A1: Acreage Reserve

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

One house, which may hold a secondary suite (or boarders, or a community care home, instead) (s. 8.1.2). The zone lists neither small-scale multi-unit housing nor an additional dwelling unit

Main uses

A house; with it, one of child care or a home-based business, one of boarding, a secondary suite or community care, and supportive recovery (s. 8.1.2)

Smallest lot for a subdivision

8.0 ha, 15.0 m wide (s. 3.2)

Lot coverage

40% for all buildings (s. 8.1.3)

Height limit

House 10.5 m or 3 storeys, whichever is less; accessory buildings 4.5 m (s. 8.1.3)

Setbacks

7.5 m from the front, sides and rear for every building; accessory buildings behind the house (s. 8.1.3)

The zone is for lots that need more detailed planning before their development capability is settled (s. 8.1.1); a rezoning is the usual next step (our reading), so ask the City what it expects before you buy.

Parking: driveway and parking at most half the front yard (s. 8.1.5); spaces as s. 6.3 sets.

Short-term rental (stays under 90 days) only in the host's principal residence and only as part of a bed and breakfast or boarding (ss. 4, 5.2.5, 5.2.6); this zone lists boarding (at most 2 boarders, inside the house) but not bed and breakfast, so ask the City before renting by the night.

Homes only on a lot served by a community water system and a community sewer system (s. 5.1.2(e)).

A secondary suite is a home inside a building that holds only one other home, the two forming one property; it needs its own parking space (ss. 4, 5.2.7, 6.3).

Home office (type A): residents only, no customer visits or signs. Home-based business (type B): residents and up to 2 employees, at most 50 m², not with bed and breakfast, boarding or child care. A low-impact business (type C), with one client at a time and at most 5 visits a day, is allowed wherever homes are (s. 5.2.3).

Child care: at most 10 children in a single detached zone; in a multi-residential zone 5 in any home and 25 in one facility (s. 5.2.8). Supportive recovery: at most 10 residents under a housing agreement, 200 m from schools, child care and other such homes, not with boarders, child care, an additional dwelling unit, a home occupation or a secondary suite (s. 5.2.9).

Mechanical equipment such as heat pumps 1.8 m from interior lot lines; fences 1.2 m in the front yard, 2.0 m behind the house; no shipping containers (ss. 5.2.12, 5.2.15, 5.2.17).

Lots listed in Schedule B have their own site-specific rules; ask the City whether this lot is one.

Gaming, firearms sales, adult entertainment, pawnbrokers and medical cannabis production are prohibited in every zone (s. 5.1.2).

Sections 5 (general regulations) and 6 (parking) of the bylaw also apply, and 5.2.10 for landscaping.

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 Moody's planning department before you buy or build.

Source: Section 8.1 of City of Port Moody Zoning Bylaw, 2018, No. 2937 (summarised in our words, checked 2026-10-06); zone map: Open Government Licence – Port Moody.