---
title: "P1 zone in Port Moody: Civic Institutional"
place: Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-moody
zone: P1
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/p1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/p1.json"
---

# P1 zone in Port Moody: Civic Institutional

To provide for government, administrative, recreational, cultural and related public services and facilities, and for public land for educational, park, cultural, non-market housing and recreational needs.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** To provide for government, administrative, recreational, cultural and related public services and facilities, and for public land for educational, park, cultural, non-market housing and recreational needs.
- **Main uses:** Child Care; Civic Use; Fish Hatchery; Park; Non-Market Housing
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Caretaker Dwelling Unit; Liquor-Primary Establishment; Restaurant; Retail Food Service; Retail Use (Accessory commercial use must serve the same clientele as the main Principal Use.)
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** One liquor-primary establishment on Lot C, Plan 39604, District Lot 191, NWD, Except Plan LMP 13046, Blks F, G & Rem 1, Plan 7000, Lots 1 and 2, Blk 1, Plan 9049, Blk H, SK 5431 (Pipeline Reserve); One Restaurant in the northwest corner of the Remainder of Lot 4, District Lot 201, Group 1, NWD, Reference Plan 4331 (Rocky Point Park); One commercial radio station on Parcel A, District Lot 191, Group 1, NWD Plan BCP 24977 (PID 026-776-626); Accessory commercial use up to 650m² at the Port Moody Recreation site (Lot 69, District Lots 347 and 191, Group 1, NWD, Plan 62165 and other listed lands)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50%
- **Maximum density:** n/a
- **Maximum height:** 15.0m or 5 Storeys
- **Front setback:** 6.0m
- **Rear setback:** 6.0m
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5m
- **Street side setback:** 3.0m for a Side Yard adjoining the flanking Street
- **Other rules:** Accessory commercial use is limited to 140.0m² of Floor Area (650m² at the Port Moody Recreation site); Minimum lot size is set in the table in section 3.2

## Source

- [City of Port Moody Zoning Bylaw, 2018, No. 2937 (consolidated for convenience, includes amendments to July 14, 2026), s. 13.1](https://api.ghdcdn.com/portmoody-edocs/v1/eDocs/Get?docnumber=461917#page=126) (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/p1/_