---
title: "R2 zone in Merritt: Residential Mobile Home"
place: Merritt, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/merritt
zone: R2
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 2284, 2020 (consolidated to January 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/zoning/r2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/zoning/r2.json"
---

# R2 zone in Merritt: Residential Mobile Home

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.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** 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.
- **Main uses:** Mobile Home
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Building; Home-based Business; Urban Agriculture
- **Minimum lot area:** 480 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 15 metres (single wide and double wide)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 70% (up to 85% with permeable surfaces on at least 15% of the Parcel Area)
- **Maximum density:** 1 dwelling unit per parcel
- **Maximum height:** Lesser of 7.6 metres or 1 storey
- **Front setback:** 3 metres
- **Rear setback:** 3 metres
- **Interior side setback:** 3 metres (0 metres next to a Panhandle Parcel's Access strip)
- **Street side setback:** 3 metres
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 2284, 2020 (consolidated to January 2026), s. 7.4](http://www.merritt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2284_Zoning-Bylaw_2026.pdf#page=100) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Merritt: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/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/merritt/zoning/r2/_