---
title: "R-MH zone in Fernie: Modular Home Residential"
place: Fernie, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/fernie
zone: R-MH
bylaw: "Zoning Bylaw No. 1750 (consolidated to Bylaw 2551; consolidation last updated October 7, 2026)"
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fernie/zoning/r-mh/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fernie/zoning/r-mh.json"
---

# R-MH zone in Fernie: Modular Home Residential

Modular Home subdivisions and rental parks where manufactured or modular homes sit on individual lots with individual service connections.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Modular Home subdivisions and rental parks where manufactured or modular homes sit on individual lots with individual service connections.
- **Main uses:** Modular or Manufactured Homes; Common storage area; Recreation areas; Identification signs; Utility service buildings; Uses permitted under Section 3.3 of the Bylaw
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home occupation; Other uses, buildings and structures accessory to a permitted use
- **Minimum lot area:** Development area 2 ha (Modular Home park or Modular/Manufactured Home subdivision)
- **Minimum lot width:** Park site frontage 8.6 m; subdivided parcel frontage 9.0 m
- **Maximum density:** Modular Home parks 30 units per gross ha; Modular Home subdivision 4 units per lot
- **Maximum height:** 7.6 m
- **Front setback:** 6 m (home on a freehold lot)
- **Rear setback:** 1.5 m, not less than 4.5 m where adjacent to a highway right-of-way other than a lane (home on a freehold lot)
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m (home on a freehold lot)
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m where adjacent to a highway right-of-way other than a lane (home on a freehold lot)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Freehold lot: front 6 m; rear 1.5 m (4.5 m where adjacent to a highway right-of-way other than a lane); side 1.5 m but not less than 10% of the front parcel line length (4.5 m where adjacent to a highway right-of-way other than a lane). Park site: no closer than 1 m to the lot lines
- **Other rules:** Park site setbacks for a Modular Home: 7.6 m from park boundary, 1.8 m from internal roadway, 1.5 m from rear or side Manufactured Home site; Minimum dwelling unit size for a Modular Home is 78.03 m²; Minimum lot size for a park site: 26.5 m deep; subdivided parcel: 37 m deep; All structures at least 22 m from a parcel line abutting Highway 3

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1750 (consolidated to Bylaw 2551; consolidation last updated October 7, 2026), s. 4.2.6](https://fernie.civicweb.net/document/197505/#page=58) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Fernie: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fernie/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/fernie/zoning/r-mh/_