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title: "M2 zone in Port Coquitlam: Heavy Industrial"
place: Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-coquitlam
zone: M2
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/m2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/m2.json"
---

# M2 zone in Port Coquitlam: Heavy Industrial

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.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** 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.
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory caretaker (only at specified locations); Accessory display; Accessory office uses; Accessory outdoor storage; Accessory retail sales of landscape supplies
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 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)
- **Minimum lot area:** 3000 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 m lot width; frontage 10%; 70 m lot depth
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 60%
- **Front setback:** 6 m (at least 9 m from a Provincial Highway)
- **Rear setback:** 3 m (at least 6 m abutting residential-designated property; at least 9 m from a Provincial Highway)
- **Interior side setback:** 3 m (one side may be eliminated if the other is at least 6 m; at least 6 m abutting residential-designated property)
- **Street side setback:** 4 m (at least 9 m from a Provincial Highway)
- **Other rules:** 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.

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw, 2008, No. 3630 (City's online copy, includes CD1 to CD44), s. 4](https://www.portcoquitlam.ca/media/file/3630-zoning-bylaw-2008pdf#page=39) (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/m2/_