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title: "P3 zone in Port Coquitlam: Parks and Natural Areas"
place: Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-coquitlam
zone: P3
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/p3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/p3.json"
---

# P3 zone in Port Coquitlam: Parks and Natural Areas

Parks and open space of varying sizes used for a variety of recreational and environmental purposes, including active parks and playgrounds, passive green spaces and natural open spaces with restricted access.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Parks and open space of varying sizes used for a variety of recreational and environmental purposes, including active parks and playgrounds, passive green spaces and natural open spaces with restricted access.
- **Main uses:** Cemeteries and mausoleums, chapels; Farmers market; Golf Course; Packaged liquor sales (up to 20% of vendors at a farmers market or artisan market); Parks and playgrounds; Parking lots and structures (not over 95% of the lot area)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory caretaker; Accessory hobby beekeeping; Accessory liquor lounge (with a restaurant or accessory restaurant); Accessory restaurant; Accessory retail (only at a specified location); Accessory vending cart
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Office (offices for non-profit societies) only at District Lot 7632, Group 1 (2300 Reeve Street)
- **Front setback:** 6 m, required only where the yard abuts a lot zoned for residential use
- **Rear setback:** 6 m, required only where the yard abuts a lot zoned for residential use
- **Interior side setback:** 6 m (side setback), required only where the yard abuts a lot zoned for residential use

## 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/p3/_