---
title: "CHS zone in Creston: Commercial Highway Service Zone"
place: Creston, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/creston
zone: CHS
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1958, 2022 (consolidated to June 16, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/creston/zoning/chs/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/creston/zoning/chs.json"
---

# CHS zone in Creston: Commercial Highway Service Zone

Primarily service-oriented commercial uses and accessory uses along highway corridors, in addition to general commercial uses

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Primarily service-oriented commercial uses and accessory uses along highway corridors, in addition to general commercial uses
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** 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
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 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)
- **Minimum lot area:** 464 m² (1 hectare for Hotel and Convention Facility)
- **Minimum lot width:** 15 m (30 m for Hotel and Convention Facility)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 75%
- **Maximum density:** 1 dwelling unit per lot, or as set out in Schedule C if existing on August 11, 2015
- **Maximum height:** 12.2 m (14.0 m for Hotel and Convention Centre)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 m (including Hotel and Convention Centre)
- **Front setback:** 6.0 m (including Hotel and Convention Centre)
- **Rear setback:** 4.5 m (including Hotel and Convention Centre)
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m (3.0 m for Hotel and Convention Centre)
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 m (6.0 m for Hotel and Convention Centre)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** 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)
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1958, 2022 (consolidated to June 16, 2026), s. 7.10](https://www.creston.ca/sites/default/files/2026-06/Zoning-1958.pdf#page=46) (read 2026-11-07)

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