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title: "X zone in Cranbrook: Adult Oriented Activity Zone"
place: Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/cranbrook
zone: X
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 3977, 2019 (consolidated to Bylaw 4258, adopted September 8, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/x/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/x.json"
---

# X zone in Cranbrook: Adult Oriented Activity Zone

Adult Oriented Activity Zone: allows adult oriented businesses in appropriate locations.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Adult Oriented Activity Zone: allows adult oriented businesses in appropriate locations.
- **Main uses:** Adult entertainment use; Adult entertainment parlour; Adult arcade; Adult motion picture studio; Adult motion picture theatre; Adult video stores; Body rub parlour; Escort service; Adult retail outlet / bookstore
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Office accessory to a permitted use; Enclosed storage use accessory to a permitted use (No accessory buildings or structures are permitted in this zone.)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 70%
- **Maximum height:** The lesser of 9.0 m or two storeys
- **Front setback:** 6.0 m
- **Rear setback:** 6.0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 m (corner lot, flanking street)
- **Other rules:** Not allowed within 1,000.0 m of a school, 500.0 m of a child care facility, day care or nursery school, or 150.0 m of another adult entertainment use; Not allowed within 250.0 m of a park, residential zone or dwelling, church, club, or funeral home; Signs limited to identifying the premises, with no additional external advertising; No accessory buildings or structures are permitted

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 3977, 2019 (consolidated to Bylaw 4258, adopted September 8, 2026), s. 7.32](https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/2040/#page=1) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Cranbrook: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/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/cranbrook/zoning/x/_