---
title: "MU-3 zone in Cumberland: Coal Valley Estates Mixed-Use"
place: Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/cumberland
zone: MU-3
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1238, 2025 (consolidated July 27, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cumberland/zoning/mu-3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cumberland/zoning/mu-3.json"
---

# MU-3 zone in Cumberland: Coal Valley Estates Mixed-Use

Implements a Comprehensive Development Agreement for a mixed-use node in the Coal Valley area.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Implements a Comprehensive Development Agreement for a mixed-use node in the Coal Valley area.
- **Main uses:** Care Facility, Child; Care Facility, Community; Dwelling Units; Food Services; Health Services; Licensed Premises; Personal Services; Professional Services, Internal-Facing; Professional Services, Public-Facing; Recreation Services, Indoor; Retail Sales (Dwelling units must be above, below or to the rear of a non-residential use on the first storey.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Buildings and Structures; Agriculture, Urban; Care Facility, Licence-Not-Required; Caretaker Suite; Farmer’s Market; Home Occupation (Minor); Home Occupation (Standard); Home Occupation (Bed and Breakfast Accommodation); Parking Lot; Secondary Suite; Storage, Outdoor
- **Minimum lot area:** 550 m² (one detached dwelling unit; 450 m² for up to 50% of lots in a subdivision); 800 m² (three or more attached dwelling units); 2,000 m² (all other uses)
- **Minimum lot width:** 15.0 m (one detached dwelling unit); 20.0 m (three or more attached dwelling units)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 35% (one detached dwelling unit); 65% (three or more attached dwelling units); 80% (all other uses)
- **Maximum density:** 263 dwelling units in buildings with one detached dwelling unit; 592 in buildings with two or more attached dwelling units; 15 caretaker suites
- **Maximum height:** 15.0 m (10.0 m for a residential building of four or fewer dwelling units)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 m
- **Front setback:** 4.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 4.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 3.0 m, rear 1.5 m, side 1.5 m, exterior side 3.0 m
- **Other rules:** Community care facility: maximum floor area 13,900.0 m²; all other non-residential uses 7,900.0 m² (any one non-residential use 371.6 m²); Food services: maximum floor area 150.0 m²; retail sales 300.0 m²; Setback from all lot lines for food services, health services and licensed premises: 7.5 m; Accessory buildings: combined maximum floor area 50.0 m² or 10% of lot area, whichever is less

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1238, 2025 (consolidated July 27, 2026), s. 11.1](https://cumberland.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Bylaw-1238-consolidated_27Jul2026_nav.pdf#page=101) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Cumberland: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cumberland/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/cumberland/zoning/mu-3/_