UH zone in Cranbrook: Urban Holding Zone

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

In short

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 (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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