points, wells and streams; Type 2 structures at least 45 m from lots in a residential zone.; A farm residence and its accessory facilities must be within the farm home plate, limited to the greater of 10% of the lot area or 1000 m² up to a maximum of 2000 m².; In the Agricultural Land Reserve, uses and regulations apply only if also permitted by the Agricultural Land Commission.

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw, 2008, No. 3630 (City's online copy, includes CD1 to CD44), s. 1](https://www.portcoquitlam.ca/media/file/3630-zoning-bylaw-2008pdf#page=16) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Port Coquitlam: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-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/port-coquitlam/zoning/a/_