{"title":"NC zone in Port Coquitlam: Neighbourhood Commercial","code":"NC","slug":"nc","name":"Neighbourhood Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"3","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Small-scale convenience retail uses to serve local neighbourhoods and satisfy residents' daily household needs.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Small-scale convenience retail uses to serve local neighbourhoods and satisfy residents' daily household needs.","quotes":["To accommodate and regulate small-scale convenience retail","uses to serve local neighbourhoods and satisfy residents’ daily","household needs."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Child care facilities","Parks and playgrounds","Restaurants (maximum 10 seats, take-out allowed as accessory)","Retail sales - convenience (groceries, meat, fish, produce, baked goods and flowers; premises up to 112 m²)"],"quotes":["Child care facilities","Parks and playgrounds","Restaurants","Retail sales - convenience","Restaurants in the NC zone are limited to a maximum of 10 seats within the premises","Retail sales in NC zones are limited to convenience retail sales of groceries, meat, fish,","produce, baked goods and flowers in premises with an interior floor area of not more","than 112m2."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory office","Accessory residential (at the rear if on the same storey, with a separate entrance)"],"quotes":["Accessory office","Accessory residential","Accessory residential uses in NC zones must be located to the rear of the commercial"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"750 m²","quotes":["NC 750 m2 18 m 18 m 28 m"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"18 m lot width; 18 m frontage; 28 m lot depth","quotes":["NC 750 m2 18 m 18 m 28 m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40%","quotes":["NC 7.5m 40%"]},"max_height":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["NC 7.5m 40%"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m (at least 9 m from a Provincial Highway)","quotes":["7.5m 0 / 1.8m 3.5m 7.5m","All setbacks from a Provincial Highway must be at least 9m."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m (at least 9 m from a Provincial Highway)","quotes":["7.5m 0 / 1.8m 3.5m 7.5m","All setbacks from a Provincial Highway must be at least 9m."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"0 / 1.8 m; required only where the side yard abuts a lot in a Residential zone","quotes":["7.5m 0 / 1.8m 3.5m 7.5m","Interior side setbacks are required in NC and CC zones only in cases where the side"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.5 m (at least 9 m from a Provincial Highway)","quotes":["7.5m 0 / 1.8m 3.5m 7.5m","All setbacks from 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/nc/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/nc.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/nc.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/index.json"}}