{"title":"DC zone in Port Coquitlam: District Commercial","code":"DC","slug":"dc","name":"District Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"3","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Auto-oriented commercial uses and a range of commercial uses located in large premises.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Auto-oriented commercial uses and a range of commercial uses located in large premises.","quotes":["To accommodate and regulate auto-oriented commercial uses","and a range of commercial uses located in large premises."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Auctions","Automobile parts sales","Automobiles, light trucks, and motorcycle sales and rentals","Automobile repairs and servicing (indoors)","Boats and trailers sales and rentals","Building and landscape supplies sales and rentals; nurseries","Child care facilities","Cinemas","Commercial indoor recreation","Commercial schools","Container return depot","Entertainment facilities","Financial institutions","Funeral homes","Hotels","Household furniture, tools, electronics and appliances sales and rentals","Musical instruments sales","Parks and playgrounds","Pet daycare facilities","Restaurants","Rentals","Retail sales - convenience (premises of at least 93 m²)","Retail sales - general","Trade contractors","Veterinary services","Wine and beer making"],"quotes":["Auctions","Automobile parts sales","Automobiles, light trucks, and","motorcycle sales and rentals","Automobile repairs and servicing","Boats and trailers sales and rentals","Building and landscape supplies sales","Child care facilities","Cinemas","Commercial indoor recreation","Commercial schools","Container return depot","Entertainment facilities","Financial institutions","Funeral homes","Hotels","Household furniture, tools, electronics","Musical instruments sales","Parks and playgrounds","Pet daycare facilities","Restaurants","Rentals","Retail sales - convenience","Retail sales - general","Trade contractors","Veterinary services","Wine and beer making","Premises for convenience retail sales in the DC zone must have an interior floor area","Automobile repair and servicing uses in the DC zone must be conducted indoors."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory container return","Accessory group child care (school age) (only with a commercial indoor recreation or commercial school use)","Accessory office","Accessory personal services","Accessory pet daycare facilities","Accessory pet grooming services","Accessory rental and repair","Accessory restaurant","Accessory retail","Accessory vending cart"],"quotes":["Accessory container return","Accessory group child care (school","Accessory office","Accessory personal services","Accessory pet daycare facilities","Accessory pet grooming services","Accessory rental and repair","Accessory restaurant","Accessory retail","Accessory vending cart","permitted only where accessory to a commercial indoor recreation or commercial"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Offices (other than accessory) only at 1250 Dominion Avenue, 2325 Ottawa Street and 2310 Ottawa Street","Personal services only at 1971 Lougheed Hwy (Parcel A, Plan NWP 61653)","Automobile servicing with drive-through only at 1380 Dominion Avenue","Car washes (one premises) only at 1388 Dominion Avenue, 2484 Lougheed Highway and 9-3160 Westwood Street","Financial institutions with drive-through (one premises) only at 2115 Hawkins Street, 7100-2850 Shaughnessy Street and 4100-2850 Shaughnessy Street","Restaurants with drive-through only at listed locations including 101 1940 Oxford Connector, 1525 Lougheed Highway, 110 2160 Hawkins Street, 2330 Ottawa Street, 200 2325 Ottawa Street, 2830 Oxford Street and 1502 Broadway Street","Packaged liquor sales and cannabis retail outlets only at listed locations (see Notes 9 and 33)"],"quotes":["a. Lot B, Block 6, Section 7, Range N1, Meridian E, NWD, Plan BCP8239","(1250 Dominion Avenue);","(1971 Lougheed Hwy).","a. Lot B, Block 6N, Section 7, Range 1E, New West District, Plan BCP34775 (1380","a. Lot 1, Block 6N, Section 8, Range 1E, New West District, Plan BCP45149 (2115","a. Lot A, Block 6N, Section 7, Range 1E, New West District, Plan BCP34775 (1388","f. Lot A, District Lot 466, New West District, Plan NWP51224 (PS0066E) (2830 Oxford","Retail sales of packaged liquor are limited to the following locations:","Cannabis retail outlets are limited to one such premises at the following locations:"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1000 m²","quotes":["DC 1000 m2 30 m 30 m 28 m"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"30 m lot width; 30 m frontage; 28 m lot depth","quotes":["DC 1000 m2 30 m 30 m 28 m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50%","quotes":["DC 12m 50% 6m"]},"max_height":{"value":"12 m","quotes":["DC 12m 50% 6m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"6 m (at least 9 m from a Provincial Highway)","quotes":["DC 12m 50% 6m","All setbacks from a Provincial Highway must be at least 9m."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3 m (at least 6 m abutting streets other than a Provincial Highway; at least 9 m from a Provincial Highway)","quotes":["3m 3m 3m","In DC zones exterior side and rear setbacks abutting streets other than a Provincial","All setbacks from a Provincial Highway must be at least 9m."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3 m (one side may be eliminated if the other is at least 6 m; at least 6 m abutting property designated in the Official Community Plan for residential use)","quotes":["3m 3m 3m","In DC zones one side setback may be eliminated if the other is at least 6m.","Community Plan for residential use, must be at least 6m."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3 m (at least 6 m abutting streets other than a Provincial Highway; at least 9 m from a Provincial Highway)","quotes":["3m 3m 3m","In DC zones exterior side and rear setbacks abutting streets other than a Provincial","All setbacks from a Provincial Highway must be at least 9m."]},"other":{"value":["Loading areas must be screened from streets and parking areas with evergreen trees at least 2 m high.","Lots must be screened from residential-designated lots by a landscape screen at least 2 m high.","Landscaping required when developed, including a strip at least 3 m wide abutting a street (9 m abutting a Provincial Highway)."],"quotes":["3. Loading areas in DC zones must be screened from streets and parking areas with","evergreen trees at least 2m high and the planted area landscaped with shrubs and ground","4. All lots in DC and SSC zones must be screened from lots designated for residential use in","a. A minimum 3m wide strip abutting a street, except that the width of any strip","abutting a Provincial Highway must be at least 9m;"]}},"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/dc/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/dc.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/dc.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/index.json"}}