{"title":"R5 zone in Merritt: Mobile Home Park","code":"R5","slug":"r5","name":"Mobile Home Park","group":"Residential","section":"7.8","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Regulate the establishment of rental mobile home parks in proper relationship to community facilities and surrounding development.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Regulate the establishment of rental mobile home parks in proper relationship to community facilities and surrounding development.","quotes":["The Mobile Home Park zone is intended to regulate the establishment of rental mobile"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Mobile Home Park"],"quotes":["a. Mobile Home Park."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Building","Administrative Office","Home-based Business"],"note":"Administrative Office is limited to one office for managing and operating the Mobile Home Park.","quotes":["a. Accessory Building;","b. Administrative Office;","c. Home-based Business."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"Mobile Home Park: 2,500 m²; single-wide Space: 180 m²; double-wide Space: 280 m²","quotes":["2,500 m","within a mobile home 180 m2 9 metres 20 metres","within a Mobile Home 280 m2 14 metres 20 metres"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"Mobile Home Park: 50 metres; single-wide Space: 9 metres; double-wide Space: 14 metres","quotes":["2,500 m 50 metres 50 metres","within a mobile home 180 m2 9 metres 20 metres","within a Mobile Home 280 m2 14 metres 20 metres"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"70% (up to 85% with permeable surfaces on at least 15% of the Parcel Area)","quotes":["70%,","increased to a 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":"Mobile Home Park: 55 units per hectare; 1 Dwelling Unit per Space","quotes":["55 units per","1 Dwelling"]},"max_height":{"value":"Lesser of 7.6 metres or 1 storey","quotes":["Lesser of 7.6","metres or 1"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"Lesser of 5 metres or 1.5 storeys","quotes":["Lesser of 5","metres or 1.5"]},"setback_front":{"value":"3 metres (Mobile Home Park); 0.9 metres (Space within a mobile home park)","quotes":["3 metres 1.2 metres 3 metres 3 metres","0.9 metres 1.2 metres 1 metre 1.2 metres"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3 metres (Mobile Home Park); 1.2 metres (Space within a mobile home park)","quotes":["3 metres 1.2 metres 3 metres 3 metres","0.9 metres 1.2 metres 1 metre 1.2 metres"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.2 metres","quotes":["3 metres 1.2 metres 3 metres 3 metres","0.9 metres 1.2 metres 1 metre 1.2 metres"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3 metres (Mobile Home Park); 1 metre (Space within a mobile home park)","quotes":["3 metres 1.2 metres 3 metres 3 metres","0.9 metres 1.2 metres 1 metre 1.2 metres"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front: Front Building Line; side 1.2 metres; rear 1.2 metres","quotes":["Building 1.2 metres 1.2 metres 1.2 metres"]},"other":{"value":["No Mobile Home may be closer than 0.9 metres to the inner curb of an internal roadway or parking area, 2.4 metres to another Mobile Home, or 1.2 metres to the boundary of an adjacent Mobile Home Space","At least 5% of the Parcel Area must be Open Space","A Mobile Home must be on a permanent foundation and certified to CSA Standard Z240 or A277"],"quotes":["d. No Mobile Home may be located closer than 0.9 metres to the inner curb of an","internal roadway or parking area, 2.4 metres to another Mobile Home, or 1.2","f. A minimum of 5% of the Parcel Area must be Open Space.","a. A Mobile Home must be located on a permanent foundation and certified to","conform to the CSA Standard Z240 or A277."]}},"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=111","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/r5/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/zoning/r5.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/zoning/r5.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/zoning/index.json"}}