{"title":"R-7 zone in Cranbrook: Mobile Home and Single Family Residential Zone","code":"R-7","slug":"r-7","name":"Mobile Home and Single Family Residential Zone","group":"Residential","section":"7.12","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Mobile Home and Residential Zone: single to four family dwellings and mobile homes.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Mobile Home and Residential Zone: single to four family dwellings and mobile homes.","quotes":["MOBILE HOME AND RESIDENTIAL ZONE: R-7"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Single family dwelling","Two family dwelling","Three family dwelling","Four family dwelling","Mobile home","Boarding and lodging","Rest home for not more than six (6) persons under care"],"quotes":["Single family dwelling","Two family dwelling","Three family dwelling","Four family dwelling","Mobile home","Boarding and lodging","Rest home for not more than six (6) persons under care."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home based business","Secondary Suite","Accessory Dwelling Unit","Other uses, buildings and structures accessory to a permitted use"],"quotes":["Home based business","Secondary Suite in accordance with Section 4.17","Accessory Dwelling Unit","Other uses, buildings and structures accessory to a permitted use."]},"site_specific":{"value":["Lot 1, District Lot 30, Kootenay District, Plan 5182: minimum parcel size for subdivision 405 m²"],"quotes":["the minimum parcel size for the subdivision of Lot","1, District Lot 30, Kootenay District, Plan 5182, shall be not less than"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"418.0 m²","quotes":["The minimum parcel size in the R-7 Zone is 418.0 m²."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"Front parcel line at least 1.0 m as written in the bylaw (8.5 m in the bulb of a cul-de-sac)","quotes":["less than 1.0 m in length, except that in the bulb of a cul-de-sac, the","front parcel line shall be not less than 8.5 m in length."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50% of the parcel","quotes":["cover more than 50% of the area of a parcel in the R-"]},"max_density":{"value":"Up to 3 dwelling units on parcels 280 m² or less; up to 4 on larger parcels; one principal use per parcel; one secondary suite per primary dwelling unit; one accessory dwelling unit per parcel","quotes":["A maximum of three (3) dwelling units shall be permitted on parcels 280","A maximum of four (4) dwelling units shall be permitted on parcels","No more than one (1) principal use shall be permitted per parcel.","No more than one (1) secondary suite shall be permitted per primary","No more than one (1) accessory dwelling unit shall be permitted per"]},"max_height":{"value":"7.6 m (mobile home or single family dwelling); 9.0 m (two family dwelling); 11.0 m or 3 storeys, whichever is less (three or four family dwelling)","quotes":["exceeds a height of 7.6 m.","No person shall locate a two family dwelling which exceeds a height of","9.0 m.","which exceeds a height of 11.0 m or three (3) storeys in height,"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m; 7.2 m for an accessory building containing an accessory dwelling unit","quotes":["exceeds a height of 4.5 m.","dwellig unit which exceeds a height of 7.2 metres."]},"setback_front":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["A front yard less than 4.5 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"2.1 m","quotes":["A rear yard less than 2.1 m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"2.1 m (at no point less than 1.5 m on irregular parcels)","quotes":["An interior side yard less than 2.1 m, and in the case of irregular","than 1.5 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["An exterior side yard less than 4.5 m"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front 4.5 m; rear 1.5 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; at least 1.0 m from a principal building. An accessory dwelling unit building: not in the front yard, rear 1.5 m, interior side 1.5 m, exterior side 4.5 m","quotes":["A front yard less than 4.5 m","A rear yard less than 1.5 m and in the case where no developed","rear yard shall be not less than 0.9 m","An interior side yard less than 0.9 m, and in the case of an","interior side yard shall be not less than 2.7 m","With a rear yard less than 1.5 m;","With an interior side yard less than 1.5 m;","Zone within 1.0 m distance from a principal building."]},"other":{"value":["A mobile home must meet or exceed CSA Standard Z-240 and have its running gear removed","Bulk fuel or propane may not be stored within 3.0 m of a mobile home door or within a required yard"],"quotes":["Does not meet or exceed CSA Standard Z-240","Has not had its running gear removed","No person shall store bulk fuel or propane within 3.0 m of a door to a"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 3977, 2019 (consolidated to Bylaw 4258, adopted September 8, 2026)","url":"https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/filepro/documents/573/","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"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."},"source_url":"https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/2015/#page=1","place":{"path":"ca/bc/cranbrook","name":"Cranbrook","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/r-7/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/r-7.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/r-7.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/index.json"}}