{"title":"P5 zone in Port Coquitlam: Institutional Facility","code":"P5","slug":"p5","name":"Institutional Facility","group":"Public","section":"5","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Correctional facilities and related uses on large lots separate from residential and commercial properties.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Correctional facilities and related uses on large lots separate from residential and commercial properties.","quotes":["To accommodate and regulate correctional facilities and related","uses on large lots separate from residential and commercial","properties."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Civic uses","Detention facilities (capacity of 300 beds)","Parks and playgrounds"],"quotes":["Civic uses","Detention facilities","Parks and playgrounds","Detention facilities are limited to a capacity of 300 beds."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory caretaker"],"quotes":["Accessory caretaker"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"20,000 m²","quotes":["P5 20,000 m2 30 m 10% 70 m"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"30 m lot width; frontage 10%; 70 m lot depth","quotes":["P5 20,000 m2 30 m 10% 70 m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"60%","quotes":["P5 20m 60% .75 15m 15m 15m"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio .75","quotes":["P5 20m 60% .75 15m 15m 15m"]},"max_height":{"value":"20 m","quotes":["P5 20m 60% .75 15m 15m 15m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"15 m","quotes":["P5 20m 60% .75 15m 15m 15m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"15 m","quotes":["P5 20m 60% .75 15m 15m 15m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"15 m (side setback); not less than 3.66 m for a building at 1133 Riverwood Gate","quotes":["P5 20m 60% .75 15m 15m 15m","Minimum interior side setback for a building at 1133 Riverwood Gate shall be not less"]},"other":{"value":["Loading areas and overhead doors and loading docks are prohibited in a front or exterior side setback area.","Outdoor storage is prohibited.","All loading and truck parking areas must be screened by building walls, fences or a landscape screen at least 2 m high."],"quotes":["a. Loading areas are prohibited in a front or exterior side setback area;","b. Outdoor storage is prohibited;","c. All loading and truck parking areas must be screened by building walls, fences, or","d. Overhead doors and loading docks are prohibited in the front and exterior side"]}},"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=46","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/p5/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/p5.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/p5.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/index.json"}}