---
title: "RTh3 zone in Port Coquitlam: Residential Townhouse 3"
place: Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-coquitlam
zone: RTh3
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/rth3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/rth3.json"
---

# RTh3 zone in Port Coquitlam: Residential Townhouse 3

Ground-oriented attached dwellings with a compact form.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Ground-oriented attached dwellings with a compact form.
- **Main uses:** Townhouse; Boarding; Parks and playgrounds
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory child care facilities; Accessory home business
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 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
- **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 220 m² of lot area (different rules on some sites, see site-specific)
- **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/rth3/_