---
title: "R12 zone in Nanaimo: Mobile Home Park Residential"
place: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/nanaimo
zone: R12
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 (consolidated 2026-MAR-23)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/r12/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/r12.json"
---

# R12 zone in Nanaimo: Mobile Home Park Residential

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.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** 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.
- **Main uses:** Mobile Home Park; Park Model Trailer; Single Residential Dwelling (Mobile home parks are subject to the Mobile Home Parks Bylaw 1984 No. 2704.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Convenience Store; Daycare; Home Based Business; Office; Park Model Trailer; Short-Term Rental; Storage Area
- **Minimum lot area:** Mobile home park: 1 hectare total; individual mobile home lots: 325 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** Mobile home park: 18 m; individual mobile home lots: N/A
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40%
- **Maximum density:** 20 mobile homes or park mobile trailer pads per gross hectare of land or portion thereof
- **Maximum height:** 7 m
- **Front setback:** 6.0 m (R12 row with note 1); 4.5 m (pad area)
- **Rear setback:** 3.0 m (R12 row with note 1); 3.0 m (pad area)
- **Interior side setback:** 3.0 m (R12 row with note 1); 1.5 m (pad area)
- **Street side setback:** 6.0 m (R12 row with note 1); 3.0 m (pad area)
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 (consolidated 2026-MAR-23), s. Part 7](https://www.nanaimo.ca/bylaws/ViewBylaw/4500.pdf#page=66) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Nanaimo: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/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/nanaimo/zoning/r12/_