M3 zone in Port Coquitlam: Light Industrial

Port Coquitlam, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

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.

Zone rules

Purpose	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.
Main uses	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)
Also allowed (secondary uses)	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
Extra uses on specific lots	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
Minimum lot area	930 m²
Minimum lot width	30 m lot width; 18 m frontage; 28 m lot depth
Maximum height	12 m
Front setback	6 m (at least 9 m from a Provincial Highway)
Rear setback	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)
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	6 m (at least 9 m from a Provincial Highway)
Other rules	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.

Source: Zoning Bylaw, 2008, No. 3630 (City's online copy, includes CD1 to CD44), s. 4 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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