{"title":"CH zone in Kent: Highway Commercial Zone","code":"CH","slug":"ch","name":"Highway Commercial Zone","group":"Commercial","section":"9.7.7","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Convenient shopping opportunities for the travelling public, as well as people living near adjacent residential areas.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Convenient shopping opportunities for the travelling public, as well as people living near adjacent residential areas.","quotes":["The purpose of a Highway Commercial (CH) zone is to provide land for convenient shopping","opportunities for the traveling public, as well as people living near adjacent residential areas."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["commercial","restaurant","fueling station"],"note":"Commercial is limited to retail sales, convenience store use, grocery sales, liquor sales and ATM machines.","quotes":["The following principal uses shall be permitted in a CH zone:",".1 commercial",".3 fueling station"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["accessory single dwelling residential","accessory building","off-street loading area","off-street parking"],"note":"Accessory single-dwelling residential is limited to storeys above the first storey of a commercial building.","quotes":["The following auxiliary uses shall be permitted in a CH zone:",".4 accessory single dwelling residential",".6 off-street loading area"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Lot A, Plan EPP126220, District Lot 37: retail cannabis sales permitted"],"quotes":["LOT A, PLAN NUMBER","Permit retail cannabis sales as a"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1,000 square metres (10,765 square feet)","quotes":["Lot Size 1,000 square metres minimum","(10,765 square feet)"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"30 metres (100 feet)","quotes":["Lot Width 30 metres (100 feet) minimum"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40%","quotes":["Site Coverage 40% maximum"]},"max_density":{"value":"Maximum of 2 accessory single-dwelling residential units per building","quotes":["Density Maximum of 2 accessory single-","dwelling residential units per"]},"max_height":{"value":"12 metres (40 feet)","quotes":["Height 12 metres (40 feet) maximum"]},"setback_front":{"value":"3.0 metres (10 feet)","quotes":["front lot line 3.0 metres (10 feet) minimum"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 metres (25 feet)","quotes":["rear lot line 7.5 metres (25 feet) minimum"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3.0 metres (10 feet)","quotes":["interior side lot line 3.0 metres (10 feet) minimum"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 metres (10 feet)","quotes":["exterior side lot line 3.0 metres (10 feet) minimum"]},"other":{"value":["Where adjoining a residential zone, buildings must be screened by a view-obstructing fence at least 2 metres (6.5 feet) high","Accessory single-dwelling residential: 32.5 square metres (350 square feet) minimum plus 14 square metres (150 square feet) per bedroom"],"quotes":["structures shall be screened by a view obstructing fence not less than 2 metres","(6.5 feet) in height along the boundary of the CH zone, which adjoins or abuts","32.5 square metres (350 square","14 square metres (150 square feet)"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 1219, 2001 (consolidated October 6, 2025)","url":"https://media-003-ca.cdn.govstack.com/kentbc-ca/media/5aefsox2/zoning-bylaw_consolidated-october-6-2025.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The District's consolidation is for convenience only and is not a legal document; certified copies of the original bylaws should be consulted. Resource Management Zone (MR) and Resource Management Industrial Zone (MR1) share one section (9.9.1), so they share one line range. The PDF is hosted on the District's website CDN (linked from kentbc.ca)."},"source_url":"https://media-003-ca.cdn.govstack.com/kentbc-ca/media/5aefsox2/zoning-bylaw_consolidated-october-6-2025.pdf#page=136","place":{"path":"ca/bc/kent","name":"Kent","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kent/zoning/ch/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kent/zoning/ch.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kent/zoning/ch.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kent/zoning/index.json"}}