---
title: "PU-3 zone in Cumberland: Utility and Services"
place: Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/cumberland
zone: PU-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/pu-3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cumberland/zoning/pu-3.json"
---

# PU-3 zone in Cumberland: Utility and Services

Emergency and protective services operations and public and private utilities.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Emergency and protective services operations and public and private utilities.
- **Main uses:** Emergency and Protective Services; Utilities
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Buildings and Structures; Caretaker Suite; Container; Education Services; Health Services; Parking Lot
- **Minimum lot area:** 325 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 9.0 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 65% (75% including impermeable surfaces)
- **Maximum density:** 1 dwelling unit per lot (as a caretaker suite); FAR 1.5
- **Maximum height:** 10.0 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 m
- **Front setback:** 3.5 m (Shown once across the PU-2 and PU-3 columns; the minimum is 0.0 m for the lots at 2673 Dunsmuir Avenue and 2757 Dunsmuir Avenue.)
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m (Shown once across the PU-2 and PU-3 columns.)
- **Street side setback:** 3.5 m (Shown once across the PU-2 and PU-3 columns.)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 3.5 m, rear 1.5 m, side 1.5 m, exterior side 3.5 m
- **Other rules:** Accessory buildings: combined maximum floor area 10% of lot area

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1238, 2025 (consolidated July 27, 2026), s. 13.1](https://cumberland.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Bylaw-1238-consolidated_27Jul2026_nav.pdf#page=115) (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/pu-3/_