{"title":"NP zone in District of North Vancouver: Neighbourhood Park Zone","code":"NP","slug":"np","name":"Neighbourhood Park Zone","group":"Public","section":"930","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Multi-purpose parks within the urban area providing a wide variety of active and passive activities, typically serving the neighbourhood in which they are located; generally smaller and less intensely used than Community Parks.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Multi-purpose parks within the urban area providing a wide variety of active and passive activities, typically serving the neighbourhood in which they are located; generally smaller and less intensely used than Community Parks.","quotes":["The intent of the Neighbourhood Park Zone is to accommodate multi-purpose parks within","the urban area providing for a wide variety of active and passive activities which may be","organized or unstructured. Parks in this zone will typically serve the neighbourhood in","which they are located, although some uses may serve adjacent communities or the","District. Parks within this zone are generally smaller in size and less intensely utilized than"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["athletic fields","greenbelts and natural areas","habitat management and enhancement facilities","interpretive facilities","multi-purpose sports courts","playgrounds","tennis courts","trails","water play facilities"],"note":"The list is not necessarily limited to these uses.","quotes":["athletic fields","greenbelts and natural areas","habitat management and enhancement facilities","interpretive facilities","multi-purpose sports courts","playgrounds","tennis courts","trails","water play facilities"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["fieldhouses","off-street parking","washrooms"],"quotes":["fieldhouses","off-street parking","washrooms"]},"max_height":{"value":"7m (23ft.) including the 15% building height bonus for roofs with a slope of 2 in 12 or greater, excluding protective fencing and where exempted under Section 407","quotes":["shall not exceed a height of 7m (23ft.) inclusive of the","maximum allowable 15% building height bonus for roofs with a slope of 2 in 12 or"]},"other":{"value":["Buildings and structures must be set back a distance equal to their height when adjacent to, or across a road or lane from, a property in a residential zone (excluding protective fencing and structures exempted under Section 407)."],"quotes":["height of the building or structure when adjacent to, or across a road or lane from","to, or across a road or lane from a property in a residential zone;"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"District of North Vancouver Zoning Bylaw, 1965 (Bylaw 3210), consolidated for convenience, document updated October 2026","url":"https://docs.dnv.org/documents/bylaw-3210.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"Consolidated for convenience only; certified copies of the original bylaws prevail. The R1 and R2 zones (Section 525, Bylaw 8799) are listed in the consolidation's zone table but their regulations are published in a separate District document, so those two zones carry their own source_url. The zoning guide for Section 525 is saved after the main bylaw in text.txt. Comprehensive Development zones that are repealed, abandoned or defeated are not listed."},"source_url":"https://docs.dnv.org/documents/bylaw-3210.pdf#page=926","place":{"path":"ca/bc/north-vancouver-district","name":"District of North Vancouver","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-vancouver-district/zoning/np/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-vancouver-district/zoning/np.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-vancouver-district/zoning/np.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-vancouver-district/zoning/index.json"}}