---
title: "RTh1 zone in Port Coquitlam: Residential Townhouse 1"
place: Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-coquitlam
zone: RTh1
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/rth1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/rth1.json"
---

# RTh1 zone in Port Coquitlam: Residential Townhouse 1

Ground-oriented attached dwellings with an extensive form.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Ground-oriented attached dwellings with an extensive form.
- **Main uses:** Townhouse; Boarding; Parks and playgrounds
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory child care facilities; Accessory home business
- **Minimum lot area:** 1000 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 m lot width; 18 m frontage; 28 m lot depth
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40%
- **Maximum density:** One dwelling unit per 465 m² of lot area
- **Maximum height:** 10.5 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 1.8 m (at least 3.5 m for a building wall having a window to a habitable room)
- **Street side setback:** 3.5 m
- **Other rules:** Usable open space of at least 30 m² per dwelling unit.

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw, 2008, No. 3630 (City's online copy, includes CD1 to CD44), s. 2](https://www.portcoquitlam.ca/media/file/3630-zoning-bylaw-2008pdf#page=19) (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/rth1/_