{"title":"M2 zone in Port Coquitlam: Heavy Industrial","code":"M2","slug":"m2","name":"Heavy Industrial","group":"Industrial","section":"4","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Heavy industrial uses for employment generation including manufacturing, processing, assembly, distribution, service and repair, which carry out part of their operations outdoors or need outdoor storage, including large transportation facilities such as railway yards and truck terminals.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Heavy industrial uses for employment generation including manufacturing, processing, assembly, distribution, service and repair, which carry out part of their operations outdoors or need outdoor storage, including large transportation facilities such as railway yards and truck terminals.","quotes":["To accommodate and regulate heavy industrial uses for employment","generation including manufacturing, processing, assembly, distribution,","service and repair uses which carry out a portion of their operations","outdoors or require outdoor storage, including large transportation","facilities such as railway yards and truck terminals."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Automobile, light truck, boat, motorsport vehicle and motorcycle repair, servicing, salvage and parts sales","Commercial indoor storage","Medical waste processing","Outdoor storage","Outdoor low-impact manufacturing and processing","Retail sale, rental and repair of trucks, machinery and equipment for commercial and industrial purposes","Retail sale of building supplies","Transportation terminal","Container return depots","Machinery and equipment repair","Manufacturing and processing","Parks and playgrounds","Restaurants (maximum 75 m² interior floor area)","Warehousing and Transhipment","Wholesale sales"],"quotes":["Automobile, light truck, boat, motorsport vehicle and","motorcycle repair, servicing, salvage and parts sales","Commercial indoor storage","Medical waste processing","Outdoor storage","Outdoor low-impact manufacturing and processing","Retail sale, rental and repair of trucks, machinery and","Retail sale of building supplies","Transportation terminal","Container return depots","Machinery and equipment repair","Manufacturing and processing","Parks and playgrounds","Restaurants","Warehousing and Transhipment","Wholesale sales","Note 3. Restaurants are limited to a maximum 75m2 in interior floor area except that:"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory caretaker (only at specified locations)","Accessory display","Accessory office uses","Accessory outdoor storage","Accessory retail sales of landscape supplies"],"quotes":["Accessory caretaker","Accessory display","Accessory office uses","Accessory outdoor storage","Accessory retail sales of landscape supplies"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Cannabis production facility (one premises) only at 1425 Kebet Way (up to 750 m² for production) and 1840 Broadway Street (up to 1070 m², in a building fronting Langan Avenue)"],"quotes":["Note 19. Cannabis production facilities are limited to one such premises at the following","a. 1425 Kebet Way, with a maximum floor area in use for cannabis production","b. 1840 Broadway Street, with a maximum floor area in use for cannabis production"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"3000 m²","quotes":["M2 3000m2 30m 10% 70m"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"30 m lot width; frontage 10%; 70 m lot depth","quotes":["M2 3000m2 30m 10% 70m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"60%","quotes":["60% 6m 3m 4m 3m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"6 m (at least 9 m from a Provincial Highway)","quotes":["60% 6m 3m 4m 3m","All setbacks from Provincial Highways must be at least 9m."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3 m (at least 6 m abutting residential-designated property; at least 9 m from a Provincial Highway)","quotes":["60% 6m 3m 4m 3m","Any side or rear setback abutting a property designated for residential use in the","All setbacks from Provincial Highways 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 residential-designated property)","quotes":["60% 6m 3m 4m 3m","In M2, M3 and M4 zones one side setback may be eliminated if the other is at least","Any side or rear setback abutting a property designated for residential use in the"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4 m (at least 9 m from a Provincial Highway)","quotes":["60% 6m 3m 4m 3m","All setbacks from Provincial Highways must be at least 9m."]},"other":{"value":["Loading and storage areas are prohibited in a front setback area.","Landscaped strip at least 3 m wide along street lot lines; landscape screen at least 2 m high along lot lines abutting residential, park or institutional designated lots.","Medical waste treatment limited to 1000 m² of floor area, 5000 kg per day of waste and 15,000 kg of on-site storage."],"quotes":["4. Loading and storage areas are prohibited in a front setback area in an M2 zone.","a. A landscaped strip with a minimum width of 3 metres that includes a minimum of one","2. A landscape screen at least 2m high must be located:","Note 16. Medical waste treatment in M1 and M2 zones is limited to 1000 m2 of floor area, 5000","kg per day of waste originating in British Columbia, and 15,000 kg of on-site storage"]}},"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=39","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/m2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/m2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/m2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/index.json"}}