---
title: "RL zone in Kent: Lake Area Residential Zone"
place: Kent, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/kent
zone: RL
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/rl/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kent/zoning/rl.json"
---

# RL zone in Kent: Lake Area Residential Zone

Single family development along Harrison Lake and Rockwell Drive on lots not less than 400 square metres (4,300 square feet) with an approved community water and sewer system.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Single family development along Harrison Lake and Rockwell Drive on lots not less than 400 square metres (4,300 square feet) with an approved community water and sewer system.
- **Main uses:** single-dwelling residential
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** accessory building; secondary suite; home occupation; short-term commercial accommodation (guest unit); short-term commercial accommodation (principal residence)
- **Minimum lot area:** 400 square metres (4,300 square feet) with community water and sewer and on a bare land strata lot; 550 square metres (5,920 square feet) with community water and sewer; 0.2 hectares (0.5 acres) with community water or sewer; 2.0 hectares (5 acres) without community water
- **Minimum lot width:** 18.0 metres (59 feet)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40% (all buildings and structures)
- **Maximum density:** 25 units per hectare (10 units per acre)
- **Maximum height:** 9.0 metres (30 feet) (single-dwelling residential and two-dwelling residential)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.0 metres (13 feet) (lots less than 1,000 square metres); 6.0 metres (19 feet) (lots greater than 1,000 square metres)
- **Front setback:** 6.0 metres (20 feet)
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 metres (25 feet); 5.5 metres (18 feet) on a bare land strata lot
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 metres (5 feet)
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 metres (15 feet); 3.0 metres (10 feet) on a bare land strata lot
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 6.0 m (20 feet), rear 1.5 m (5 feet), exterior side 3.0 m (10 feet), interior side 1.5 m (5 feet)
- **Other rules:** No more than one single-dwelling residential use and one accessory building on any one lot; Single-dwelling residential only in a site built house or a manufactured home

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1219, 2001 (consolidated October 6, 2025), s. 9.3.1](https://media-003-ca.cdn.govstack.com/kentbc-ca/media/5aefsox2/zoning-bylaw_consolidated-october-6-2025.pdf#page=102) (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/rl/_