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title: "C3 zone in Port Moody: General Commercial"
place: Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-moody
zone: C3
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/c3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/c3.json"
---

# C3 zone in Port Moody: General Commercial

Mixed use medium density development in three-storey buildings

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Mixed use medium density development in three-storey buildings
- **Main uses:** Apartment; Artist Studio – Type A and Type B; Child Care; Commercial Athletic and Recreation; Community Care; Hotel; Office; Personal Service; Retail Food Service; Restaurant; Retail; Work-Live
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home Occupation – Type A
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** One Liquor-Primary Establishment and one Licensee Retail Store on Block 9, Plan 72, District Lot 201, NWD, Lots 3,4,5,8 E 36' of Lot 9 & Lot 7, Exc S20' Exc W 33'; One Liquor-Primary Establishment on Lot B, District Lot 210, Group 1, NWD, Reference Plan 78768; One Canada Post Corporation mail sorting depot on Lot 7, Block 10, Plan 72, District Lot 201, Group 1, NWD; Assembly Use on Lot 12, Block 11, Plan NWP72, District Lot 201, NWD, and Lot 11, Block 11, Plan NWP72, District Lot 201, NWD; One Cannabis Retail Use at 2816 St. Johns Street (Plan RP70815, District Lot 201, New West District Parcel A, PID 002-870-355); One Cannabis Retail Use at 3034 St. Johns Street (Strata Lot 2 District Lot 190 Group 1 New Westminster District Strata Plan NW1656); One Cannabis Retail Use at 2343 Clarke Street (Easterly 50 Feet Lot 34 Block 1 District Lot 202 Group 1 New Westminster District Plan 55); Non-Market Housing within the ground level storey at 2340 Clarke Street (East Half of Lot 52 Except Part Subdivided by Plan 908, Block 1, District Lot 202 Group 1 New Westminster District Plan 55)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** n/a
- **Maximum density:** n/a
- **Maximum height:** 9.5 m and 3 storeys
- **Front setback:** n/a
- **Rear setback:** None required, except 3.5 m where the lot abuts or is separated by a lane from a residential zone
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m, or 0.0 m where abutting a commercial zone
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 m (exterior lot line)
- **Other rules:** The ground-level storey must be occupied by permitted commercial or office use; Apartments are only permitted when all off-street parking is underground; 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. 10.3](https://api.ghdcdn.com/portmoody-edocs/v1/eDocs/Get?docnumber=461917#page=106) (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/c3/_