---
title: "R5 zone in Merritt: Mobile Home Park"
place: Merritt, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/merritt
zone: R5
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/r5/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/zoning/r5.json"
---

# R5 zone in Merritt: Mobile Home Park

Regulate the establishment of rental mobile home parks in proper relationship to community facilities and surrounding development.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Regulate the establishment of rental mobile home parks in proper relationship to community facilities and surrounding development.
- **Main uses:** Mobile Home Park
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Building; Administrative Office; Home-based Business (Administrative Office is limited to one office for managing and operating the Mobile Home Park.)
- **Minimum lot area:** Mobile Home Park: 2,500 m²; single-wide Space: 180 m²; double-wide Space: 280 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** Mobile Home Park: 50 metres; single-wide Space: 9 metres; double-wide Space: 14 metres
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 70% (up to 85% with permeable surfaces on at least 15% of the Parcel Area)
- **Maximum density:** Mobile Home Park: 55 units per hectare; 1 Dwelling Unit per Space
- **Maximum height:** Lesser of 7.6 metres or 1 storey
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** Lesser of 5 metres or 1.5 storeys
- **Front setback:** 3 metres (Mobile Home Park); 0.9 metres (Space within a mobile home park)
- **Rear setback:** 3 metres (Mobile Home Park); 1.2 metres (Space within a mobile home park)
- **Interior side setback:** 1.2 metres
- **Street side setback:** 3 metres (Mobile Home Park); 1 metre (Space within a mobile home park)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front: Front Building Line; side 1.2 metres; rear 1.2 metres
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 2284, 2020 (consolidated to January 2026), s. 7.8](http://www.merritt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2284_Zoning-Bylaw_2026.pdf#page=111) (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/r5/_