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R5 zone in Merritt: Mobile Home Park

Merritt, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

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

Zone rules

PurposeRegulate the establishment of rental mobile home parks in proper relationship to community facilities and surrounding development.
Main usesMobile 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 areaMobile Home Park: 2,500 m²; single-wide Space: 180 m²; double-wide Space: 280 m²
Minimum lot widthMobile Home Park: 50 metres; single-wide Space: 9 metres; double-wide Space: 14 metres
Maximum lot coverage70% (up to 85% with permeable surfaces on at least 15% of the Parcel Area)
Maximum densityMobile Home Park: 55 units per hectare; 1 Dwelling Unit per Space
Maximum heightLesser of 7.6 metres or 1 storey
Maximum height, accessory buildingsLesser of 5 metres or 1.5 storeys
Front setback3 metres (Mobile Home Park); 0.9 metres (Space within a mobile home park)
Rear setback3 metres (Mobile Home Park); 1.2 metres (Space within a mobile home park)
Interior side setback1.2 metres
Street side setback3 metres (Mobile Home Park); 1 metre (Space within a mobile home park)
Accessory building setbacksfront: 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 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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