---
title: "CS1 zone in Kent: Service Commercial Zone"
place: Kent, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/kent
zone: CS1
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/cs1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kent/zoning/cs1.json"
---

# CS1 zone in Kent: Service Commercial Zone

Vehicular oriented commercial activity for businesses that are auto-dependent.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Vehicular oriented commercial activity for businesses that are auto-dependent.
- **Main uses:** service commercial; off-street parking; restaurant
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** accessory building; unenclosed storage; off-street loading
- **Minimum lot area:** 0.4 hectares (1 acre) (commercial outdoor recreation); 700 square metres (7,500 square feet) (all other uses)
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 metres (100 feet)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** not regulated
- **Maximum density:** not regulated
- **Maximum height:** 12 metres (40 feet)
- **Front setback:** not regulated
- **Rear setback:** not regulated
- **Interior side setback:** not regulated
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 metres (10 feet)
- **Other rules:** Unenclosed storage must be screened on all sides by a landscape screen 1.5 metres (5 feet) to 1.8 metres (6 feet) high

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1219, 2001 (consolidated October 6, 2025), s. 9.7.3](https://media-003-ca.cdn.govstack.com/kentbc-ca/media/5aefsox2/zoning-bylaw_consolidated-october-6-2025.pdf#page=128) (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/cs1/_