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title: "R5 zone in Nelson: Small-Scale and Multi-Unit Residential (Manufactured Home Parks) Zone"
place: Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/nelson
zone: R5
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 3652, 2026 (adopted April 14, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/zoning/r5/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/zoning/r5.json"
---

# R5 zone in Nelson: Small-Scale and Multi-Unit Residential (Manufactured Home Parks) Zone

Manufactured home parks.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Manufactured home parks.
- **Main uses:** Care Services; Manufactured Home Park
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** One office per manufactured home park for its management and operation; Recreational and amenity spaces for residents of the manufactured home park; Common parking, including visitor parking, and storage facilities for the residents of the manufactured home park
- **Minimum lot area:** 20,000 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 20 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 55%
- **Maximum density:** 20 manufactured homes per gross hectare and 1 manufactured home per manufactured home space; minimum 10 manufactured homes per lot
- **Maximum height:** 6 m and no more than 1 storey
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 m
- **Front setback:** 4.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 4.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 1.5 m
- **Other rules:** Minimum area of a manufactured home space is 325 m².; A manufactured home must be at least 2 m from the curb of an internal roadway or common parking area, and 1.5 m from any other edge of its space.; At least 8 m² of amenity area per manufactured home.; At least 30% of the lot must be permeable surface.

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 3652, 2026 (adopted April 14, 2026), s. 10.5](https://nelson.civicweb.net/document/31803/#page=76) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Nelson: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/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/nelson/zoning/r5/_