---
title: "UH zone in Cranbrook: Urban Holding Zone"
place: Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/cranbrook
zone: UH
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/uh/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/uh.json"
---

# UH zone in Cranbrook: Urban Holding Zone

Urban Holding Zone: protects land needed for future urban development from premature subdivision and development until it can be serviced.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Urban Holding Zone: protects land needed for future urban development from premature subdivision and development until it can be serviced.
- **Main uses:** Agricultural use, excluding feed lots and the keeping for sale of pigs, sheep, poultry, fur-bearing animals and the raising of mushrooms for sale; Harvesting, transport, and storage of forest resources and silviculture practices; Open space and non-motorized outdoor recreation uses; Kennel; Riding stable
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Other uses, buildings and structures accessory to a permitted use (only one dwelling as an accessory building on a parcel)
- **Minimum lot area:** 8.0 ha
- **Minimum lot width:** Front parcel line at least 100.0 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 10% of the parcel (accessory buildings and structures together no more than 185.0 m2)
- **Maximum density:** One permitted use per parcel
- **Maximum height:** 7.6 m (principal and accessory buildings)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 7.6 m (same limit as principal buildings)
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 9.0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 7.5 m (side yard)
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m (side yard)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 7.5 m, rear 9.0 m, side 7.5 m; at least 1.0 m from a principal building
- **Other rules:** A mobile home is a prohibited use; Animal buildings, pens, runs, kennels, troughs and manure piles must be at least 30.0 m from all lot lines; Parcels under 8.0 ha existing when the land comes under the bylaw are deemed conforming

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 3977, 2019 (consolidated to Bylaw 4258, adopted September 8, 2026), s. 7.29](https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/2037/#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/uh/_