{"title":"R2 zone in Merritt: Residential Mobile Home","code":"R2","slug":"r2","name":"Residential Mobile Home","group":"Residential","section":"7.4","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Single-wide or double-wide Mobile Home units on serviced parcels; Mobile Homes must meet CSA Z-240 MH standards and be built in 2005 or later.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Single-wide or double-wide Mobile Home units on serviced parcels; Mobile Homes must meet CSA Z-240 MH standards and be built in 2005 or later.","quotes":["The Residential Mobile Home Zone is intended for the development of single-wide or","align with CSA Z-240 MH standards and be constructed in 2005 or later. The R2 zone"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Mobile Home"],"quotes":["a. Mobile Home"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Building","Home-based Business","Urban Agriculture"],"quotes":["a. Accessory Building;","b. Home-based Business;","c. Urban Agriculture."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"480 m²","quotes":["Lane Access 480 m2 15 metres","Front Access 480 m2 15 metres"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15 metres (single wide and double wide)","quotes":["Lane Access 480 m2 15 metres","Front Access 480 m2 15 metres"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"70% (up to 85% with permeable surfaces on at least 15% of the Parcel Area)","quotes":["70%","maximum of 85% with use of permeable surface materials for driveways and/or","pathways on at least 15% of the total Parcel Area."]},"max_density":{"value":"1 dwelling unit per parcel","quotes":["1 dwelling"]},"max_height":{"value":"Lesser of 7.6 metres or 1 storey","quotes":["Lesser of","7.6 metres","or 1 storey"]},"setback_front":{"value":"3 metres","quotes":["3 metres 3 metres 3 metres 3 metres"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3 metres","quotes":["3 metres 3 metres 3 metres 3 metres"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3 metres (0 metres next to a Panhandle Parcel's Access strip)","quotes":["3 metres 3 metres 3 metres 3 metres","the Interior Side Setback is 0 metres"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3 metres","quotes":["3 metres 3 metres 3 metres 3 metres"]},"other":{"value":["If a Parcel has multiple Accesses, the front, exterior side and/or rear setback for a Principal Building is 5 metres","Minimum separation: 1.5 metres between Accessory Buildings and other Structures; 3 metres between Shipping Containers and other combustible Structures"],"quotes":["corresponding Front, Exterior Side, and/or Rear Setback for a Principal Building is 5","i. 1.5 metres between Accessory Buildings and other Structures; and","ii. 3 metres between Shipping Containers and other combustible Structures."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 2284, 2020 (consolidated to January 2026)","url":"http://www.merritt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2284_Zoning-Bylaw_2026.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City's consolidation does not have legal force; contact City Hall to confirm the status of the bylaw. Section 7.27 (Comprehensive Development framework) sets rules for creating CD zones and is not itself a zone. Sections 7.5 and 7.9 are deleted."},"source_url":"http://www.merritt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2284_Zoning-Bylaw_2026.pdf#page=100","place":{"path":"ca/bc/merritt","name":"Merritt","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/zoning/r2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/zoning/r2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/zoning/r2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/zoning/index.json"}}