P1: Civic Institutional

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

No homes but an accessory caretaker's (Table 5.3)

Exceptions (2)

• Residential use on one lot the bylaw names, on Mary Hill Road
• A temporary shelter on one lot the bylaw names, on Lougheed Highway

Listed in Table 5.3, Notes 7 and 8 of the bylaw.

Main uses

Civic uses (government offices and operations, schools and colleges, hospitals, community centres, fire halls, libraries, museums and law courts; Section 1), child care, a farmers market (packaged liquor sales by at most 20% of its vendors at a time), offices for non-profit societies, parks and playgrounds, parking lots and structures (at most 95% of the lot), utilities (above ground only inside buildings up to 12 m high); accessory caretaker, hobby beekeeping, restaurant, retail, a liquor lounge with a restaurant (Table 5.3, Notes 3, 4, 9 to 11, 14)

Exceptions (1)

• Retail sales, restaurants, offices and personal services at three sites the bylaw names

Listed in Table 5.3, Note 12 of the bylaw.

Smallest lot for a subdivision

None set for area, width or depth; frontage at least 10% of the lot's perimeter (Table 5.2)

Lot coverage

40%; the zone sets no floor area ratio (Table 5.4)

Height limit

None set in the zone, but above-ground utilities stay inside buildings up to 12 m high (Table 5.4; Table 5.3, Note 4)

Setbacks

Front, sides and rear 6 m (Table 5.4)

The zone is for educational, governmental and institutional uses that provide services (Table 5.1). Most P1 land is schools, City buildings and other public sites, so a lot here is rarely for sale (our reading); ask the City what a lot here may be used for before you buy.

No homes but a caretaker's, so no short-term rental, which the bylaw allows only as a home business in the A and RS zones (Section III, s. 5-4).

Uses the zone doesn't list aren't allowed (Section II, s. 5).

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 Port Coquitlam's development services department before you buy or build.

Source: Section II, Part 5 of City of Port Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw, 2008, No. 3630 (summarised in our words, checked 2026-10-06); zone map: Open Government Licence – City of Port Coquitlam.