{"title":"RA1 zone in Port Coquitlam: Residential Apartment 1","code":"RA1","slug":"ra1","name":"Residential Apartment 1","group":"Residential","section":"2","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"3 to 4 storey multiple dwelling residential buildings with a building area to site area ratio of up to 1.5.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"3 to 4 storey multiple dwelling residential buildings with a building area to site area ratio of up to 1.5.","quotes":["To accommodate and regulate 3 to 4 storey multiple dwelling","residential buildings with a building area to site area ratio of","up to 1.5"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartment","Boarding","Parks and playgrounds"],"quotes":["Apartment","Boarding","Parks and playgrounds","Boarding uses are limited to two boarders per dwelling unit in single, duplex, triplex,","townhouse and rowhouse dwellings. One boarder is permitted per apartment"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory child care facilities","Accessory home business"],"quotes":["Accessory child","care facilities","Accessory","home business"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1000 m²","quotes":["RA1 1000 m2 30 m 18 m 28 m"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"30 m lot width; 18 m frontage; 28 m lot depth","quotes":["RA1 1000 m2 30 m 18 m 28 m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"35% (may be increased by 15% of the proportion of required parking provided underground or within a structure, up to 50%)","quotes":["35% 1.0/1.75 3m","In RA1 zones the maximum lot coverage may be increased by 15% of the proportion","of required off street parking that is provided underground or within a structure, up"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 1.0, may be increased by 75% of the proportion of required parking (other than visitor parking) provided underground or within a structure, up to 1.75","quotes":["35% 1.0/1.75 3m","In RA1 zones the maximum floor area ratio may be increased by 75% of the proportion","or within a structure, up to 1.75."]},"max_height":{"value":"18 m","quotes":["RA1 18m Note 12 4.0m 4.0m 7.5m - -"]},"setback_front":{"value":"4.0 m","quotes":["RA1 18m Note 12 4.0m 4.0m 7.5m - -"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["RA1 18m Note 12 4.0m 4.0m 7.5m - -"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3 m (at least 7.5 m for a building wall having a window to a habitable room)","quotes":["35% 1.0/1.75 3m","In RA1 zones the interior side setback must be at least 7.5m in the case of a building"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.0 m","quotes":["RA1 18m Note 12 4.0m 4.0m 7.5m - -"]},"other":{"value":["Usable open space of at least 3.5 m² per dwelling unit for apartments over 10 dwelling units.","Indoor amenity space of 2 m² per dwelling unit for apartments over 10 dwelling units.","At least 25% of units in a multi-family development with more than 10 units must be family-orientated, and at least 5% must have three or more bedrooms."],"quotes":["e. Apartment uses in excess of 10 dwelling units in RA1 and RA2 zones in the amount of","11. Apartment uses in excess of 10 dwelling units in RA1 and RA2 zones must provide indoor","amenity space in the amount of 2m2 per dwelling unit, and for this purpose “indoor","16. At least 25% of the total number of dwelling units in a multi-family development with","more than 10 units must be family-orientated dwelling units, and at least 5% of the total"]}},"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=19","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/ra1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/ra1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/ra1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/index.json"}}