P-4 zone in Cranbrook: Special Institutional Zone

Cranbrook, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

Special Institutional Zone: group homes and supportive housing.

Zone rules

Purpose	Special Institutional Zone: group homes and supportive housing.
Main uses	Group home Supportive Housing, on Lot 1, District Lot 4, Kootenay District Plan 13155
Also allowed (secondary uses)	Supportive Services, accessory to the Supportive Housing use Uses, buildings and structures accessory to a permitted use
Extra uses on specific lots	Lot 1, District Lot 4, Kootenay District Plan 13155: Supportive Housing Lot 1, District Lot 2871, Kootenay District Plan 17851 (PID 010846824): Standalone Solar Energy Device front yard 1.2 m
Minimum lot area	1858.0 m²
Minimum lot width	Front parcel line at least 15.0 m
Maximum lot coverage	40% of the parcel
Maximum height	7.6 m
Maximum height, accessory buildings	4.5 m
Front setback	6.0 m (1.2 m for a Standalone Solar Energy Device on Lot 1, District Lot 2871, Plan 17851)
Rear setback	6.0 m
Interior side setback	2.1 m (at no point less than 1.5 m on irregular parcels)
Street side setback	4.5 m
Accessory building setbacks	front 6.0 m; rear 2.1 m (0.9 m where no developed rear lane exists); interior side 0.9 m (one side at least 2.7 m on an interior parcel with no developed rear lane); exterior side 4.5 m
Other rules	Wrecking and repair of vehicles or storage of derelict vehicles not allowed, except one derelict vehicle outside the front yard Land not occupied by buildings, structures and parking must be landscaped and maintained

Source: Zoning Bylaw No. 3977, 2019 (consolidated to Bylaw 4258, adopted September 8, 2026), s. 7.26 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. The City publishes the bylaw as one PDF per Part (zone text is in Parts 7.03 to 7.32; each zone's source_url is its Part). The consolidation is for convenience purposes only and is not a legal document; the original bylaws prevail. Bylaw 4161, 2024 (June 10, 2024) replaced RS with R-1 and deleted the old R-1, RD, R-2, R-3A and CD-8 sections. The Part 7.01 file on the City's site still lists the old zone names, and the deleted Parts are not posted, so those zones are not listed here. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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