{"title":"R5 zone in North Cowichan: Residential Mobile Home Park","code":"R5","slug":"r5","name":"Residential Mobile Home Park","group":"Residential","section":"60","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Home-based Business, Mobile Home Park, Mobile Home Park Office.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Home-based Business","Mobile Home Park","Mobile Home Park Office"],"quotes":["Home-based Business","Mobile Home Park","Mobile Home Park Office"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Dwelling Unit"],"quotes":["Accessory Dwelling Unit"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"2.0 hectares (4.94 acres); each mobile home space 325 m² (3,498.39 sq. ft.)","quotes":["The minimum permitted lot size for the R5 zone is 2.0 hectares (4.94 acres).","The minimum permitted area for a mobile home space is 325 m2 (3,498.39 sq. ft.)."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"60.0 m (196.85'); each mobile home space 12.0 m (39.37') or, for a cul-de-sac or panhandle lot, 6.0 m (19.68')","quotes":["The minimum permitted frontage for the R5 zone is 60.0 m (196.85').","The minimum permitted frontage for a mobile home space is 12.0 m (39.37') or, in the","case of a cul-de-sac or panhandle lot, 6.0 m (19.68')."]},"max_density":{"value":"Twenty units per hectare (8 per acre)","quotes":["The maximum number of units is twenty units per hectare (8 per acre)."]},"max_height":{"value":"7.6 m (24.93')","quotes":["(a) Principal Building, 7.6 m (24.93')"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"7.6 m (24.93')","quotes":["(b) Accessory Building, 7.6 m (24.93')"]},"setback_front":{"value":"8.0 m (26.25') for the mobile home park office; 1.8 m (5.91') for each mobile home space","quotes":["(a) Mobile Home Park Office","Yard, Front, 8.0 m (26.25')","Yard, Front, 1.8 m (5.91') in depth"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"5.0 m (16.40') for the mobile home park office; 1.8 m (5.91') for each mobile home space","quotes":["Yard, Rear, 5.0 m (16.40')","Yard, Rear, 1.8 m (5.91') in depth"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"5.0 m (16.40') for the mobile home park office; 1.5 m (4.92') for each mobile home space","quotes":["Yard, Side, 5.0 m (16.40')","Yard, Side, 1.5 m (4.92') in width"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front 8.0 m (26.25'), side 5.0 m (16.40'), rear 5.0 m (16.40')","quotes":["(b) Accessory Buildings and Structures (Excluding Fences)","Yard, Front, 8.0 m (26.25')","Yard, Side, 5.0 m (16.40')","Yard, Rear, 5.0 m (16.40')"]},"other":{"value":["Landscaped buffer at least 8.0 m (26.25') wide along the front lot line and 5.0 m (16.40') from any other lot line, with no buildings, parking or roadways (other than perpendicular crossings)","A recreation area of at least 5% of the gross site area is required","A mobile home and additions (excluding carport) must not cover more than 35% of its mobile home space","Also subject to Mobile Home Park Bylaw 1978, No. 1775"],"quotes":["of not less than 8.0 m (26.25') in width along the front lot line, and not less than 5.0 m (16.40') in","a recreation area of not less than 5% of the gross site","35% of the mobile home space upon which it is situated.","“Mobile Home Park Bylaw 1978\", No. 1775."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw 1997, No. 2950 (consolidation current to September 14, 2026)","url":"https://www.northcowichan.ca/sites/default/files/2025-07/blc%202950_Zoning%20Bylaw%20Consolidated%20to%203974%203989%204002%203988%204008%204016.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The cover says the bylaw was consolidated by the Corporate Officer; the repealed zones CD3, CD5 and CD7 are not listed. Suffix a or b on a zone code (for example W2a) marks a sub-zone with additional uses (s. 44)."},"source_url":"https://www.northcowichan.ca/sites/default/files/2025-07/blc%202950_Zoning%20Bylaw%20Consolidated%20to%203974%203989%204002%203988%204008%204016.pdf#page=80","place":{"path":"ca/bc/north-cowichan","name":"North Cowichan","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-cowichan/zoning/r5/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-cowichan/zoning/r5.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-cowichan/zoning/r5.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-cowichan/zoning/index.json"}}