---
title: "P2 zone in Port Coquitlam: Institutional"
place: Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-coquitlam
zone: P2
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/p2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/p2.json"
---

# P2 zone in Port Coquitlam: Institutional

Facilities or structures which provide health and community care facilities and services as well as recreational, cultural and religious uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Facilities or structures which provide health and community care facilities and services as well as recreational, cultural and religious uses.
- **Main uses:** Assembly uses (sites of at least 560 m²); Child care facilities; Civic uses; Community care (may include supportive housing and assisted living housing facilities); Parks and playgrounds; Utilities
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory caretaker; Accessory hobby beekeeping
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** At 1141 Riverwood Gate (Lot 1, Block 6, S.6, Range 1E, Plan BCP34023), uses are limited to child care facilities and accessory uses, with eight required off-street parking spaces; At 770 Dominion Avenue (Lot 1), community care uses are limited to a floor area ratio of 1.5
- **Minimum lot width:** Frontage 10%
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40%
- **Maximum density:** Community care uses limited to a floor area ratio of 1.0 (1.5 at 770 Dominion Avenue)
- **Maximum height:** 12 m
- **Front setback:** 6 m
- **Rear setback:** 6 m
- **Interior side setback:** 6 m (side setback)

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw, 2008, No. 3630 (City's online copy, includes CD1 to CD44), s. 5](https://www.portcoquitlam.ca/media/file/3630-zoning-bylaw-2008pdf#page=46) (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/p2/_