{"title":"M3 zone in Port Coquitlam: Light Industrial","code":"M3","slug":"m3","name":"Light Industrial","group":"Industrial","section":"4","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"A range of light industrial and related uses that act as a transition between industry and nearby residential, commercial or agricultural uses, for businesses that operate fully within a building with no outdoor storage and do not produce excessive noise, odour or other disturbances.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"A range of light industrial and related uses that act as a transition between industry and nearby residential, commercial or agricultural uses, for businesses that operate fully within a building with no outdoor storage and do not produce excessive noise, odour or other disturbances.","quotes":["To accommodate and regulate a range of light industrial and related","uses to serve as a transition between industry and nearby residential,","commercial or agricultural uses. It is meant for businesses that","operate fully within a building having no outdoor storage and that do","not produce excessive noise, odour or other disturbances."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Advanced technology industries","Auctions","Commercial indoor recreation","Machinery and equipment repair","Manufacturing and processing","Packaged liquor sales (only accessory to liquor manufacturing)","Parks and playgrounds","Pet daycare facilities","Production studios","Restaurants (maximum 75 m² interior floor area)","Retail sale of industrial supplies","Trade Contractors","Trade, technical and vocational schools","Warehousing and Transhipment","Wholesale sales","Wine and beer making","Container return depots","Office (only for governments, utility administration, engineers, architects, landscape architects or surveyors; at least 140 m²)"],"quotes":["Advanced technology industries","Auctions","Commercial indoor recreation","Machinery and equipment repair","Manufacturing and processing","Packaged liquor sales","Parks and playgrounds","Pet daycare facilities","Production studios","Restaurants","Retail sale of industrial supplies","Trade Contractors","Trade, technical and vocational schools","Warehousing and Transhipment","Wholesale sales","Wine and beer making","Container return depots","Note 3. Restaurants are limited to a maximum 75m2 in interior floor area except that:","Note 22. Packaged liquor sales use in the M1, M3 and M4 zones is only permitted where","Office","Note 5. Office uses in M3 zones are limited to offices for governments, utility administration,","engineers, architects, landscape architects or surveyors and must occupy a minimum","interior floor area of 140m2."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory display","Accessory group child care (school age)","Accessory office uses","Accessory lounge endorsement area","Accessory outdoor storage (only at listed Sherling Place and Nicola Place addresses)","Accessory packaged liquor sales","Accessory pet grooming services","Accessory retail sales"],"quotes":["Accessory display","Accessory group child care (school age)","Accessory office uses","Accessory lounge endorsement area","Accessory outdoor storage","Accessory packaged liquor sales","Accessory pet grooming services","Accessory retail sales","Note 15. Accessory outdoor storage use on lots zoned M3 is limited to 550, 551,570, 573"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Commercial indoor storage only at 585 Seaborne Avenue (site area up to 2000 m², floor area up to 6000 m², building up to 15 m high, at least 15 parking spaces)","Accessory outdoor storage only at 550, 551, 570 and 573 Sherling Place and 548 and 572 Nicola Place"],"quotes":["Note 20. A commercial indoor storage use in the M3 zone is limited to a maximum site area of","2000 m2 and a maximum floor area of 6000 m2 within a building located in the north-","west portion of the property at 585 Seaborne Avenue. A building containing a","commercial indoor storage use may be up to 15 m in height and must provide a","minimum of 15 parking spaces for the use.","Sherling Place and 548, 572 Nicola Place and only permitted only where:"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"930 m²","quotes":["M3 930m2 30m 18m 28m"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"30 m lot width; 18 m frontage; 28 m lot depth","quotes":["M3 930m2 30m 18m 28m"]},"max_height":{"value":"12 m","quotes":["12 m - 6m 3m 6m 3m 80%"]},"setback_front":{"value":"6 m (at least 9 m from a Provincial Highway)","quotes":["12 m - 6m 3m 6m 3m 80%","All setbacks from Provincial Highways must be at least 9m."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3 m (at least 6 m for rear setbacks from streets other than Provincial Highways, and abutting residential-designated property; at least 9 m from a Provincial Highway)","quotes":["12 m - 6m 3m 6m 3m 80%","In M3 and M4 zones all rear and side setbacks from streets other than Provincial","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":["12 m - 6m 3m 6m 3m 80%","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":"6 m (at least 9 m from a Provincial Highway)","quotes":["12 m - 6m 3m 6m 3m 80%","All setbacks from Provincial Highways must be at least 9m."]},"other":{"value":["Impervious surface limit 80%.","Off-street parking is limited to 55% of the lot area.","Overhead doors, loading areas and loading docks are prohibited in the portion of the lot adjacent to the fronting street.","Accessory office uses limited to 60% of the floor area occupied by a business."],"quotes":["12 m - 6m 3m 6m 3m 80%","5. Off-street parking is limited to 55% of the lot area in an M3 or M4 zone and neither off-","3. Overhead doors, off-street loading areas and loading docks are prohibited in the","Note 11. Accessory office uses in M3 and M4 zones are limited to 60% of the floor area"]}},"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/m3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/m3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/m3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/index.json"}}