{"title":"CC zone in Port Coquitlam: Community Commercial","code":"CC","slug":"cc","name":"Community Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"3","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"A wide range of general commercial and personal service uses in pedestrian-oriented commercial centres, with residential uses above ground floor commercial uses.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"A wide range of general commercial and personal service uses in pedestrian-oriented commercial centres, with residential uses above ground floor commercial uses.","quotes":["To accommodate and regulate a wide range of general","commercial and personal service uses in commercial centres","having a pedestrian orientation and accommodates residential","uses above ground floor commercial uses."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartments (above the ground floor, separate entrance, parking within building or underground)","Automobile parts sales","Building and landscape supplies sales and rentals; nurseries","Child care facilities","Cinemas","Commercial indoor recreation","Commercial schools","Entertainment facilities","Financial institutions","Funeral homes","Hotels (only on lots of at least 1400 m²)","Household furniture, tools, electronics and appliances sales and rentals","Musical instruments sales","Offices","Parking lots and structures","Parks and playgrounds","Personal services","Pet daycare facilities","Pet grooming services","Restaurants","Rentals","Retail sales - convenience","Retail sales - general","Theatres","Trade contractors","Veterinary services","Wine and beer making"],"quotes":["Apartments","Automobile parts sales","Building and landscape supplies sales","Child care facilities","Cinemas","Commercial indoor recreation","Commercial schools","Entertainment facilities","Financial institutions","Funeral homes","Hotels","Household furniture, tools, electronics","Musical instruments sales","Offices","Parking lots and structures","Parks and playgrounds","Personal services","Pet daycare facilities","Pet grooming services","Restaurants","Rentals","Retail sales - convenience","Retail sales - general","Theatres","Trade contractors","Veterinary services","Wine and beer making","Hotels are permitted in CC zones only on lots with areas of at least 1400m2 and ground","a. Premises for apartment uses shall be located above the ground floor of a building"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory container return","Accessory group child care (school age) (only with a commercial indoor recreation or commercial school use)","Accessory home businesses","Accessory personal services","Accessory rental and repair","Accessory restaurant","Accessory retail"],"quotes":["Accessory container return","Accessory group child care (school","Accessory home businesses","Accessory personal services","Accessory rental and repair","Accessory restaurant","Accessory retail","Note 34. Group Child Care (school age) licensed under the Child Care Licensing Regulation is","permitted only where accessory to a commercial indoor recreation or commercial","school use."]},"site_specific":{"value":["Assembly uses only at Lots 16 and 17, Plan 1213, LD 36, Block 1, DL 379 NWD","Dinner theatres only at Lot D, District Lot 379, Plan 16549 (2616 Shaughnessy)","Neighbourhood pubs only at 3261 Coast Meridian Road, 1125 Nicola Avenue, 2099 Lougheed Highway, 1864 Argue Street and 1979 Brown Street","Packaged liquor sales only at listed locations including 2099 Lougheed Highway, 1436 Prairie Avenue, #100-2748 Lougheed Highway, 3209-3285 Coast Meridian Road, 1864 Argue Street and 1097 Nicola Avenue","Cannabis retail outlets, one premises, only at listed locations including 1502 Broadway Street, 2755 Lougheed Highway, 985 Nicola Avenue and 101-3377 Coast Meridian Road","Apartments allowed on the ground floor at 2245 Wilson Avenue (building not over 4 stories)"],"quotes":["a. Lots 16 and 17, Plan 1213, LD 36, Block 1, DL 379 NWD.","(2616 Shaughnessy).","a. Lot J, DL 479, NWD Plan 6505 Except Plan 25314 (3261 Coast Meridian Road);","b. Lot 2, Section 7, NWD, Plan LMP 14996 (1125 Nicola Avenue);","(1864 Argue Street); and","e. Lot 271, Plan 55955, LD 36, DL 255, NWD (1979 Brown Street).","Retail sales of packaged liquor are limited to the following locations:","Lougheed Highway), not to exceed an interior floor area of 82.9m 2;","b. Lot 403, Section 6, Township 40, NWD Plan 52272 (1436 Prairie Avenue), not to","(#100-2748 Lougheed","(3209-3285 Coast Meridian Road),","(1097 Nicola","Cannabis retail outlets are limited to one such premises at the following locations:","(1502 Broadway Street), not to exceed an interior floor area of 350 m2.","(2755","(985 Nicola Avenue), not to exceed an interior floor area of 625m2 and one","Meridian Road), not to exceed an interior floor area of 131 m2.","building does not exceed 4 stories in height, including an underground structure.","ground floor of a building located at 2245 Wilson Avenue provided that the"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"500 m²","quotes":["CC 500 m2 15 m 15 m 28 m"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15 m lot width; 15 m frontage; 28 m lot depth","quotes":["CC 500 m2 15 m 15 m 28 m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"90%","quotes":["CC Note 7 90% 1.5 Note 1 Note 1"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 1.5","quotes":["CC Note 7 90% 1.5 Note 1 Note 1"]},"setback_front":{"value":"None listed ('-'); at least 9 m from a Provincial Highway","quotes":["- 1.5m","All setbacks from a Provincial Highway must be at least 9m."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"0 / 1.8 m; required only where the side yard abuts a lot in a Residential zone","quotes":["0/1.8m","Interior side setbacks are required in NC and CC zones only in cases where the side"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"1.5 m (at least 9 m from a Provincial Highway)","quotes":["- 1.5m","All setbacks from a Provincial Highway must be at least 9m."]},"other":{"value":["Building height is restricted to one storey at 3590, 3610 and 3646 Westwood Street and 2332 Marpole Avenue.","Usable open space of at least 3.5 m² per dwelling unit and indoor amenity space of 2 m² per dwelling unit for apartments over 10 dwelling units.","At least 25% of units in a mixed-use development with more than 10 units must be family-orientated, and at least 5% must have three or more bedrooms."],"quotes":["Note 7. The building height at 3590, 3610, and 3646 Westwood Street and 2332 Marpole","8. Usable open space must be provided for apartment uses in excess of 10 dwelling units in","CC zone in the amount of at least 3.5m2 per dwelling unit and, for this purpose, “usable","9. Apartment uses in excess of 10 dwelling units in CC zones must provide indoor amenity","space in the amount of 2m2 per dwelling unit, and for this purpose “indoor amenity space”","11. At least 25% of the total number of dwelling units in a mixed-use development with more","more than 10 units must be family-orientated dwelling units, and at least 5% of the total"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw, 2008, No. 3630 (City's online copy, includes CD1 to CD44)","url":"https://www.portcoquitlam.ca/media/file/3630-zoning-bylaw-2008pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City says its online bylaw copies are meant to be up to date but are not legal versions and may not include the most recent amendments. The consolidation date is not stated in the PDF. Zones are grouped in shared tables per category (A, RS/RTh/RRh/RA, NC/CC/DC/SSC/RC, M, P), so lines for those zones give the whole category section. There is no CD37 in the bylaw."},"source_url":"https://www.portcoquitlam.ca/media/file/3630-zoning-bylaw-2008pdf#page=29","place":{"path":"ca/bc/port-coquitlam","name":"Port Coquitlam","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/cc/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/cc.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/cc.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/index.json"}}