{"title":"RTh3 zone in Port Coquitlam: Residential Townhouse 3","code":"RTh3","slug":"rth3","name":"Residential Townhouse 3","group":"Residential","section":"2","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Ground-oriented attached dwellings with a compact form.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Ground-oriented attached dwellings with a compact form.","quotes":["To accommodate and regulate ground-oriented attached","dwellings with a compact form"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Townhouse","Boarding","Parks and playgrounds"],"quotes":["Townhouse","Boarding","Parks and playgrounds"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory child care facilities","Accessory home business"],"quotes":["Accessory child","care facilities","Accessory","home business"]},"site_specific":{"value":["1055 Riverwood Gate (Lots 1-145 Block 6N, Plan LMS4654): one dwelling unit per 216.8 m² of lot area","3127 Skeena St (Lots 1-71, Section 6, Plan BCS1135): one dwelling unit per 300 m² of lot area unless the owner contributes $1500 per extra unit to a City reserve fund, then one per 220 m²","2560 Pitt River Road (Lot 1, DL 174, Plan LMP 34067): lot area per dwelling unit not less than 220 m²","Other sites with their own density rules: 2495 Davies Avenue, 2643-2669 Bedford Street, 843-913 Dominion Avenue, Dominion Riverfront Neighbourhood, 2131-2135 Prairie Avenue, 2144-2154 Salisbury Avenue, 2143-2149 Prairie Avenue, Rindall Avenue and Tyner Street sites"],"quotes":["(1055 Riverwood Gate)","one dwelling unit per 216.8m2 of lot area;","(3127 Skeena St)","$1500 per dwelling unit proposed to be constructed in excess of","(2560 Pitt River Road)","(2495 Davies Avenue)","(2643, 2659, 2665 and 2669 Bedford Street), the lot","(843, 867, 889 and 913 Dominion","In the Dominion Riverfront Neighbourhood, the density of development must not","(2131,","(2144, 2148, 2152 and 2154 Salisbury Avenue), the","(2143, 2147 and 2149 Prairie Avenue), the lot area for","2151 Tyner Street)"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1000 m²","quotes":["RTh3 1000 m2 30 m 18 m 28 m"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"30 m lot width; 18 m frontage; 28 m lot depth","quotes":["RTh3 1000 m2 30 m 18 m 28 m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40%","quotes":["RTh3 10.5m 40% - 7.5m 3.5m 7.5m - -","1.8m"]},"max_density":{"value":"One dwelling unit per 220 m² of lot area (different rules on some sites, see site-specific)","quotes":["7. In RTh3 zones the density of development must not exceed one dwelling unit per 220m 2"]},"max_height":{"value":"10.5 m","quotes":["RTh3 10.5m 40% - 7.5m 3.5m 7.5m - -","1.8m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["RTh3 10.5m 40% - 7.5m 3.5m 7.5m - -","1.8m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["RTh3 10.5m 40% - 7.5m 3.5m 7.5m - -","1.8m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.8 m (at least 3.5 m for a building wall having a window to a habitable room)","quotes":["RTh3 10.5m 40% - 7.5m 3.5m 7.5m - -","1.8m","In RTh1, RTh2 and RTh3 zones the interior side setback must be at least 3.5m in the"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.5 m","quotes":["RTh3 10.5m 40% - 7.5m 3.5m 7.5m - -","1.8m"]},"other":{"value":["Usable open space of at least 30 m² per dwelling unit."],"quotes":["c. Townhouse uses in RTh1, RTh2 and RTh3 zones in the amount of at least 30m2 per"]}},"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/rth3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/rth3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/rth3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/index.json"}}