{"title":"CHS zone in Creston: Commercial Highway Service Zone","code":"CHS","slug":"chs","name":"Commercial Highway Service Zone","group":"Commercial","section":"7.10","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Primarily service-oriented commercial uses and accessory uses along highway corridors, in addition to general commercial uses","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Primarily service-oriented commercial uses and accessory uses along highway corridors, in addition to general commercial uses","quotes":["The intent of this Zone is to allow primarily service oriented commercial uses and Accessory uses to locate","along highway corridors, in addition to general commercial uses."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Animal service","Auction sales (excluding livestock)","Bulk petroleum sales and service, including propane","Building services","Business or professional office","Campground, in accordance with Campground Bylaw No. 1149, 1990","Cannabis analytical testing","Cannabis cultivation","Cannabis nursery","Cannabis processing, micro","Car wash","Food processing, storage and sales","Food and beverage service - liquor primary","Food and beverage service - food primary (including catering)","Gas station","Greenhouse - commercial","Health and medical services","Hardware and building materials sales","Hotel and convention facility","Indoor recreation or entertainment","Light manufacturing","Liquor manufacturing, minor","Medical marihuana production facility","Mixed-use limited to the owner, operator or caretaker of the non-residential principal use","Multi-family dwelling, if existing on August 11, 2015 (see Schedule C)","Outdoor recreation or entertainment","Personal service establishment","Printing or publishing","Recycling facility","Retail medical cannabis sales","Retail store","Self-storage","Single family dwelling, if existing on August 11, 2015 (see Schedule C)","Small engine repair","Tourist accommodation or services","Transportation services","Vehicle sales, service or repair","Warehousing or wholesale","Mobile food vendor","Mobile retail vendor"],"quotes":["Animal service.","Auction sales (excluding livestock).","Bulk petroleum sales and service, including","Building services.","Business or professional office.","Campground, in accordance with","Campground Bylaw No. 1149, 1990, as","Cannabis analytical testing.","Cannabis cultivation.","Cannabis nursery.","Cannabis processing, micro.","Car wash.","Food processing, storage and sales.","Gas station.","Greenhouse - commercial.","Health and medical services.","Hardware and building materials sales.","Hotel and convention facility.","Indoor recreation or entertainment.","Light manufacturing.","Liquor manufacturing, minor.","Medical marihuana production facility.","Mixed-use limited to the owner, operator or","Multi-family dwelling, if existing on August","11, 2015 (see Schedule C).","Outdoor recreation or entertainment.","Personal service establishment.","Printing or publishing.","Recycling facility.","Retail medical cannabis sales.","Retail store.","Self-storage.","Single family dwelling, if existing on","Small engine repair.","Tourist accommodation or services.","Transportation services.","Vehicle sales, service or repair.","Warehousing or wholesale.","Mobile food vendor. BL#1986","Mobile retail vendor. BL#1986"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory building","Community care facility (only within a Single family dwelling)","Home occupation","Screened outdoor storage","Single family dwelling (owner, operator or caretaker of the principal use)","Short term rental"],"quotes":["Accessory building.","Community care facility, only within a","Home occupation.","Screened outdoor storage.","Single family dwelling, limited to the owner,","Short term rental. BL#1977"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Monthly residential unit rentals of existing motel units, only at 1441 Northwest Boulevard (Lot 2, District Lot 892, Plan 4260)","Towing service, only at 1639 Northwest Boulevard (Lot 1, District Lot 892, Plan 7477)"],"quotes":["Monthly residential unit rentals of existing","located at 1441 Northwest Boulevard,","Towing service, specific only to the","property located at 1639 Northwest"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"464 m² (1 hectare for Hotel and Convention Facility)","quotes":["Minimum Lot Area: 464 sq. m.","1 hectare"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15 m (30 m for Hotel and Convention Facility)","quotes":["Minimum Lot Frontage: 15m","Except Hotel and Convention Facility: 30m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"75%","quotes":["Maximum Lot Coverage: 75%"]},"max_density":{"value":"1 dwelling unit per lot, or as set out in Schedule C if existing on August 11, 2015","quotes":["Maximum Density: 1 Dwelling unit per","Lot, or as specified in Schedule C, if","existing on August 11, 2015."]},"max_height":{"value":"12.2 m (14.0 m for Hotel and Convention Centre)","quotes":["Principal 12.2m Accessory 4.5m","Principal 14.0m buildings 4.5m"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m (including Hotel and Convention Centre)","quotes":["Principal 12.2m Accessory 4.5m","Principal 14.0m buildings 4.5m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"6.0 m (including Hotel and Convention Centre)","quotes":["6.0m 6.0m","6.0 m 6.0 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"4.5 m (including Hotel and Convention Centre)","quotes":["Rear lot line 4.5m","Rear lot line 4.5 m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.5 m (3.0 m for Hotel and Convention Centre)","quotes":["1.5m 1.5m","3.0 m side lot 3.0 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 m (6.0 m for Hotel and Convention Centre)","quotes":["xterior 3.0m","6.0 m 6.0 m"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"Same as principal buildings for each category (front 6.0 m, rear 4.5 m, interior side 1.5 m, exterior side 3.0 m; Hotel and Convention Centre: 6.0 m, 4.5 m, 3.0 m, 6.0 m)","quotes":["Accessory buildings","6.0m 6.0m","Rear lot line 4.5m","1.5m 1.5m","xterior 3.0m","6.0 m 6.0 m","3.0 m side lot 3.0 m"]},"other":{"value":["Where a lot abuts a residential zone, no building or structure may be less than 4.5 m from the boundary with the residential zone","Where a lot abuts a railway corridor at the rear lot line, a loading dock may be 0.0 m from the rear lot line","Campgrounds must follow Campground Bylaw No. 1149, 1990"],"quotes":["than 4.5m from the Lot boundary abutting the","a loading dock may be located 0.0m","Campground Bylaw No. 1149, 1990, as"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 1958, 2022 (consolidated to June 16, 2026)","url":"https://www.creston.ca/sites/default/files/2026-06/Zoning-1958.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The R2 (Residential - Zero Lot Line) zone is shown in the bylaw as \"DELETED BL#2007\", so it is not listed."},"source_url":"https://www.creston.ca/sites/default/files/2026-06/Zoning-1958.pdf#page=46","place":{"path":"ca/bc/creston","name":"Creston","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/creston/zoning/chs/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/creston/zoning/chs.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/creston/zoning/chs.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/creston/zoning/index.json"}}