The City of Port Coquitlam’s 2005 Official Community Plan (OCP) designates lands with watercourses as Development Permit Areas for the purposes of protecting the natural environment and protecting development from hazardous conditions. No filling, alteration or damage to any watercourse, ditch or adjacent environmentally sensitive lands can occur in a designated development permit area unless the owner first obtains a Watercourse Development Permit (Watercourse DP) or an exemption from Watercourse DP requirements from the City.

Watercourse DP areas are designated in the OCP to protect the natural environment. The goal is to conserve and restore riparian and associated areas while recognizing that these areas provide public and private amenities such as trails and private yards.

The objectives of the watercourse DP Area designations are:

• Protect and conserve natural environments, ecosystems and biological diversity of watercourses
• Restore or enhance these habitats to an ecologically healthy condition
• Maintain drainage and flood protection function of watercourses
• Facilitate development compatible with the conservation of the watercourse
• Regulate development activities within and near watercourses.

For further information please consult the attached Guide to Watercourse Development Permits and Development Fee Schedule or contact the Planning Division at 604.927.5442.


Contact
Planning Division
Tel 604.927.5442
Fax 604.927.5404
Email planning@portcoquitlam.ca

Location
City Hall Annex (Above the Bank of Montreal)
200-2564 Shaughnessy St
Port Coquitlam BC  V3C 3G4

Mailing Address
Planning Division
2580 Shaughnessy St
Port Coquitlam BC  V3C 2A8

Hours of Business
8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays)

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