---
title: "M2 zone in Kent: Heavy Industrial Zone"
place: Kent, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/kent
zone: M2
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/m2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kent/zoning/m2.json"
---

# M2 zone in Kent: Heavy Industrial Zone

A full range of industrial activities in suitable locations, compatible with surrounding areas.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** A full range of industrial activities in suitable locations, compatible with surrounding areas.
- **Main uses:** industrial; manufacturing; thermal reduction; tank vehicle storage
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** accessory building; off-street loading; unenclosed storage; accessory office; off-street parking; restaurant; single-dwelling residential (Single-dwelling residential is a caretaker unit inside the main building, up to 90 square metres (968.8 square feet).)
- **Minimum lot area:** 4,000 square metres (1 acre) (subdivision)
- **Minimum lot width:** 61 metres (200 feet)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 70% (all buildings and structures)
- **Maximum density:** not regulated
- **Maximum height:** not regulated
- **Front setback:** 6.0 metres (20 feet)
- **Rear setback:** 6.0 metres (20 feet)
- **Interior side setback:** 6.0 metres (20 feet)
- **Street side setback:** 6.0 metres (20 feet)
- **Other rules:** Not permitted: intensive agricultural, repairing and salvaging of motor vehicles and recreational vehicles, manufacturing of fertilizer; Lots next to residential land need a landscape screen at least 3.0 metres (10 feet) wide; Unenclosed storage: up to 30% of the lot, enclosed by a wall or fence at least 2.0 metres (6.5 feet) high

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1219, 2001 (consolidated October 6, 2025), s. 9.8.2](https://media-003-ca.cdn.govstack.com/kentbc-ca/media/5aefsox2/zoning-bylaw_consolidated-october-6-2025.pdf#page=146) (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/m2/_