---
title: "P5 zone in Port Coquitlam: Institutional Facility"
place: Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-coquitlam
zone: P5
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/p5/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/p5.json"
---

# P5 zone in Port Coquitlam: Institutional Facility

Correctional facilities and related uses on large lots separate from residential and commercial properties.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Correctional facilities and related uses on large lots separate from residential and commercial properties.
- **Main uses:** Civic uses; Detention facilities (capacity of 300 beds); Parks and playgrounds
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory caretaker
- **Minimum lot area:** 20,000 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 m lot width; frontage 10%; 70 m lot depth
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 60%
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio .75
- **Maximum height:** 20 m
- **Front setback:** 15 m
- **Rear setback:** 15 m
- **Interior side setback:** 15 m (side setback); not less than 3.66 m for a building at 1133 Riverwood Gate
- **Other rules:** 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.

## 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/p5/_