---
title: "SSC zone in Port Coquitlam: Service Station Commercial"
place: Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-coquitlam
zone: SSC
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/ssc/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/ssc.json"
---

# SSC zone in Port Coquitlam: Service Station Commercial

Automobile service stations and associated uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Automobile service stations and associated uses.
- **Main uses:** Automobile service stations; Automobile repairs and servicing; Parks and playgrounds; Retail sales - convenience (up to 60 m²)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory car washes; Accessory office
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Restaurants, including drive-in, only at Lot 3, Section 18, NWD, Plan LMP1496 (1320 Kingsway Avenue); Convenience retail premises up to 185 m² (one establishment) at Building 5, 1320 Kingsway Avenue
- **Minimum lot area:** 1200 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 m lot width; frontage 10%; 28 m lot depth
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 30%
- **Maximum height:** 7.5 m
- **Front setback:** 9 m
- **Rear setback:** 1.5 m (at least 9 m from a Provincial Highway)
- **Interior side setback:** 6 m (at least 9 m from a Provincial Highway)
- **Street side setback:** 6 m (at least 9 m from a Provincial Highway)
- **Other rules:** Service islands must be at least 4.5 m from any property line.; All parts of the lot other than buildings and landscape screens must be paved.

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw, 2008, No. 3630 (City's online copy, includes CD1 to CD44), s. 3](https://www.portcoquitlam.ca/media/file/3630-zoning-bylaw-2008pdf#page=29) (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/ssc/_