---
title: "CH zone in Kent: Highway Commercial Zone"
place: Kent, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/kent
zone: CH
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1219, 2001 (consolidated October 6, 2025)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kent/zoning/ch/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kent/zoning/ch.json"
---

# CH zone in Kent: Highway Commercial Zone

Convenient shopping opportunities for the travelling public, as well as people living near adjacent residential areas.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Convenient shopping opportunities for the travelling public, as well as people living near adjacent residential areas.
- **Main uses:** commercial; restaurant; fueling station (Commercial is limited to retail sales, convenience store use, grocery sales, liquor sales and ATM machines.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** accessory single dwelling residential; accessory building; off-street loading area; off-street parking (Accessory single-dwelling residential is limited to storeys above the first storey of a commercial building.)
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Lot A, Plan EPP126220, District Lot 37: retail cannabis sales permitted
- **Minimum lot area:** 1,000 square metres (10,765 square feet)
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 metres (100 feet)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40%
- **Maximum density:** Maximum of 2 accessory single-dwelling residential units per building
- **Maximum height:** 12 metres (40 feet)
- **Front setback:** 3.0 metres (10 feet)
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 metres (25 feet)
- **Interior side setback:** 3.0 metres (10 feet)
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 metres (10 feet)
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1219, 2001 (consolidated October 6, 2025), s. 9.7.7](https://media-003-ca.cdn.govstack.com/kentbc-ca/media/5aefsox2/zoning-bylaw_consolidated-october-6-2025.pdf#page=136) (read 2026-11-07)

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