---
title: "M3 zone in Kent: Special Industrial Zone"
place: Kent, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/kent
zone: M3
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/m3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kent/zoning/m3.json"
---

# M3 zone in Kent: Special Industrial Zone

Industrial uses that may have the potential to be environmentally incompatible with residential and commercial uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Industrial uses that may have the potential to be environmentally incompatible with residential and commercial uses.
- **Main uses:** industrial; manufacturing; thermal reduction; tank vehicle storage; cannabis cultivation facility
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** accessory building; off-street loading; unenclosed storage; off-street parking
- **Minimum lot area:** 8,000 square metres (2 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: salvage yard, manufacturing of fertilizer; Lots next to residential land need a landscape screen at least 3.0 metres (10 feet) wide

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1219, 2001 (consolidated October 6, 2025), s. 9.8.3](https://media-003-ca.cdn.govstack.com/kentbc-ca/media/5aefsox2/zoning-bylaw_consolidated-october-6-2025.pdf#page=149) (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/m3/_