---
title: "C1 zone in Port Moody: Local Commercial"
place: Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-moody
zone: C1
bylaw: City of Port Moody Zoning Bylaw, 2018, No. 2937 (consolidated for convenience, includes amendments to July 14, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/c1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/c1.json"
---

# C1 zone in Port Moody: Local Commercial

Daily household retail or personal service needs within a residential neighbourhood

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Daily household retail or personal service needs within a residential neighbourhood
- **Main uses:** Child Care; Convenience Retail; Personal Service; Retail Food Service
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Single Detached Residential; Community Care
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40%
- **Maximum density:** FAR 0.5
- **Maximum height:** 9.0 m and 2 storeys
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 m
- **Front setback:** 6.0 m (principal building)
- **Rear setback:** 6.0 m (principal building)
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m (principal building), or 0.0 m where abutting a commercial zone
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 m (exterior lot line)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front: behind the principal building setback; side 1.5 m (3.0 m for an exterior lot line); rear 1.5 m
- **Other rules:** Commercial use is limited to the street-level storey; Minimum lot size is set in the table in section 3.2 of the bylaw

## Source

- [City of Port Moody Zoning Bylaw, 2018, No. 2937 (consolidated for convenience, includes amendments to July 14, 2026), s. 10.1](https://api.ghdcdn.com/portmoody-edocs/v1/eDocs/Get?docnumber=461917#page=103) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Port Moody: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/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-moody/zoning/c1/_