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title: "CT2 zone in Kent: Town Centre Commercial and Residential Zone"
place: Kent, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/kent
zone: CT2
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/ct2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kent/zoning/ct2.json"
---

# CT2 zone in Kent: Town Centre Commercial and Residential Zone

The full range of commercial, retail, office, cultural and entertainment needs in the town centre in combination with multiple dwelling residential uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** The full range of commercial, retail, office, cultural and entertainment needs in the town centre in combination with multiple dwelling residential uses.
- **Main uses:** commercial; office; veterinary hospital; entertainment and recreation; civic; assembly; hotel; neighbourhood pub; off-street parking; restaurant; retail cannabis sales; child care centre (Commercial excludes lumber and building supply stores with more than 25% outside storage; hotel only on storeys above the first.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** off-street loading; apartment; accessory single-dwelling residential (Apartment and accessory single-dwelling residential are limited to storeys above the first storey of a commercial building.)
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Lot 1 District Lot 19 Plan EPP12043 (PID 028-591-640): residential density up to 111 units per hectare (45 units per acre) with a $12,000 payment per increased unit; Lot C District Lot 19 Plan BCP3019: residential density up to 64 units per hectare (26 units per acre) with a $12,000 payment per increased unit
- **Minimum lot area:** 1400 square metres (15,070 square feet) (hotel); 900 square metres (9,700 square feet) (apartment); 465 square metres (5,000 square feet) (all other uses)
- **Minimum lot width:** 15 metres (50 feet); 10 metres (33 feet) for the access strip on panhandle lots
- **Maximum lot coverage:** not regulated
- **Maximum density:** 50 units per hectare (20 units per acre) for residential uses (higher on listed lots)
- **Maximum height:** 12 metres (40 feet)
- **Front setback:** not regulated (3.0 metres (10 feet) for storeys above the first storey used for an apartment)
- **Rear setback:** not regulated (9.0 metres (30 feet) for storeys above the first storey used for an apartment)
- **Interior side setback:** not regulated (3.0 metres (10 feet) for storeys above the first storey used for an apartment)
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 metres (10 feet)
- **Other rules:** Apartment floor area: each unit 32.5 square metres (350 square feet) minimum plus 14 square metres (150 square feet) per bedroom; 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. 9.7.2](https://media-003-ca.cdn.govstack.com/kentbc-ca/media/5aefsox2/zoning-bylaw_consolidated-october-6-2025.pdf#page=124) (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/ct2/_