---
title: "R-8 zone in Cranbrook: Mobile Home Park Residential Zone"
place: Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/cranbrook
zone: R-8
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-8/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/r-8.json"
---

# R-8 zone in Cranbrook: Mobile Home Park Residential Zone

Mobile Home Park Residential Zone: mobile home parks.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Mobile Home Park Residential Zone: mobile home parks.
- **Main uses:** Mobile home park; Mobile home; Boarding and lodging (Permitted only in a mobile home park.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home based business; Single family dwelling; Common storage area; Other uses, buildings and structures accessory to a permitted use
- **Minimum lot area:** 2.0 ha for the park; mobile home spaces at least 325.0 m²; accessory single family dwelling space at least 418.0 m²
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40% of a mobile home space
- **Maximum density:** 20 mobile homes per gross hectare; one mobile home per space (groups may share a combined space); one accessory single family dwelling space per park
- **Maximum height:** 7.6 m (mobile home or accessory single family dwelling)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 6.0 m (and not higher than the mobile home where on the same space)
- **Front setback:** 7.6 m from the park boundary abutting a highway
- **Rear setback:** 3.0 m from a rear parcel line other than a highway
- **Interior side setback:** 3.0 m from a side parcel line
- **Accessory building setbacks:** common-use accessory buildings at least 6.7 m from a mobile home space (as written); other accessory buildings at least 1.0 m from a mobile home space
- **Other rules:** Mobile homes must be at least 1.5 m from an internal access road and 4.0 m from any other mobile home, single family dwelling or structure; Floor level may not be more than 0.6 m above the ground; At least 5% of the gross site area must be common recreation space; Where no fence or landscape screen is provided, a 7.6 m buffer zone is required on all sides of the park

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 3977, 2019 (consolidated to Bylaw 4258, adopted September 8, 2026), s. 7.13](https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/2016/#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-8/_