{"title":"R12 zone in Nanaimo: Mobile Home Park Residential","code":"R12","slug":"r12","name":"Mobile Home Park Residential","group":"Residential","section":"Part 7","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Rental or strata title mobile home parks at a low multi-family density, as set out in the Mobile Home Parks Bylaw 1984 No. 2704.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Rental or strata title mobile home parks at a low multi-family density, as set out in the Mobile Home Parks Bylaw 1984 No. 2704.","quotes":["This zone provides for rental or strata title mobile home park parks at a low","multi-family density as per","BYLAW 1984 NO.","2704”."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Mobile Home Park","Park Model Trailer","Single Residential Dwelling"],"note":"Mobile home parks are subject to the Mobile Home Parks Bylaw 1984 No. 2704.","quotes":["R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R14 R15","Mobile -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- P -- --","Park Model -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- P P -- --","Single P P P P P P -- P P P P P P P","BYLAW 1984","NO. 2704"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Convenience Store","Daycare","Home Based Business","Office","Park Model Trailer","Short-Term Rental","Storage Area"],"quotes":["R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R14 R15","Convenience -- -- -- -- -- -- -- A A -- A A -- --","Daycare A A A A A A A A A A A A A A","Home Based A A A A A A A A A A -- A A A","Office -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- A -- --","Park Model -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- A -- --","Short-Term A A A A A A A A A A A A A A","Storage -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- A A -- --"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"Mobile home park: 1 hectare total; individual mobile home lots: 325 m²","quotes":["R12 1 hectare 18m 30m","Total Mobile Home Park Lot Area","R12 325m2 N/A N/A","Individual Mobile Home Lots"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"Mobile home park: 18 m; individual mobile home lots: N/A","quotes":["R12 1 hectare 18m 30m","R12 325m2 N/A N/A","Individual Mobile Home Lots"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40%","quotes":["R12 40% 7m 7m N/A"]},"max_density":{"value":"20 mobile homes or park mobile trailer pads per gross hectare of land or portion thereof","quotes":["20 mobile homes or park mobile","trailers pads per gross hectare of","land or portion thereof."]},"max_height":{"value":"7 m","quotes":["R12 40% 7m 7m N/A"]},"setback_front":{"value":"6.0 m (R12 row with note 1); 4.5 m (pad area)","quotes":["R12 1","6.0m 3.0m 6.0m 3.0m","R12 4.5m 1.5m 3.0m 3.0m","Pad Area2","Zone Front Yard Side Yard Flanking Side Rear Yard","1 = Within a mobile home park and a RV park 3m of the setback area must be landscaped in accordance"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3.0 m (R12 row with note 1); 3.0 m (pad area)","quotes":["R12 1","6.0m 3.0m 6.0m 3.0m","R12 4.5m 1.5m 3.0m 3.0m","Pad Area2","Zone Front Yard Side Yard Flanking Side Rear Yard"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3.0 m (R12 row with note 1); 1.5 m (pad area)","quotes":["R12 1","6.0m 3.0m 6.0m 3.0m","R12 4.5m 1.5m 3.0m 3.0m","Pad Area2","Zone Front Yard Side Yard Flanking Side Rear Yard"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"6.0 m (R12 row with note 1); 3.0 m (pad area)","quotes":["R12 1","6.0m 3.0m 6.0m 3.0m","R12 4.5m 1.5m 3.0m 3.0m","Pad Area2","Zone Front Yard Side Yard Flanking Side Rear Yard"]},"other":{"value":["Where no mobile home lots exist, the front yard setback is measured from the road the mobile home fronts","A mobile home must not be closer than 3 m to another mobile home","3 m of the setback area must be landscaped within a mobile home park"],"quotes":["Where no mobile home lots exist the front yard setback shall be taken from the road (public or private)","A mobile home shall not be closer than 3m to another mobile","1 = Within a mobile home park and a RV park 3m of the setback area must be landscaped in accordance"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 (consolidated 2026-MAR-23)","url":"https://www.nanaimo.ca/bylaws/ViewBylaw/4500.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The bylaw is organised by part (one part per zone family, with shared use and regulation tables), so zone line ranges cover the whole part. CD3 is deleted in the bylaw. Zones R1a and R1b are subzones of R1 (R1 / R1a / R1b)."},"source_url":"https://www.nanaimo.ca/bylaws/ViewBylaw/4500.pdf#page=66","place":{"path":"ca/bc/nanaimo","name":"Nanaimo","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/r12/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/r12.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/r12.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/index.json"}}