{"title":"MH1 zone in Port Alberni: Mobile and Modular Homes","code":"MH1","slug":"mh1","name":"Mobile and Modular Homes","group":"Residential","section":"5.14","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"To establish and maintain areas for mobile and modular homes, allowing individual strata-titled lots or multiple-unit mobile- or modular-home parks.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"To establish and maintain areas for mobile and modular homes, allowing individual strata-titled lots or multiple-unit mobile- or modular-home parks.","quotes":["The purpose of this zone is to establish and maintain areas for mobile and modular homes,","allowing for individual strata-titled lots or multiple-unit mobile- or modular-home parks."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Mobile home","Modular home","Modular- or mobile-home park"],"quotes":["Mobile home","Modular home","Modular- or mobile-home park"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Common recreation area or building","Home occupation","Single detached dwelling (1) for owner or operator of modular- or mobile-home park"],"quotes":["Common recreation area or building","Home occupation","Single detached dwelling (1) for owner or"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"Parks: 8,000 m² (1.98 ac). Individual mobile/modular home spaces: single wide 260 m² (2800 ft²); double wide 350 m² (3765 ft²)","quotes":["Minimum Lot Area 8,000 m2 (1.98 ac)","for single wide 260 m2 (2800 ft2)","for double wide 350 m2 (3765 ft2)"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"Parks: 60 m (196.9 ft). Individual spaces: single wide 11 m (36 ft); double wide 14 m (46 ft)","quotes":["Minimum Frontage 60 m (196.9 ft)","for single wide 11 m (36 ft)","for double wide 14 m (46 ft)"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"Parks: 40%; individual spaces: 40%","quotes":["Maximum Coverage 40%","Maximum Site Coverage 40%"]},"max_density":{"value":"Average density of a park must not exceed 20 sites per ha (8 sites per acre)","quotes":["Average density of a mobile- or modular-home park shall","not exceed","20 sites"]},"max_height":{"value":"6 m (19.7 ft)","quotes":["Maximum Height, Principal Building 6m (19.7 ft)"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4 m (13.1 ft) for accessory buildings on a mobile or modular home space","quotes":["nor 4 m (13.1 ft) in height and may be located not less than 1 m (3.3 ft) from"]},"setback_front":{"value":"Parks: 7.5 m (24.6 ft). Individual spaces: 3 m (9.8 ft), in addition to the park setbacks","quotes":["Front yard 7.5 m (24.6 ft)","Front yard 3m (9.8 ft)","specified in 5.14.2."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"Parks: 7.5 m (24.6 ft). Individual spaces: 2.5 m (8.2 ft), in addition to the park setbacks","quotes":["Rear yard 7.5 m (24.6 ft)","Rear yard 2.5 m (8.2 ft)","specified in 5.14.2."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"Parks: 7.5 m (24.6 ft). Individual spaces: 1.5 m (4.9 ft), in addition to the park setbacks","quotes":["Side yard 7.5 m (24.6 ft)","Side yard 1.5 m (4.9 ft)","specified in 5.14.2."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.5 m (11.5 ft) against the flanking internal roadway on a corner site","quotes":["d) For a mobile- or modular-home site located on a corner, the side yard against","the flanking internal roadway shall be a minimum of 3.5 m (11.5 ft)."]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"Accessory buildings on a mobile or modular home space: at least 1 m (3.3 ft) from the side or rear lot line when at the rear of the home; maximum 20 m² (215 ft²) in area","quotes":["nor 4 m (13.1 ft) in height and may be located not less than 1 m (3.3 ft) from","upon a mobile- or modular-home space shall not exceed 20 m2 (215 ft2) in area"]},"other":{"value":["At least 5% of the park lot area must be set aside as recreation or open space.","Internal roadways must be at least 8 m (26.2 ft) wide.","Minimum width of a modular home is 5.0 m (16.4 ft).","The park yard setbacks are a buffer, limited to open or landscaped areas and access crossings."],"quotes":["c) Not less than five percent (5%) of the total lot area shall be set aside as a","g) Internal roadways shall be a minimum of 8 m (26.2 ft) in width.","the minimum width of a modular home shall be 5.0 m (16.4 ft).","shall be used as a buffer area, with uses within these setbacks limited to"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 5105, 2024 (October 2026 update)","url":"https://portalberni.ca/sites/default/files/doc_library/5105_Zoning_Bylaw_No_5105_2024_Oct%202026%20Update.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City also posts each zone as a separate PDF and keeps a table of amendments at https://www.portalberni.ca/zoning-bylaw-no-5105-table-amendments. The CD6 zone (6123 Russell Place) is listed in section 5.1 but has no section in this PDF, so it is not in the zone list below."},"source_url":"https://portalberni.ca/sites/default/files/doc_library/5105_Zoning_Bylaw_No_5105_2024_Oct%202026%20Update.pdf#page=40","place":{"path":"ca/bc/port-alberni","name":"Port Alberni","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/mh1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/mh1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/mh1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/index.json"}}