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RA1 zone in Port Coquitlam: Residential Apartment 1

Port Coquitlam, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

3 to 4 storey multiple dwelling residential buildings with a building area to site area ratio of up to 1.5.

Zone rules

Purpose3 to 4 storey multiple dwelling residential buildings with a building area to site area ratio of up to 1.5.
Main uses
  • Apartment
  • Boarding
  • Parks and playgrounds
Also allowed (secondary uses)
  • Accessory child care facilities
  • Accessory home business
Minimum lot area1000 m²
Minimum lot width30 m lot width; 18 m frontage; 28 m lot depth
Maximum lot coverage35% (may be increased by 15% of the proportion of required parking provided underground or within a structure, up to 50%)
Maximum densityFloor 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
Maximum height18 m
Front setback4.0 m
Rear setback7.5 m
Interior side setback3 m (at least 7.5 m for a building wall having a window to a habitable room)
Street side setback4.0 m
Other rules
  • 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.

Source: Zoning Bylaw, 2008, No. 3630 (City's online copy, includes CD1 to CD44), s. 2 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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