{"title":"CT1 zone in Kent: Town Centre Commercial Zone","code":"CT1","slug":"ct1","name":"Town Centre Commercial Zone","group":"Commercial","section":"9.7.1","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"A concentrated range of commercial, retail, office, cultural and entertainment uses in the town centre, in an intensive pedestrian oriented environment.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"A concentrated range of commercial, retail, office, cultural and entertainment uses in the town centre, in an intensive pedestrian oriented environment.","quotes":["The purpose of a Town Centre Commercial (CT1) zone is to provide for a concentrated range of","commercial, retail, office, cultural and entertainment needs in the town center to serve the","residents at the community level, in an intensive pedestrian oriented environment."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["commercial","office","civic","assembly","off-street parking","restaurant","retail cannabis sales","child care centre"],"note":"Commercial excludes automobile sales, and lumber and building supply stores with more than 25% outside storage.","quotes":["The following principal uses shall be permitted in a CT1 zone:",".1 commercial",".7 retail cannabis sales",".8 child care centre","building supply stores with more than 25% outside storage."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["off-street loading","accessory single-dwelling residential"],"note":"Accessory single-dwelling residential is limited to the second storey of a commercial building.","quotes":["The following auxiliary uses shall be permitted in a CT1 zone:",".7 off-street loading",".8 accessory single-dwelling residential"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"465 square metres (5,000 square feet)","quotes":["Lot Size 465 square metres (5,000 square"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15 metres (50 feet)","quotes":["Lot Width 15 metres (50 feet) minimum"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"80% minimum (all buildings and structures)","quotes":["all buildings and structures 80% minimum"]},"max_density":{"value":"not regulated","quotes":["Density not regulated"]},"max_height":{"value":"12 metres (40 feet)","quotes":["Height 12 metres (40 feet) maximum"]},"other":{"value":["Retail cannabis sales: not within 125 metres of any public or private school or 200 metres from any child care centre; limited to one site in the CT1 and CT2 zones"],"quotes":["not be located on a lot within 125 metres of any public or private school and","200 metres from any child care centre.","Be limited to one site within the Town Centre Commercial Zones (CT1"]}},"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=122","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/ct1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kent/zoning/ct1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kent/zoning/ct1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kent/zoning/index.json"}}