{"title":"M1 zone in Kent: Light Industrial Zone","code":"M1","slug":"m1","name":"Light Industrial Zone","group":"Industrial","section":"9.8.1","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Industrial or manufacturing activities that are wholly enclosed and do not conflict with surrounding non-industrial uses.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Industrial or manufacturing activities that are wholly enclosed and do not conflict with surrounding non-industrial uses.","quotes":["The purpose of a Light Industrial (M1) zone is to accommodate industrial or manufacturing","activities that are wholly enclosed and do not conflict with surrounding non-industrial uses."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["industrial","service industrial","warehousing","manufacturing","thermal reduction","public service","tank vehicle storage"],"quotes":["The following principal uses and no others shall be permitted in a M1 zone:",".2 service industrial",".3 warehousing",".5 thermal reduction",".7 tank vehicle storage"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["accessory building","off-street loading","restaurant","unenclosed storage","off-street parking","single-dwelling residential","accessory office","bulk fuel sales and storage use"],"note":"Single-dwelling residential is a caretaker unit inside the main building, up to 90 square metres; restaurant up to 100 square metres and 15 seats; unenclosed storage up to 25% of the lot.","quotes":["The following auxiliary uses shall be permitted in a M1 zone:",".13 single-dwelling residential",".14 accessory office","The following secondary uses shall be permitted in a M1 zone:",".15 bulk fuel sales and storage use","be limited to a maximum floor area of 90 square metres (968.8 feet), adhere to","A restaurant use shall be limited to a maximum gross floor area of 100 square","(a) limited to a maximum of 25% of the lot area."]},"site_specific":{"value":["Lot 43 District Lot 49 Plan 67529: minimum lot size reduced from 1,800 square metres to 1,537 square metres"],"quotes":["Lot 43 District Lot 49 Group 1 Yale","To reduce the minimum lot size from","1,800 square metres to 1,537 square"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1,850 square metres (19,914 square feet) (subdivision)","quotes":["subdivision 1,850 square metres","(19,914 square feet) minimum"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"36 metres (118 feet)","quotes":["Lot Width 36 metres (118 feet) minimum"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"90% (all buildings and structures, including parking spaces, driveways and storage areas)","quotes":["all buildings and structures, 90% maximum","including parking spaces,","driveways and storage areas"]},"max_density":{"value":"not regulated","quotes":["Density not regulated"]},"max_height":{"value":"not regulated","quotes":["Height not regulated"]},"setback_front":{"value":"6.0 metres (20 feet)","quotes":["front lot line 6.0 metres (20 feet) minimum"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"0.0 metres (0.0 feet); 6.0 metres (20 feet) where the rear lot line abuts the CPR railway","quotes":["rear lot line 0.0 metres (0.0 feet)","where a rear lot line abuts the 6.0 metres (20 feet) minimum"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"0.0 metres (0.0 feet)","quotes":["interior lot line 0.0 metres (0.0 feet) minimum"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"6.0 metres (20 feet)","quotes":["exterior lot line 6.0 metres (20 feet) minimum"]},"other":{"value":["Lots next to residential land need a landscape screen at least 3.0 metres (10 feet) wide","Retail sales (display of goods made on site) limited to 20% of gross floor area; retail sales of cannabis not permitted","Industrial uses may not include sawmills, foundries, salvage yards, intensive agricultural, stockyards, abattoirs or kennels"],"quotes":["bordered by a landscape screen of not less than 3.0 metres (10 feet) in width","maximum of twenty percent (20%) of the gross floor area devoted to retail sales","retail sales of cannabis are not permitted.","the operations of sawmills, hammer mills, rolling mills, blast furnaces,","(f) animal pound/kennel"]}},"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=143","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/m1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kent/zoning/m1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kent/zoning/m1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kent/zoning/index.json"}}