RT-2: Townhouse Residential

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

Townhouses; the number of homes is set by the floor area ratio, not a count; lock-off units only in the Evergreen Line station areas (Schedule O) (ss. 1007(2), (9))

Main uses

Townhouses, boarding, home occupations, residents' workshops and social and recreation space, child care, accessory institutional support services, lock-off units (s. 1007(2))

Smallest lot for a subdivision

1,110 m² for townhouses (s. 1007(4))

Exceptions (1)

• 330 m² on the lots in the Burian Drive overlay (Schedule L)

Listed in s. 1007(4)(b) of the bylaw.

Lot coverage

45% (s. 1007(6))

Height limit

Townhouses three storeys on any face; detached accessory buildings 3.7 m, 4.6 m with a roof of 4 in 12 or steeper, or two storeys for a shared indoor amenity building (s. 1007(10))

Setbacks

Townhouses and attached accessory buildings: 4.0 m from a street, rear 7.6 m (4.5 m on a lane; 3.0 m beside land the Official Community Plan designates park, open space or natural area), sides 1.8 m. Detached accessory buildings at least 1.6 m from a home: front 7.6 m, rear and sides 1.2 m, street side 3.8 m (s. 1007(8))

Floor area ratio 0.9, rising by up to 0.2 with concealed parking to at most 1.1 (s. 1007(5)).

Townhouse buildings at most 55 m long, with breaks where they pass 37 m (s. 1007(11)). Each home needs its own door to the ground, at least 37 m² of private outdoor space and 5.0 m² of shared amenity space (s. 1007(13)).

Parking: two spaces a home, at most a third of them in tandem (s. 706(1)).

Subdivision without City water and sewer: at least 1.25 ha (0.4 ha with City water but no sewer) (s. 602(2)). The Approving Officer may cut the zone's minimum width by up to 10% for the last lot of a subdivision (s. 603(2)).

Boarding: at most two boarders in a home; a bed and breakfast counts as boarding, for one family or two boarders, inside the building (s. 508(1)).

Home occupations: licensed, run by someone who lives there with at most one employee from elsewhere, indoors, at most 40% of the home's floor area, no sales of goods made elsewhere and nothing that shows from outside but a small sign (s. 508(3)).

Tourist accommodation (stays of 60 days or less) isn't a residential use under the bylaw (Part 2) and isn't listed in this zone; a bed and breakfast counts as boarding (above). Ask the City whether and how a home here may be rented by the night.

Parts 2 to 7 of the bylaw also apply: setbacks can grow for arterial roads, flood and slope protection and streamside areas (ss. 518, 519, 523) or shrink for allowed projections (s. 514); Part 7 sets parking.

Site-specific exceptions listed in the bylaw by legal description can add or change uses for one property, and development permit areas, the ALR and building rules apply on top. Confirm with the City of Coquitlam's planning and development department before you buy or build.

Source: Section 1007 of City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 (summarised in our words, checked 2026-10-05); zone map: Open Government Licence – Coquitlam.