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title: "CT1 zone in Kent: Town Centre Commercial Zone"
place: Kent, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/kent
zone: CT1
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/ct1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kent/zoning/ct1.json"
---

# CT1 zone in Kent: Town Centre Commercial Zone

A concentrated range of commercial, retail, office, cultural and entertainment uses in the town centre, in an intensive pedestrian oriented environment.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** A concentrated range of commercial, retail, office, cultural and entertainment uses in the town centre, in an intensive pedestrian oriented environment.
- **Main uses:** commercial; office; civic; assembly; off-street parking; restaurant; retail cannabis sales; child care centre (Commercial excludes automobile sales, and lumber and building supply stores with more than 25% outside storage.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** off-street loading; accessory single-dwelling residential (Accessory single-dwelling residential is limited to the second storey of a commercial building.)
- **Minimum lot area:** 465 square metres (5,000 square feet)
- **Minimum lot width:** 15 metres (50 feet)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 80% minimum (all buildings and structures)
- **Maximum density:** not regulated
- **Maximum height:** 12 metres (40 feet)
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1219, 2001 (consolidated October 6, 2025), s. 9.7.1](https://media-003-ca.cdn.govstack.com/kentbc-ca/media/5aefsox2/zoning-bylaw_consolidated-october-6-2025.pdf#page=122) (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/ct1/_