---
title: "R-7 zone in Cranbrook: Mobile Home and Single Family Residential Zone"
place: Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/cranbrook
zone: R-7
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 3977, 2019 (consolidated to Bylaw 4258, adopted September 8, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/r-7/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/r-7.json"
---

# R-7 zone in Cranbrook: Mobile Home and Single Family Residential Zone

Mobile Home and Residential Zone: single to four family dwellings and mobile homes.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Mobile Home and Residential Zone: single to four family dwellings and mobile homes.
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home based business; Secondary Suite; Accessory Dwelling Unit; Other uses, buildings and structures accessory to a permitted use
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Lot 1, District Lot 30, Kootenay District, Plan 5182: minimum parcel size for subdivision 405 m²
- **Minimum lot area:** 418.0 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** Front parcel line at least 1.0 m as written in the bylaw (8.5 m in the bulb of a cul-de-sac)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50% of the parcel
- **Maximum density:** 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
- **Maximum height:** 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)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 m; 7.2 m for an accessory building containing an accessory dwelling unit
- **Front setback:** 4.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 2.1 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 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
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 3977, 2019 (consolidated to Bylaw 4258, adopted September 8, 2026), s. 7.12](https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/2015/#page=1) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Cranbrook: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/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/cranbrook/zoning/r-7/_